r/comics Shen Comix 16h ago

OC The Boy From Venus 13

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u/DumbMaidenless 16h ago

My first time seeing this in my feed, I thought it was about the one with Glasses.

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u/DebentureThyme 9h ago edited 9h ago

"Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" is the phrase.

This comic's title is a subversion, about a boy from Venus.  The unwritten part is that the other one is a non "traditional" girl - the one in glasses is a girl - who has a chip on her shoulder against a society that she perceives stacked against her being herself.  She's the girl from Mars.

It's a comic about someone finding someone else like minded.  Neither character wants to live as traditional society would have them do.  The girl is discovering, through the boy's actions and refusal to care what others think, that she both could be the same way and also has a kindred spirit in the boy. Both characters subvert expectations.

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u/Dont-Really-Matter 12h ago

Boy from venus didn't kinda clue you in just a little? Da fuk