Paradise Lost?

Dr. Sexson, DO NOT READ THIS until after you have read The House Of M.
This is a spoiler alert!
Anyway, anyone else who was in Emergent Lit last semester will remember that I shared stories from comic books that I have read that related to the five themes of the class. I finally got around to bringing one of them in for Dr. Sexson to enjoy yesterday and handed it to him after class. I thought that if had nothing to do with the Bible.

However, it does touch on the subject brought up in our class discussion. We mentioned the suffering present in this world so that we can have the perfect next world. But is it really worth it?

In the House of M story, the world is recreated; loved ones are "back from the dead" because they were never lost, the outcast class of mutants are no longer suppressed and are instead the majority of the population enjoying freedoms and basic privileges that have otherwise been denied to them, and most of the heroes of the story have perfect little lives that they would be content to live out for the rest of their days. Everyone lives happily ever after... right?
But the heroes realize that this perfect world is not real and reject it for a chance to make the one we have better. This is a grossly compacted summary of the events in the book, but if you want more, you can either find a copy (the authors name is Brian Micheal Bendis, by the way) or come to me with questions.

I assume most of you have not read this because comics are regarded as kids entertainment. But it is a relatively quick read (after all, it has pictures!!) and it should be enjoyable. My goal is to get at least one person to read it, and yes, Professor Sexson counts. As long as that happens, the purpose of this blog entry is complete.