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The Culture of Superheroes

The Culture of Superheroes. Close Your Eyes. American Superheros ? Protect Escape Secure the American Dream. Who did you pick?. Morality and Justice in Comic Books. By Jared Ferenczy. Image retrieved by scan of Secret War by Bendis. Why is it Important?.

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The Culture of Superheroes

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  1. The Culture of Superheroes

  2. Close Your Eyes

  3. American Superheros? • Protect • Escape • Secure the American Dream

  4. Who did you pick?

  5. Morality and Justice in Comic Books By Jared Ferenczy

  6. Image retrieved by scan of Secret War by Bendis

  7. Why is it Important? • Mature comic books being release (e.g. Watchmen and V for Vendetta). • Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown’s lessons that can be learned from comic books. • 1. “Superheroes act outside the law, so why can’t you?” (Anti-Government).

  8. Where do you draw the line? • Where do you draw the line of acceptable and unacceptable? • Example: V for Vendetta and Watchmen.

  9. What to do? • Comics as crime shows. Working with police instead of around police. • The entire industry does not need to change, but the entire industry does not need to make an anti-government message

  10. Works Cited • “Anti-Government Superheroes” Reason 40.8 (2009): 14. Proquest. Web. 3 May 2009. • Bendis, Brian Michael and Gabriele Del’Otto. Secret War. New York: Marvel Comics, 2004. Print. • Moore, Alan. V for Vendetta. New York: D.C. Comics, 1988. Print. • Moore, Alan and Dave Gibbons. Watchmen. New York: D.C. Comics, 1986. Print.

  11. Works Consulted • Getner, Robert. “‘With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility’: Cold War Culture and the Birth of Marvel Comics” Journal of Popular Culture 40.6 (2007): 953-978. Academic Search Premier. Web. 3 May 2009. • Millar, Mark and Bryan Hitch and Andre Currie. Ultimates. New York: Marvel Comics, 2002. Print. • Millar, Mark and Alan Hitch and Paul Nerrie. Ultimates 2. New York: Marvel Comics, 2005. Print. • Young, Thom. “Ditko Shrugged Part 1: Ayn Rand’s Influence on Steve Ditko’s Craft, Commerce, and Creeper” Comics Bulletin. Web. 3 May 2009. • And many, many other comics.

  12. Up, Up, and Away!: Superheroes on the Big Screen Alexis Zayfert College Writing Seminar May 5th, 2008

  13. -Adult Themes -Truer Visuals -More violence

  14. Batman Through the Years: 1966

  15. Batman Through the Years: 1989

  16. Batman Through the Years: 2008

  17. Spiderman

  18. The Watchmen

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