The Trees That Divide Us: How Visual Language Presents the Theme of Economic Disparity in “Trees”

Trees by Ellis (2016) and illustrated by Howard (2016) reimagines the metaphor of an alien invasion in the form of a comic book series through its unique view of a post-apocalyptic narrative—ten years after they landed, these aliens did nothing, standing on the earth's surface, like trees. This comic book is an introspection of the