Bodyworld (Dash Shaw)
The style used by Shaw in body world is different to traditional comic technique, by using less 'sketchy' marks and manipulating the use of colour for backgrounds, and using white colours for the foreground and character colouring. This shows how the techniques of comics have developed over the years, when you compare the style of Maus with the style of Bodyworld.
The way that Shaw uses an entirely new universe to base his surreal comic synopsis in makes Body world seem well thought out and developed. Shaw has a unique style of illustration which is well established and makes Body World memorable and modern. The idea of combining real situations such as drug use and addiction and intertwining them with a 'reality' set years in the future with surreal, imaginative and unlikely side effects turns this piece of work into an almost 'dream-like' reality, with a story which has a suitable development pace and controversial content of fictional drug use.
