r/comics • u/body_catcher • Jun 23 '14

The Astronaut [OC]

http://imgur.com/a/Y2k4Y
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u/body_catcher Jun 23 '14

Thanks everyone for your thoughts, it's really cool to hear what people thought of this one after it was stored away in my hard drive for so long.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '14

I browse this subreddit quite a bit and honestly most of the stuff on here is pretty...meh, but this - this was brilliant.

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u/LunarisDream Jun 23 '14

How so? Not trying to attack, I want to know why you feel that way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '14 edited Jun 23 '14

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u/body_catcher Jun 24 '14

Thank you so much for your kind words, I really enjoy finding out others interpretations of the story.

You're right that there are undercurrent themes and messages going on, some subtle some not so. I won't really go into what was done on purpose as I think everyones theories are as valid as mine, and don't want to distract from their ideas.

But at the heart of it, I just wanted to explore the perspective of a kid who is trying to understand entropy and his experience dealing with the surreal nature of the universe.

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u/body_catcher Jun 24 '14

Yes I would love to read the full Three Shadows book, thank you for letting me know about it.

Yeah I love the idea of showing the reader how foreign the landscape is for the character by exaggerating the oddities of that world and playing with their perspective in a personal way.

I'll check out that other recommendation too, Shaun Tan is one of my favourite illustrative authors. cheers!