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Home / allegory

Green Lantern: Rebirth

Jan. 16, 2023 by Guest

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By Mason Bennett Superhero comic books are exaggerated soap operas. The characters are all larger than life, wearing colorful spandex, with universe-ending problems. However, we feel drawn to them because, in their overly dramatic way, they reflect our reality. This is true in Green Lantern: Rebirth, a sort of reboot/continuation of the character Hal Jordan and the Lantern Corps. Rebirth is a great book about rectifying mistakes, dealing with PTSD, managing grief, overcoming anxiety and fear, and accepting oneself. A common thread in the book is how Hal Jordan deals with the trauma of death. First when he witnessed his… Read More

Tags: allegory, anxiety, death, fears, grief, PTSD, self-acceptance, superheroes, trauma

Creepy, Joy of Quitting, My Begging Chart

Nov. 17, 2022 by Kevin Wolf

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Book Review by Kevin Wolf   Creepy by Lee Sensenbrenner and Keiler Roberts is creepy. I won’t give much away about this graphic novella, except to write if taken seriously, then medically it includes cartilage amputation, obsessive compulsive eating disorder (my diagnosis, though not a diagnostician), and child abuse; but it’s really an allegory against digital device obsession whose protagonist looks a lot like Keiler Roberts’ cartoon avatar and it’s a horror story for children. It’s short, pithy, and, did I mention, creepy?   Keiler Roberts’ The Joy of Quitting is a very honest, bare (sometimes naked) portrayal of her… Read More

Tags: allegory, bipolar disorder, child abuse, depression, horror - fiction, Memoir, Motherhood, multiple sclerosis, OCD, talking therapy

Bipolar Bear’s Misadventures

Nov. 2, 2022 by Kevin Wolf

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Book Review by Kevin Wolf   I haven’t read Judith Viorst’s Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (September 2009, Atheneum Books) which is illustrated by Ray Cruz, so I don’t know if the book under review is also a spoof of Viorst’s work or only borrowing some of its title, but I’m ok with that; because, Kathleen Founds in Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance: A Fable for Grownups is venting her own frustrations in an allegory about struggling with a chronic mental health issue (bipolar disorder) which is exacerbated… Read More

Tags: allegory, bipolar disorder, health insurance, mental health

Black Jack Volume 1

Jul. 19, 2012 by Ian Williams

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Created by “father of manga” and trained doctor (although he never practiced) Osamu Tezuka, Black Jack is a mysterious and brilliant surgeon who practices without a licence. Distaining mainstream medical institutions and living alone with a cute assistant he fashioned himself (from a cystic terratoma and doll parts!) he is the superhero doctor we would all love to be. Like a cartoon Clint Eastwood character, the truculant Black Jack is called upon by those in need to perform the operations only he can do. Often derided as mercinary  and working only for money, his hard facade secretly hides a heart… Read More

Tags: allegory, doctors in morality, medical corruption, medical fantasy, surgeon as superhero, tales

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