June 17th, 2009
Bus Ride of Tragedy
Being from Luna, Mischa doesn’t know what really happened at Tycho Madang. In general I try to treat all characters as unreliable narrators… in fact, it seems like the ones who are the most unreliable usually end up being my favorites.
Have you ever heard of Sean Bieri? You may know him from the minicomic Jape, or the series Cool Jerk and Homo Gal. Most likely you don’t know him at all. That’s a shame because Mr. Bieri is a brilliant cartoonist; Scott McCloud thinks so too.
My copy of “Five Duck Rush” is one of the crown jewels in my comics collection. Thanks to Leah Chamblee for the link.
June 17th, 2009 at 10:37 am
I’ve always had a special fondness for unreliable narrators. It helps bring me into a story, and gives me something to think about afterward.
Although I was particularly interested in the rare interjections by Simon in Lord of the Flies, whose narration seemed pretty reliable. Albeit hallucinatory.