Blankets

In Blankets on page 61, the last two panels use the visual potion very effectively to convey the message held in the words. The words are describing hell and how it is an awful place. The teacher is completely surrounded by darkness. This, combined with the heavy mostly vertical lines used to shade her face, gives her a very ominous and foreboding feel. Her eyes are not drawn in behind the glasses, instead the glasses are partly shaded, giving her a very impersonal look increasing the ominous feel. The heavy lines used on the father's arm show strength, and the quick, thin lines showing movement of the hand move this strength from the arm itself into the motion of yanking the son. The expression, the large eyes with dilated pupils and wide open mouth, and words used convey the horror and fear in the boy. This connects to the previous panel as a more real representation of what the foreboding figure of the teacher is describing.