Thursday, January 24, 2008



This week in "It's All About You" by Tony Murphy, the comic expresses a message of creating a new image for yourself -- without any nips or tucks. Gina noticed a change in her friend Maggie, and asks what caused the difference. Maggie describes all these changes she has made in her life due to her obsession with self-help books. Murphy uses different elements to emphasize his message. Gina's facial gestures change throughout the comic strip as Maggie describes her 'makeover.' As soon as Maggie says, "I went on Esteem Makeover!" Gina's face immediately looks like she's thinking, "Oh, please." Then after Maggie lists off all the different procedures she went through, Gina's expression softens. Murphy wants to deliver his message, but still have an entertaining comic strip, so he plays around with the different medical plastic surgery terms. He also added the "knows job" comment at the end for comic relief. The different elements he uses keeps the comic strip humorous, but it still gets his message across to readers.

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