Asterios Polyp
Asterios Polyp has a very pop art vibe going on. There's a selective use of colors that is very visually appealing. The color purple is the main color while often times there will be one other color thrown into the mix. Other colors such as yellow or blue will be used to sort of guide our eyes visually to what the artist wants us to pay the most attention to. Pink seems to be used primiarily during love/romance parts of the comic. This is a great use of the medium and uses the restrictions of the medium to ones advantage, beyond what has already been done before.
There's an interesting concept throughout this comic that is presented as "What if reality (as perceived) were simply an extension of life?". I feel as though this accurately represents the theme of the comic. Throughout this comic there are a lot of big concepts about life and our ways of thinking intermixed with the main character's narrative story. I would consider this comic to be a very philosophical comic in the sense that we get several different people's opinion on life but in a very detailed way. We really get into the main character's ways of looking at life. A memoir of his personal perspective on life would be a good way to put it.
The line work to me compliments the deeper meaning of the comic in that it is very simple line work contrasting with big concepts. This puts more importance on the words than it does on the actual images.
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