Akin,

Don’t get kidnapped.

Lilith

ALIENS

The most alien thing Lilith has to deal with is the lack of humans she’s come in contact with.  In class, we had a lot of people commenting that they assumed “Lilith’s Brood” was some sort of vampire book or some other supernatural characters of some sort would be opposite Lilith.   She’s put in surprisingly human situations, or at least situations that the reader is familiar with, but without humans.  This can probably be attributed to the fact that her race was studied by the Oankali prior to her capture. She’s forced into familiar situations, but seems to be the most distraught by her inability to come in contact with her fellow humans.

stink boss

We3 gives me weird, battle royaley vibes. Lost animals given biomechanic weapons and forced to fight their own kind.  Sure, its been done before, but, for some reason, audiences are always more sympathetic to animals.  The animals are made into monstrous robots, with similar qualities to Frankenstien’s monster.  Limited speech, creepy bodies and a rather nauseating effect all contribute to this comparison.  1,2, and 3 are just looking to go home and are misunderstood and forced to fight animals and humans alike.  We3 comes off as a little more obvious version of Frankenstien.  When you give commonly domesticated voices and a conflict, its more likely to draw out emotions than an angsty swiss scientist.  I think part of the reason why this graphic novel has been so successful is because animals are used as a vehicle to send as message.