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Politics in Comic Books

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 4 months ago

Political discussion in America is probably the most important and most popular topics of dinner table conversations in America. Political ideas and ideologies started the dominos falling that would create our nation and continue its development. But, for some, politics in America has always been an elusive topic of discussion. This is where the various forms of American media come into play. If any person wants to know what is happening or being discussed across the American landscape, they are sure to find it being discussed somewhere in the media. Whether it is hard news programs, magazines, or the plotline of this week’s new Simpsons’ episode, ideological and political discussions of all types can be obtained through some form of media, even comic books.

 

Like most forms of media, many plotlines and stories are centered around some sort of ideological or political discussion happening in America. However, unlike most media categories, comic books are read and enjoyed by a smaller more fixated demographic of individuals that others are forced to adjust and readjust to in order to keep: adolescents. Whether the individual is a true adolescent or an adult, whose mind remains in Never Never Land, comic books brings social and political realities to a demographic who might otherwise not care.

 

Like other forms or media, comic books have been around for a long time. Examples and methods are plentiful for discussion of American Studies. Below are some of the areas:

 

 

 

Political Messages of Comics from FDR to the 1950's 

 

 

Comic Books: 9-11 and Post 9-11 Politics

 

 

 

Note for future students: if you are interested furthering this discussion on comic books, a few good ideas for topics of study would be Alan Moore (author of the Watchmen and V For Vendetta) and his political messages, a closer look at Captain America and what he stands for, and possibly a study of violence and sex in comic books. I might also be a good idea to expand on the Political messages of Comic Books in the Past starting in the Cold War era and moving through the 1990's.

 

 

 

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