tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post8675909787668047132..comments2023-09-10T06:56:26.082-04:00Comments on Roasted Peanuts: Sunday, May 10, 1953: Lucy and the BalloonRodneyliveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-3048336913974692852010-10-12T01:53:06.016-04:002010-10-12T01:53:06.016-04:00Actually she shows most of the stages of grief and...Actually she shows most of the stages of grief and in sequence too. She is shocked in the panel where she says "whoops!" She is in denial in the next three panels, fooling herself into believing that the balloon will come when called. She vacillates between anger and bargaining in the next five panels, alternately shaking her fist and dropping to her knees and making pledges. You don't see guilt but she does show depression in the penultimate panel where she repeats, "please, oh please" like a sad little chant she knows to be useless. In the final box she reaches a state of philosophical, if annoyed, acceptance.Boxmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15847028538639163624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-44085877441012443712010-10-11T15:47:23.945-04:002010-10-11T15:47:23.945-04:00Ah, I think I see what you mean. She doesn't ...Ah, I think I see what you mean. She doesn't really have denial however, and anger is interspersed throughout.Rodneyliveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-88388225451606288922010-10-11T15:46:10.100-04:002010-10-11T15:46:10.100-04:00I considered saying something like that, but Lucy ...I considered saying something like that, but Lucy only seems to have three stages, two of which she alternates between.Rodneyliveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-69536064263918208102010-10-11T15:37:43.962-04:002010-10-11T15:37:43.962-04:00Is it me, or does this strip bear some semblance t...Is it me, or does this strip bear some semblance to the Kubler-Ross "seven stages of grief" (shock, denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, depression, acceptance)? If so, it's especially interesting, considering that the book that laid out those stages, "On Death and Dying," wouldn't be published for another 15 years.<br /><br />Perhaps Lucy's psychiatric services were more cutting-edge than we realized...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com