Sergio Bautin debunks urban legends or concepts that are false. He is trying to escape the truth takers because if he tells the truth, the truth takers would capture him for weeks. Sergio took Hazel (who is Sergio's robot assistant) to the recharge lounge for a checkup on her memory files. She's about to enter, when suddenly A.T.T sticks a probe in her memory port. Now the truth takers are free to see Hazel's observations. Sergio enters the Bloofer Apartments where he saw Hazel and the truth takers mixing ingredients in a soup. They offer Sergio soup and he decided to drink it and do what they want so that both Hazel and Sergio can be safe. They left, knowing that his name is Mr. Bloggo which also means he writes the web column under the name of “The 3 o'clock” signed by Bloggo. When the truth takers leave, Hazel mixes the soup and then found a foot impaled on her spoon. Sergio looked sickened and disgusted, held his paws to his mouth as lines surround his figure that represents shaking. When the reader views this part, they will be able to see the sickness in Sergio in motion. He thinks he's a cannibal when Hazel hands him the foot and says “Do cannibals eat rubber, Mr. B” (16). Then his facial expression turned from a miserable state to looking relieved. McCloud would explain the foot as an icon which are images that resembles their subjects. He would explain how Sergio mistakened the real foot as a rubberized foot because he “assign [ed] identities and emotions where none exist” (McCloud 33). Sergio observed the rubber foot and became ill when he gave it a role through his perception which is a real foot that has been chopped off. He made “the world over in our [his] image” (McCloud 33). If I made the world over through my eyes and perception with the ultimate truth, it would not be a rubber or real foot. When I don't see this as an icon anymore, all I see is the screen on my laptop that reflects back to me a screenshot of a foot. The theme surrounding panel 16 is that truth should be told at all times. When Sergio figured out the truth that the foot is made of rubber, he is content. McCloud can save Sergio from a dangerous adventure just by saying it's only a drawing. The artist and writer go hand in hand to try to create a false reality through ink and paper. But in Sergios perception, every drawing is real and can have great potential in affecting him. Readers on the other hand will perceive every drawing they see as an icon.
Question- What does Sergio realize about the foot? How many ways can this foot be viewed? What would McCloud say to someone who is against violence in cartoons?
Question- What does Sergio realize about the foot? How many ways can this foot be viewed? What would McCloud say to someone who is against violence in cartoons?
