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== Inspiration & Themes == | == Inspiration & Themes == | ||
This story draws motifs from the works of Lewis Carroll owing both characters' names to ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' and "The Jabberwock." | |||
"Jabberwock" also draws inspiration from ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'' by Philip K. Dick, specifically the famous Voigt-Kampff test. Where in Dick's novel, the test is used to distinguish androids from humans by noting failed emotional/empathetic response, "Jabberwock" depicts a similar test as a means of distinguishing successfully brainwashed child soldiers from their peers. | |||
== Related Media == | == Related Media == | ||
Revision as of 07:07, 20 October 2026
Jabberwock by mihlen and idolkilling first appeared in issue Issue 102 in 2023.
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Plot
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Inspiration & Themes
This story draws motifs from the works of Lewis Carroll owing both characters' names to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and "The Jabberwock."
"Jabberwock" also draws inspiration from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, specifically the famous Voigt-Kampff test. Where in Dick's novel, the test is used to distinguish androids from humans by noting failed emotional/empathetic response, "Jabberwock" depicts a similar test as a means of distinguishing successfully brainwashed child soldiers from their peers.
Related Media
“Jabberwock” is not connected to any other works in Shousetsu Bang*Bang’s repertoire. However, alternate versions of Alexei and the Jabberwock will be featured in an upcoming issue of Passion Potluck in idolkilling’s comic “Flowers from Venus.”
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