The most interesting panel on page 134 of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home is the 3rd panel, which consumes more than half the page in its depiction of Bechdel’s childhood gothic revival home. There are several images that are overlaid, which may be described as internal panels. They magnify the individual studies of the family inside, and their solitude is amplified by their silhouetted forms. Despite the fact that the entire family lives under one roof, Bechdel seems to imply that they are only able to do so thanks to their solitary pursuits of individual passions. The internal panels fracture the complete image of the collective home, placing greater emphasis on the individual and ultimately how isolated each of the Bechdel’s are from one another.
