Pedro and me

Hanna Hudson

Peter Tint

Theresa Tegdesch

In the panel on page 15 at the bottom of the page, Judd's teacher Lou Merett is clearing the air about his statement on being gay. This panel shows that the whole point of his statement of being gay was to get his students thinking of another perspective and to think from outside the box. As far as visual cues go, Lou is centered in the middle of what would appear to be a spot light. It draws the reader’s eye directly to him and makes him stand out against the dark black board behind him. Also the bold font on the words "not", "love", and "all" make you concentrate on the point he's trying to get across. Another thing that this shows is that he may have been raising his voice during these words, or pronouncing them a bit more sternly to really make sure the students understood what he was trying to say. Also we think that the gestures Lou is making say a lot about his attitude. He's smiling and waving as if saying "ha-ha just kidding, now run a long". We also think that the narrative boxes in the left of the panel are a nice touch, by getting the reader to take note of these words of wisdom before moving on to discover the charade that Lou Merett was putting on. This panel fits in with the rest of the novel as one of the first times Judd actually began thinking about homosexuals and his personal portrayal of them. We think that Merett’s comment on how he will “eventually make passes on all of you” was a little odd as well. But it did relate to the rest of the book in the sense of trying to make light of certain subjects, and picking out humorous moments during deep serious topics.