Graphic Novel Evaluation of Binky Under Pressure by Ashley Spires.
This graphic novel is about a cat named Binky that is an official certified space cat, but his life is so routine for that of a cat. He struggles with wanting to sleep everywhere, eat all the time, then sleep some more. He is even battling his alien invaders from his own bed! One morning his owner brings in a new kitty to Binky's "Space station", and Binky is not exactly thrilled. He believes this cat is pretty much perfect and can do no wrong, even his owners don't get why Binky can't stay out of trouble and behave like Gracie. Binky then finds out that Gracie is an official certified space cat, but is captain and happens to be his boss! She was undercover and goes around finding how certified space cats act and sees if they need to be released from the program. His space cat skills are then put to the ultimate test with Gracie and we find out if he stays in the program or not through how he protects his space station!
In the article we read, we learned about the different types of transitions found in graphic novels in the comic panels of them. I feel like this book included basically every type of transition found in graphic novels. Subject-to-subject transitions and Aspect-to-aspect transitions are probably most common. This graphic novel continuously shows Binky in different ways, eating, sleeping, playing, sleeping; etc. I don't really think my view/experience of graphic novels have changed because I have read them before. I had friends who used to read them when we were younger, so I used to scan them a lot and I have even read them before. I didn't really know the names of the comic panel transitions though, so I thought that was really interesting to read!
Mischief Managed
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