Comment on a photo comic

I really enjoyed the photo comic by Sotally Tober, named “Cane train to the Rescue.” It incorporated all the elements of Todorov’s theory as it begins with a girl presenting her problem to a friend which is the initial equilibrium and then the alcohol gives her ‘dutch courage’ which enables her to go speak to the man she fancies. There is a disruption which is when a rude man knocks into the girl and then the fight is resolved and the new couple goes off into the sunset which can be seen as the new equilibrium. They also make use of Proppian’s characters as there is a princess which needs to be rescued, and this is the girl, there is a villain, who is the man that knocks into her and then there is the hero, who is the man that the girl fancies and they end up with the proverbial ending of ‘happily ever after.’ The story line is very simple however this is effective as the comic is catchy and witty. There could have been more of a twist at the end to add some excitement in their plot but it was well thought out and well presented. There plot related well to their blog genre.