Comics: Earth 0

BIC0061
Story by: Herbs Navasca

Illustrated by: Jana Dhel

Black Ink Comics
(3/5 ★★★☆☆)

"Huwag mong hahayaan na lokohin ka nila.

Mabilis ka nilang papalitan, pilit na babaguhin.

Pero iba ka sa kanila.

Patunayan mo na iba ka.

Kahit gaano pa katagal, maghihintay ako.

Sa isang sulok ng kalawakan hanggang sa dulo ng magpakailanman.

Hindi kita buburahin sa isip ko.

Ang alaala natin ang gabay mo.

R.E.M.

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The Plot:

The story takes place on Earth RR51. It centers on Sal, a human who dreams of going to Earth Z90 the newest and largest earth, and Rem, a phased-out model of a home robot who dreams of returning back to Earth 0. In  reaching their dreams, they rely on each other for the most important thing that they could give in helping one another. Trust. For how could you trust a human you just met and a robot whose batteries are dying out.

The Good:

This short story was nicely told and illustrated by Navasca and Dhel. The idea of a future wherein humans have the capability of just constructing another planet is a nice concept. Earth 0 is the one designated to be the original earth. Then we have Earth Z90 as the newest and largest earth. Tourism is planetary as Earth N44 serves as the place where all plants and animals were transferred into while Earth N56 houses replicas of the famous attractions like the pyramids of Egypt. It is a strange concept for a futuristic way of tourism.

The Bad:

The story does not give much disappointments. There's just a funny and weird set-up for the early part of the story that can be seen in two consecutive pages. The words "Later that day" and "Later that night" might work better if lunch time, evening, after 6 hours or something of the sort was used. Nevertheless, these did not hinder much in the story.

In the illustrations there were two things that I noticed. The first one was the depiction of trees in Earth Z90. I just presumed they were trees. But regardless if they were a place like a residential house, it was weirdly drawn. It's like an empty speech balloon that looked really odd, especially the ones beside the castle. The next would be the inconsistency of the drawing of the clothing of Rem as he got back to Earth 0. It appears that Rem is no longer wearing a shirt in comparison to the previous pages.

The Verdict:

Despite some of those minor things that I had seen with the illustrations, I would say that the artist had done a good job in showing to us the story about reaching our dreams. Having faith in one another and fulfilling one's promise will bring us one step closer to those dreams.

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