The final comic of year 5 takes us into the lives of some of the other inmates to share Ethan's cell block. Some characters came in with Ethan, some were there before him, and all have stories. Turo, Cole, Deshonn, and Cindy are all featured in today's issue, perhaps signalling that these are characters who will play larger roles in Ethan's story than the rest of the inmates. Ethan, of course, is absent from today's issue as he spends his 30 days in solitary confinement.
I've not much to say about the issue, except that it offers some development of characters that, had we not had an issue like this one, may have remained a little less three dimensional than they now appear. I'm fascinated by the character of Cindy, who is simply accepted for herself by all of the inmates, showing a tolerance that is often absent outside of the prison setting. How accurate this is to real life, I'm not sure, nor do I hope to find out. Except, perhaps, academically.
More to follow.
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