Are comic books a good vehicle for social critique? Is Superman’s romance with Lois Lane trying to tell us something about our own relationships? Can comics promote racial inclusion? As a spinoff of the recent symposium on graphic language, Special Collections and University Archives presents The Comics Continuum, an exhibit from our collections available forContinue reading “Comics: Entertainment or Social Critique?”
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Political Cartoons Exhibit Sampler
How many of the issues of the 2012 presidential elections are new to our society? What did politicians and the media say about unemployment and social security in the 1930s, the 1970s, or the 1990s? Were the elections of the last century less divisive in their language than those of today? What guidance canContinue reading “Political Cartoons Exhibit Sampler”
The More Things Change… Political Cartoons Exhibit Highlights Un/Civil Discourse over the Past Century
How many of the issues of the 2012 presidential elections are new to our society? What did politicians and the media say about unemployment and social security in the 1930s, the 1970s, or the 1990s? Were the elections of the last century less divisive in their language than those of today? What guidance canContinue reading “The More Things Change… Political Cartoons Exhibit Highlights Un/Civil Discourse over the Past Century”