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Figure 43 Dog A Boy Called Julia: Part 3 p2 (reduced)<br />
A Boy Called Julia: Part 4, is a skilful collage of received images, structured around a<br />
ludicrous plot [fig 44]. It is probably more personal than Proverbs of Hell because it is<br />
humourous, and reveals much of his attitude towards cornics, what they are and how they<br />
work. The story is almost frivolous, indicating that the plot itself is not to be taken too<br />
seriously.<br />
It relates to Proverbs, as if it were the next episode, and also to Dog's previous nonsensical<br />
one-pagers. Hints that Julia is about Dog's work as a whole are found in<br />
references to Gif and Max Plant. All these stories accumulate to form between them a<br />
statement about cornics and communication. Julia: Part 4 reveals that despite attempts<br />
at serious cornics, Dog still feels ambivalent about the potential of communicating a<br />
message. He rearticulates the bitterness and frustration that filled the first issue of<br />
Bitterkomix.<br />
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