Week 14

Megg, Mogg, & Owl, was an interesting comic. I felt like the characters could be real people in the real world through what they do and how they behave.

            Making lower class characters a witch, a werewolf, an owl, and a cat was all brilliant. It felt very Halloween themed to me. All the characters would be considered low life’s. They smoke a lot of weed, drink a lot of alcohol, and argue all the time. They even fight when all four of them go on a camping trip that’s supposed to be fun, free and a good time overall. During the first camping night, it is implied that Owl killed a dog unintentionally, but still did it. When the other characters ask him if he’s seen a missing dog, Owl has all of them including himself leave the campgrounds. I found this conflict in the story quite comedic. In addition, when Owl complains about his and the other characters home not being clean, it’s a good example of what it’s like to live with people who are messy and not neat at all.

                   My favorite character in the story is Owl. He tries to teach his housemates lessons about how to be more responsible with their belongings. There is one specific scene I really like, in which Owl comes home with a brief case, and finds the windows and doors of his house left open by Megg the Witch, Mogg, and Werewolf Jones. Owl hides Megg’s laptop in his drawer, and tricks Megg into thinking her laptop was stolen. He then tells her that he was pranking her in order to teach her a lesson as to not leave windows and doors open, so that robbers don’t try to invade their home.  


            Overall, I found this comic quite entertaining.

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