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NSLS 2010
- 1. Go Graphic! Robin Brenner * April 2010
- 2. Who reads comics? • Average age: 34 • Gender: 87 percent male; 13 percent female • Manga, teenagers: 75% female
- 3. It’s a format, not a genre
- 12. 1841 - Punch Magazine
- 13. 1894-1898 - Hogan’s Alley
- 14. 1897 - Katzenjammer Kids
- 16. 1905 - Little Nemo in Slumberland
- 17. 1929 - Funnies on Parade
- 19. 1929 - Tintin
- 21. 1931 - Dick Tracy
- 22. 1934 - Flash Gordon
- 24. 1938 - Dawn of the Golden Age
- 25. 1940s - The Golden Age
- 26. 1941 - The Spirit
- 28. 1947 - Young Romance
- 29. Horror and Science Fiction
- 32. 1952 - MAD
- 34. 1954 - Seduction of the Innocent Frederick Wertham Comics Code Authority
- 36. 1960s - The Silver (Marvel) Age
- 37. 1960s - The Silver (Marvel) Age
- 38. 1968 - Underground Comix
- 40. 1978 - A Contract with God
- 41. 1986 - Watchmen
- 42. 1986 - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
- 43. 1986 - Maus
- 44. 1989 - Sandman
- 46. Mighty Morphin Space Invaders Transformers Power Rangers 1978 1976 1980 Japanese Pop Culture in the US
- 47. 1987 - Japanese Manga arrives
- 49. Lone Wolf and Cub 1987
- 51. Ranma 1/2 1993
- 53. Ghost in the Shell 1996
- 55. Sailor Moon 1999
- 57. Manga Boom Begins 2000
- 58. 1998 - PvP (Player versus Player)
- 59. 2000 - Megatokyo
- 60. 2003 - Dinosaur Comics
- 61. 2006 - Kate Beaton
- 62. Literacy Literacy (strict definition) - the ability to read and write. Literacy as a set of skills for interpreting information in: • Oral or written • Equations language • Gestures • Images • Videos & animation • Symbols • Sounds
- 63. Western Symbols
- 64. Speech Swearing Thought Dead Western Symbols
- 65. Japanese Symbols
- 66. Silence Sweatdrop Ghost Japanese Symbols
- 67. Japanese Symbols
- 68. Japanese Symbols
- 69. ANGER BLUSHING CANINE TOOTH SNORT = One irritated and embarrassed young man Japanese Symbols
- 70. Action Lines
- 71. Action Lines
- 72. Text Bubbles
- 73. Text Bubbles
- 76. Aladdin & Jasmine Jafar Sultan Character Types
- 77. Hisoka Tzusuki Muraki Character Types
- 78. Panel Sequences
- 79. Panel Sequences
- 80. Panel Sequences
- 81. Panel Sequences
- 82. Panel Sequences
- 83. Age Ratings
- 84. Age Ratings
- 85. Age Ratings
- 86. Age Ratings
- 87. Age Ratings
- 88. Age Ratings
- 89. Age Ratings
- 90. Age Ratings
- 91. Age Ratings
- 92. Age Ratings
- 93. Age Ratings
- 94. Age Ratings
- 95. Online Reviews
- 96. Online Resources
- 98. Olympians
- 99. Binky the Space Cat
- 100. Lunch Lady
- 101. Kit Feeny
- 102. Dinosaur Hour
- 103. Alison Dare
- 104. Crogan Adventures
- 105. Prime Baby
- 106. Salt Water Taffy
- 108. Foiled
- 109. Smile
- 110. Transformations
- 111. Twilight
- 113. Wonderland
- 114. Calamity Jack
- 115. Trickster
- 116. Bayou
- 117. Pluto
- 118. Emma
- 119. Natsume Ono not simple House of Five Leaves
- 120. Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossom
- 121. Perspectives on World War II
- 122. Hill & Wang
- 123. New Orleans After the Deluge
- 124. The Photographer
- 125. Logicomix
- 126. Kick-Ass
- 127. Kick-Ass
- 128. Asterios Polyp
- 129. Events
Editor's Notes
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- June 1938: First superhero in Superman, Batman appears a month later in Detective Comics 1939: The Flash, Hawkman 1940: Batman no. 1 1940: The Spirit strip in newspapers 1940: Walt Disney Comics Not a coincidence that comics arrived in in time for WWII -- many of the creators, isolated from their homes, refugees, Superman = ultimate immigrant Need for heroes strong
- 1941: Captain America 1 – Captain America punches out Hitler Superheroes dominated because of the need for heroes in wartime, as well as the customary habit of creating clear enemies and heroes Comics became a kind of propaganda, despite the fascism inherent in the idea of superheroes, something the creators would not outwardly wrangle with until later
- December 1941: Wonder Woman first appearance, 1st female superhero, Hidden elements of S&M flying under the radar Batman, of course, accused of being homosexual (just what was Robin up to?)
- Late 1940s: Romance comics (for girls), Western comics, Crime comics 1950: Horror Comics became the mainstream, science ficton 1950s: Korean War pushes war comics to the fore again
- Late 1940s: Romance comics (for girls), Western comics, Crime comics 1950: Horror Comics became the mainstream, science ficton 1950s: Korean War pushes war comics to the fore again
- Late 1940s: Romance comics (for girls), Western comics, Crime comics 1950: Horror Comics became the mainstream, science ficton 1950s: Korean War pushes war comics to the fore again
- MAD magazine
- 1954: Frederick Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent 1954: U.S. Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency in the United States hearings 1954: Comics publishers got together to self-regulate, created Comics Code Authority 1954 onward: crime and horror comics almost extinct, romance comics had little romance, superhero comics returned and sci fi comics became more popular 1958: Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane comic 1959: Wonder Woman revamped and given new origin 1959: Aquaman, Justice League of America
- 1961: Silver Age, also known as Marvel Age, Fantastic Four, noted for natural dialogue, then Hulk 1963: Amazing Spider-Man 1964: X-Men 1969: al superhero titles failing, even Marvel Marvel famous for adding humanity back into its heroes -- they were fallible, not invulnerable Stan Lee (at 17) created Marvel, and often impressed by trying to tackle important issues within his comics -- X-Men the clearest, as a story of civil rights with two distinct points of view (Magneto vs. Xavier) Much like Twilight Zone
- Death of Gwen Stacey The first major move to give a superhero “feet of clay” Hero didn’t get there in time, shocking to readers Getting closer to reality Pushing Spider-man’s guilt to the fore as his motivator
- Embraced 1960s counterculture The “x” both differentiates from mainstream comics and indicates the X-rated contet Harvey Kurtzman, R. Crumb,
- “First” graphic novel A Contract with God - stories of 1930s immigrant life in the Bronx in a Jewish tenement in Will Eisner, creator of the Spirit, one of the first creators to aggressively push the format as a venue for serious and literary topics
- Took the tearing down a step further Just what would make a man dress up in a giant bat costume and run around being a vigilante? When you think about it, any one of those “heroes” would be unstable and potentially quite dangerous Scene: in a group much like Justice League, one member proceeds to try to rape the lone female member When another “Hooded Justice” comes to her rescue, he’s accused of getting off on violence, which he doesn’t deny
- 1986: Batman: Dark Knight Returns gives Batman a dark edge, John Byrne reinvents Superman with Man of Steel, Alan Moore’s Watchmen Tearing down superheroes almost viciously Superman leads to the detonation of a nuclear bomb in NYC, Batman the only one to try and stop him, leads to Batman starting a vigilante army to fight the U.S., Superman, and everything he once protected Quite violent, reveals Batman’s darkest nature, especially his fascist streak, as well as Superman’s Definitions of right and wrong much harder to distinguish, with both heroes committing atrocious acts
- From underground comics hero, rather surprised those who knew him Addressed a very literary, serious subject in the Holocaust memoir Use of mice/animals to represent people quite groundbreaking Speaks to format -- why mice? The farther away an image is from reality, the easier it is for every reader to relate -- the more it looks “not like me”, the easier it is to dismiss it 1986: Art Speigelman’s Maus wins the Pulitzer 1986: DC starts marking titles “For Mature Readers” causing writers and artists to quit in protest
- Sandman a masterwork of literary references, using numerous literary devices including foreshadowing, etc. An elaborate, complex universe, adult concerns and storylines, existential ponderings Nature of dreams, fantasy Neil Gaiman created from old DC character from the 1940s
- 1987: Lone Wolf and Cub translated and published, Mai the Psychic Girl, first manga in U.S. Layout the key -- leisurely storytelling, focus on emotion, cinematic style very unlike western comics 1987: Marvel’s The Punisher becomes favorite, violence and psychotic behavior
- You don’t even need to be an artist! Made up entirely of clip art for office brochures/presentations Scathing critique of post Sept. 11 attitude in the U.S.
- You don’t even need to be an artist! Made up entirely of clip art for office brochures/presentations Scathing critique of post Sept. 11 attitude in the U.S.
- You don’t even need to be an artist! Made up entirely of clip art for office brochures/presentations Scathing critique of post Sept. 11 attitude in the U.S.
- You don’t even need to be an artist! Made up entirely of clip art for office brochures/presentations Scathing critique of post Sept. 11 attitude in the U.S.