For this week's reading I read Masterpiece Comics. This graphic novel is filled with several mini comics. The comics inside this graphic novel are mature parody comics of classics such as Garfield and Bazooka Joe. These comics got me cracking up right from the start with their intent to directly copy the characters and art style but change the text and appearances slightly to call it their own.
One of the mini comics I read was Mephistofield; a parody of Garfield. In this comic, the main character Jon is a simple man who wants some excitement and power in his life. He practices dark magic and conjures up a devil version of Garfield called Mephistofield; a demon from Hell. With Mephistofiled's help. Jon sold his soul to the Devil and was given power. This power he would use to pull pranks on others such as turning invisible so he could slap the pope in the face with a chicken leg. Jon even scammed a man for a $400 car that dissolves in water; even a simple puddle would destroy it. Jon could even bring people back from the dead and sleep with them like he did with Helen of towards the end of the comic before he was about to die.
These mini comic stories in Masterpiece Comics are hilarious. I love how the stories copy well-known beloved comic characters that all of us know and love and put a spicy twist on them. Something as kid-friendly and innocent as Garfield turned into a story of a satanic worshiping man with a pet devil cat demon from Hell that gives him powers to pull pranks on people and sleep with deceased historical figures. Something this funny and clever is truly a masterpiece comic!
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