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Title: COMICS,%20COMIX,%20


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COMICS, COMIX, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • by Don L. F. Nilsen and
  • Alleen Pace Nilsen

2
The first comic book appeared in 1933,as shown
here in Little Lulu.
  • The cost of each comic book was a dime (10
    cents).
  • You can tell the age of a comic book by looking
    at the original price.
  • Today there is a huge discrepancy between the
    price on the cover and the actual price of the
    collectible comic book.

3
Mad Magazine in 1952
4
Super HeroesD. C. Comics The Justice League
5
Captain Marvel
  • The original Captain Marvel was published by
    Fawcett Comics and outsold Superman in the 1940s.

6
Shazam!
  • Ironically, DC Comics in the 1970s purchased the
    original Captain Marvel character, but could not
    put his name on a front cover.
  • So, the comic was called Shazam (after the wizard
    who granted Captain Marvel his powers).

7
Marvel ComicsGuardians of the Galaxy
8
Marvel ComicsThe Fantastic Four
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Marvel ComicsWolverineComic Book vs. Movies
10
The Avengers vs. The X-Men
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Early Comics World War IIEverybody hates Hitler!
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Even the Fantastic Four are after Hitler!
13
Todays Comics
  • range from simple domestic humor such as The
    Family Circus to the sophisticated social and
    political satire of Gary Trudeaus Doonesbury.
  • Cathy takes on the problems of single
    professional women.
  • BC, The Wizard of Id, Broom Hilda, Zippy and
    many more offer a combination of simple amusement
    and allegorical meaning.

14
UNDERGROUND COMIX
  • The term comix is a co-mix of image and words.
  • Underground comix deal with the underbelly of
    society as they make fun of drugs, sex, violence,
    racism, elitism, blasphemy, risque music, body
    functions, and crude language.

15
Robert Crumbthe Father of Underground Comix.
  • The distorted heads and enlarged feet of Crumbs
    drawings came from his LSD-distorted view of
    people and symbols.

16
Gilbert Shelton-- another drug-inspired
underground comix writer of the 1960s
  • His well-received parody of the 1960s hippie drug
    culture was designed not to preach, but to
    entertain.
  • Shelton also created Wonder Wart-Hog as a
    parody of superhero comics.

17
ABOVEGROUND COMICS
  • At the opposite end of the spectrum from
    underground comix are the coffee table comic
    books
  • Joe Andersons Bugs Bunny Fifty Years and Only
    One Grey Hare
  • Berkeley Breatheds Bloom County Babylon Five
    Years of Basic Naughtiness
  • Walt Kellys Pluperfect Pogo
  • Bill Wattersons The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth
    Anniversary Book

18
Parodies of Batman
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Parody of SnoopyIt was a dark and stormy
night.
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MIDDLEGROUND COMICS
  • Between the underground comix and the coffee
    table comics, mainstream collections include
  • Scott Adamss The Dilbert Principle
  • Charles Schulzs Happiness Is a Warm Puppy, Home
    Is on Top of a Dog House, I Need All the Friends
    I Can Get, and Security is a Thumb and a Blanket

21
JOHN CALLAHANS DISABILITY CARTOONS
  • John Callahan was paralyzed in an automobile
    accident shortly after his 21st birthday. He
    draws controversial cartoons about disabilities.
  • One of his most famous shows a dark-skinned
    street beggar carrying a sign that reads, Please
    help me. I am blind and black, but not musical.

22
  • In another cartoon, a man with two prosthetic
    hands is ordering a drink, and the bartender
    says, Sorry Sam, you cant hold your liquor.
  • When under the title, The Alzheimer Hoedown,
    he showed confused couples unable to Return to
    the girl that you just left, he received an
    angry letter from the St. Louis chapter of the
    Alzheimers Association.

23
Members of the Hall of Fame Sponsored by the
International Museum of Cartoon Art Include the
following, each shown with one of their most
famous cartoons
24
Dik Brownes Hagar the Horrible
25
Milton Caniffs Terry and the Pirates
26
Al Capps Lil Abner
27
Billy DeBecks Barney Google
28
Rudolph Dirkss Katzenjammer Kids
29
Left Hans and FritzRight Hans and Franz
30
Budd Fishers Mutt and Jeff
31
Harold Fosters Tarzan
32
Chester Goulds Dick Tracy
33
Harold Grays Little Orphan Annie
34
George Herrimans Krazy Kat and Ignatz
35
Walt Kellys Pogo
36
Walt Kellys Simple J. Malarkey alluded to
Senator McCarthy.When newspapers said they would
no longer show Malarkeys head, Kelly placed a
brown paper bag over his head, which added to the
joke.
37
Winsor McCays Little Nemo in Slumberland
38
George McManuss Bringing Up FatherMaggie and
Jiggs
39
Richard Oucaults The Yellow Kid and Buster
Brown and Tige
40
Alex Raymonds Flash Gordon
41
Charles Schulzs Peanuts
42
Elzie Segars Popeye
43
Mort Walkers Beetle Bailey
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Chic Youngs Blondie and Dagwood
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JOHNNY HART CARTOON
  • When the following Johnny Hart strip was run in
    The Arab News, both the feature editor and the
    editor-in-chief were sentenced to lashing and
    prison terms for failing to recognize the
    blasphemy.
  • Their sentences were reduced after the incident
    caused an international furor.

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Arizonas Governor Evan Meacham
  • In Garry Trudeaus Doonesbury there is a
    Mecham-like character who reacts to claims that
    he is insensitive
  • Lies! Lies spread by queers and pickanninies.

48
THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Graphic novels have become a major part of modern
    literature.
  • Many people first took notice of them in 1986
    when Art Spiegelman won the Pulitzer Prize for
    his Maus.
  • As shown in the next slide, he has continued to
    work with modern tragedies.

49
Art Spiegelmans In the Shadow of No Towers
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Art Spiegelmans In the Shadow of No Towers
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ART SPIEGELMAN
  • http//lambiek.net/artists/s/spiegelman.htm
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