THE TREE OF LIFE by MARY RANISES
A silent comic with mostly three panel grids. The art is good enough. The basics of storytelling are there. A bit preachy but aren't they all? The story is a little confusing at first since there's a thought balloon in the protagonist's head that always contains a rock? A coconut? From the title itself it's about the Tree of Life which refers to the coconut and it also follows the path of the main character as he studies in a city and falls prey to bad friends and teaches him drinking beer and wasting time. The deus ex machina is when the main character is mugged and left for dead. Fortunately, he survives and his parents bring him back to the province where he plants the tree of life again. At least he's still alive which relates back to the contest's theme.
Rating: 3/5
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