Zero is the kind of guy who makes you feel like you’re watching a trainwreck when you talk to him. How does he navigate his seemingly falling-apart life and relationships?
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SUB ZERO BROKEN BONES is a graphic novel about victim complexes and how it affects relationships. It aims to raise awareness of victim complexes and be a self-realisation for readers with victim complexes that their behaviour hurts others so that they will feel the need to change themselves. The artist wants readers to question themselves while reading the novel, what does it mean to be a good person? And should people who face adversity in their lives be excused from working to change for the better?
Further reading on the victim complex:
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Blundell, A. (2016). The Victim Mentality – What It Is and Why You Use It. Retrieved from https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/victim-mentality.htm
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Kaufman, S. B. (2020). Unraveling the Mindset of Victimhood. Retrieved from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/unraveling-the-mindset-of-victimhood/#
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Prindle, M. (n.a.) Abandoning the Victim Role Through Self-Awareness. Retrieved from https://intentioninspired.com/abandoning-the-victim-role/
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Zitek, E. M., Jordan, A. H., & Monin, B. et al. (2010). Victim Entitlement to Behave Selfishly. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 98(2) p. 245-255. Retrieved from http://alexjordan.host.dartmouth.edu/papers/Zitek,%20Jordan,%20Monin,%20&%20Leach%20(2010)%20-%20Victim%20Entitlement.pdf