Title: COMICS,%20COMIX,%20
1COMICS, COMIX, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
- by Don L. F. Nilsen and
- Alleen Pace Nilsen
2The 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.
3Mad Magazine in 1952
4Super HeroesD. C. Comics The Justice League
5Captain Marvel
- The original Captain Marvel was published by
Fawcett Comics and outsold Superman in the 1940s.
6Shazam!
- 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).
7Marvel ComicsGuardians of the Galaxy
8Marvel ComicsThe Fantastic Four
9Marvel ComicsWolverineComic Book vs. Movies
10The Avengers vs. The X-Men
11Early Comics World War IIEverybody hates Hitler!
12Even the Fantastic Four are after Hitler!
13Todays 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.
14UNDERGROUND 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.
15Robert Crumbthe Father of Underground Comix.
- The distorted heads and enlarged feet of Crumbs
drawings came from his LSD-distorted view of
people and symbols.
16Gilbert 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.
17ABOVEGROUND 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
18Parodies of Batman
19Parody of SnoopyIt was a dark and stormy
night.
20MIDDLEGROUND 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
21JOHN 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.
23Members 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
24Dik Brownes Hagar the Horrible
25Milton Caniffs Terry and the Pirates
26Al Capps Lil Abner
27Billy DeBecks Barney Google
28Rudolph Dirkss Katzenjammer Kids
29Left Hans and FritzRight Hans and Franz
30Budd Fishers Mutt and Jeff
31Harold Fosters Tarzan
32Chester Goulds Dick Tracy
33Harold Grays Little Orphan Annie
34George Herrimans Krazy Kat and Ignatz
35Walt Kellys Pogo
36Walt 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.
37Winsor McCays Little Nemo in Slumberland
38George McManuss Bringing Up FatherMaggie and
Jiggs
39Richard Oucaults The Yellow Kid and Buster
Brown and Tige
40Alex Raymonds Flash Gordon
41Charles Schulzs Peanuts
42Elzie Segars Popeye
43Mort Walkers Beetle Bailey
44Chic Youngs Blondie and Dagwood
45JOHNNY 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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47Arizonas 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.
48THE 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.
49Art Spiegelmans In the Shadow of No Towers
50Art Spiegelmans In the Shadow of No Towers
51ART SPIEGELMAN
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