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Coming in a bit late here, I know, but I loved, loved, loved this!
I've already written a gibbering and enthusiastic blog post about issue #1, and I'm not sure I've got many points that haven't been raised either in this thread on other blogs, but here we go anyway:
Whether or not Chubby is literally a manifestation of some areas of Seaguy's psyche, I like to think of him as working thematically this way. I'm really glad that Seaguy isn't being shown as being somehow more enlightened than "the media saturated masses" or anything like that: he's ended up on this adventure partly because of his status as a consumer (this is where that idea of Xoo as repackaged radicalism comes in), and partly because his own particular taste in escapism comes complete with an exaggerated need for "real" adventure (not necessarily a good thing). Whether or not Chubby and Seaguy are one and the same, they make an interesting partnership in this respect -- while Seaguy longs for to be part of something grand and romantic, Chubby seems more in tune with what's wrong on the ground level (or indeed just under the ground level!), something that is made somewhat tragic by his minute short-term memory.
Somewhat amusingly, given the whole "she'll never notice me" angle, She-Beard seems to be the character who is nearest to Seaguy's own personal frequency when it comes to her need for some sort of "real" heroism/adventure. Given that I've no idea how the plot is going to work out, I'm going to refrain from further comment on this front, but... there's something there, anyway. |
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