SuitabookThe bully bug
David Lubar
- Reading
- You could read it as a fast-moving monster adventure, pausing to check in if the bodily changes or the threat of exterminators feel unsettling; the comic framing may help keep those moments in perspective.
- Themes
- Enjoyment and danger in transformation: After bizarre bugs bite Lud, he enjoys crawling up walls and other insect-like behaviour; his father calls exterminators, and Lud must find a way to stop the change. The change is initially presented as fun, but the threat of being squashed gives that excitement a clear limit. The comic framing sits alongside a real danger within the story.
- Worth knowing
- The premise includes a bizarre insect bite, bodily changes such as drooling and crawling on walls, and exterminators being called in; these are framed within a comic monster adventure.