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March 23, 2020 |
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Commentary for March 23, 2020: I think this page is somewhat noteworthy for being the first time Luigi’s has ever been properly shown from the outside. It was a regular haunt of characters based in Station Square throughout Eon’s Comic, but I never did an exterior shot of it like this back then. In any case, back in the days of Eon’s Comic, I wasn’t too concerned about having lengthy arguments about politics between characters, because that sort of thing really was my jam back then. When I started Eon’s World Vol. 2, seven years ago now, I wanted to make a concerted effort to minimise the overt politics in it. By that I mean, characters sitting around discussing budgets, taxes, welfare, elections, et cetera, not what entitled dudebros on the internet mean when they complain about “politics” in media (i.e. featuring anyone other than cisgender white, heterosexual men). But I knew that any retelling of the story of Eon’s Comic had to have a bit more of the politicians sitting around in meetings like this for the story to go where it needs to go. (Well, insofar as it “needs” to go anywhere; I’m well aware of the fact that, as the creator of this story, I have absolute control over where it goes. But I want it to go to these places, so here we are.) Still, I don’t want any story to be bogged down in long discussions between politicians that overstay their welcome; so I agonised quite a bit over keeping this scene between Sally and Mortimer as concise as possible, while still getting the important points across. Sally is very much a leftist, who believes that government has a responsibility to help those who can’t help themselves, and her idea of whom that includes is much wider than Mortimer’s, him being a centrist (probably right-of-centre, to be honest) who thinks that government assistance for those in need should be strictly limited. Mortimer’s not a far-right type who thinks the welfare state should be abolished altogether; but neither does he support a generous welfare state, as he is very sympathetic towards tabloid-reading middle class voters who complain about their taxes supporting the unemployed, whom they perceive as simply too lazy to support themselves. Of course, it is a lot more complicated than that, as Sally says. (No surprises here; I’m on Sally’s side, of course, because I’m a communist.) But while I would love to have her list all the complex institutional problems and class dynamics at work making life difficult for her constituents (or anyone who’s struggling), I had to keep it brief to not completely derail this chapter with Sally giving a TED talk. Moreover, such arguments would likely be wasted on someone like Mortimer anyway. But yeah, Sally’s running for President. That’s going to be an ongoing story arc, although it will mostly be covered in season 3. After all, she’s got to get the nomination first... In any case, don’t worry, folks! There’ll be Badniks getting smashed in just a couple of pages now! |
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