Little Red Cap with a Twist

Week 10

October 28- November 1

Little Red Cap with a Twist

This comic by Bladerduck Comics shows a very social issue relating to the timeless story of “Little Red Cap”. The story from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm describes a mother telling a little girl (little red cap) to take bread and wine to grandma’s house within the forest. During little red cap’s walk she comes across a wolf who strays her off her path then goes to the grandma’s house eats her then dresses like her to try and eat the little girl. He achieves this but then a hunter comes and saves little red cap and the grandmother. This comic shows the social issue of self-image due to social media. Using a play on one of the most iconic lines from the original text “Oh, grandma what big ____ you have!”. The wolf within the story says very snarky remarks to little red cap so to see that it affects the wolf in a negative way is extremely funny and interesting. This comic also brings awareness to the negative part of social media and self-image, most people within the 2010’s feel the need to change something about themselves to satisfy the image of the “perfect” male and female. This has also shown to led to several issues like depression and anxiety, I enjoyed seeing this type of comic because it also shows the affect of bullying. Since little red cap is saying hurtful things to the wolf it really shows how it negatively affected him and how he felt the need to change himself.

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