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COMICS, COMIX, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

• by Don L. F. Nilsen and
• Alleen Pace Nilsen

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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.

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Mad Magazine in 1952
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Super HeroesD. C. Comics The Justice League
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Captain Marvel

• The original Captain Marvel was published by
  Fawcett Comics and outsold Superman in the 1940s.
  

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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).

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Marvel ComicsGuardians of the Galaxy
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Marvel ComicsThe Fantastic Four
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Marvel ComicsWolverineComic Book vs. Movies
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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!
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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• 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.

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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
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Dik Brownes Hagar the Horrible
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Milton Caniffs Terry and the Pirates
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Al Capps Lil Abner
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Billy DeBecks Barney Google
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Rudolph Dirkss Katzenjammer Kids
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Left Hans and FritzRight Hans and Franz
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Budd Fishers Mutt and Jeff
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Harold Fosters Tarzan
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Chester Goulds Dick Tracy
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Harold Grays Little Orphan Annie
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George Herrimans Krazy Kat and Ignatz
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Walt Kellys Pogo
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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.
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Winsor McCays Little Nemo in Slumberland
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George McManuss Bringing Up FatherMaggie and
Jiggs
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Richard Oucaults The Yellow Kid and Buster
Brown and Tige
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Alex Raymonds Flash Gordon
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Charles Schulzs Peanuts
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Elzie Segars Popeye
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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.

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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.

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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

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