Pulp Magazines: The Birth Of A Medium

Rising international hostility and intensifying wars became a source of aesthetic influence in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Due to multiple wars across the world and dwindling military support in America, news media and propaganda artists found inspiration in exploring the political and social controversies both in America and around the world. Newspaper publishers, such as the New York World and the New York Journal thrived in analyzing and reporting progress made in the fight to obtain power in smaller countries: “Two newspapers locked in a fierce competition for readers, William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World, strove to outdo each other with sensational headlines about every Spanish atrocity in

The “Public Sale of Negroes, by Richard Clagett, depicts a typical auction in 1883. Although, it is important to note that “typical” in the 1800’s is very far from the typical of today. What is interesting or peculiar about this auction and many others in this time is that they were auctioning and selling people. The “Institution of Slavery” or chattel slavery, or even simply slavery, was the mistreatment of people as personal property and objects, where they were bought and sold and forced to perform work and labor. This “institution” was entirely legal, recognized at the writing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and ended by legal abolishment December 1865,

Why are comics not appreciated as much as the dry narratives of novels in the literary world? A comic is composed of symbols to express concepts shared by all people in their own social environment, and provide more tools than conventional art to truly show artistic intention.

There are a lot of excellent significant landmarks that can be commemorated by a coin by the colonial Williamsburg foundation; but here are the four structures that are worthy of being commemorated: The Bruton Parish Church, the Capitol, the Governor's Palace, and the Magazine. Commemorate means to honor a certain place or a person. All these structures are important, but the most significant structure to commemorate is clearly the Magazine. According to my research, the Magazine is the best choice because it succeeds all of the goals it has to meet, it has a lot of historical significance, it is relevant to citizens today, and it has a connection to the mission statement “The future may learn from the past.”. The paragraphs below will explain

Comics, a medium used to express ideas via images and pictures, can be traced back to the cave period when humans communicated ideas and thoughts using paintings and pictures. However, as humans began to use words to communicate with one another, paintings and pictures as a mode of communication took a backseat. They began to be used only for visual impact whenever needed. In course of time, other than oral communication, written communication and print media were considered effective means of communication. Various genre like novels, poems, short stories, essays were all realized and accepted by scholars as resources to be used when educating children and adults. Inspite of the many famous comics – be it

A comic book writer himself, he just wants comics to be appreciated. Scott McCloud’s main point of his essay, Understanding Comics, is to show how comics are more complex than just what individuals’ judge at first sight, because of how he has judged comics.

Meaningful appropriation remains a vital precept of creativity and innovation. In the last 20 years, many artists have constructed knowledge in forms of contemporary art from both social and cultural sources. Artists have continuously remixed contents from certain cultures for new expressive purposes. It is often deemed by members of the originating cultures, that appropriation in the arts is disrespectful, as cultural elements become distorted and lost in translation. Meaningful appropriation however is often misunderstood and is mainly viewed as borrowing that is in some way inappropriate, unauthorised or undesirable. Although, artists in remix culture have not necessarily attempted to destroy cultures, but instead offer a new perspective to individuals by bringing divergent cultures together through art. Artists such as Stella McCartney, a designer famously known for her creation ‘Chinatown Plaid, 2013’ in fashion, utilises dominant creative strategies such as remixing and collaging of fabrics in order to convey her artistic vision, which highly compliments both the ‘Refugee’ work culture and female individuals as strong and resilient. In a similar sense, digital artist Michael Guppy remixes artworks using programs such as Adobe Photoshop in order to remove central elements from famous artworks, a reoccurring theme in his work in which he explores both the social and cultural side of technology and how it transforms society. Whereas, graphic designer Thomas Robson

The Bias Comics allowed Americans to forget about the impending crisis of war in Europe (WW2), when I say comic you probably think of aliens in tights fighting crime and protecting the world from evil, but in fact the first modern comic printed was a spinoff of newspaper humor comic strips. Comics made their first rise in the early and late 1930s, the consumption of comics boomed in the

Everyday people read newspapers and books, but where did printing begin? The movable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg made this all possible. Johannes first conceived of this idea of the printing press in the 15th century in order to speed up the slow process of producing books (Bantwal). The movable type printing press, the first real technology of its kind, helped to solve problems, but in turn also caused problems. This technology did influence many areas of life in its lifespan. This includes challenging the church and poisoning people with the increased toxins from mass products of materials. Depending on one’s point of view, this invention could be the best or worst thing to happen during the 15th century. Regardless of

When people moved from their farms and into the city they probably did it because the wanted a better job and to get more money so that they could by the books from the printing press. Another possible reason is in 1472 not a lot of people knew about the printing press so there wasn’t a lot and the price of book went way up, but in 1500 there were a lot of the printing presses so they price of the book went way down. Also the people who went to the Catholic Church were curious about the book and its language’s. Plus when you live on a farm then you don’t get a lot of money so you can’t get the book and if you wanted a better job than you would move in to the city. Also in the country side you would have to walk far to go to the church, but

1938 saw the first appearance of Batman. More of a mystery comic than a superhero comic book, Batman was inherently different from the pure and clean Superman. He was a gritty and depressing character that has been able to remain in print even to this day. Rather than using superpowers, Batman uses detective abilities that allowed him to solve cases and find perpetrators. (“The History of Comic Books.” TheComicBooks.com.) But not even Batman, Superman, or even Captain Marvel could brace themselves for the arrival of the Marvel comics.

The distribution, audience, narrative style, and dramatic content, of comic books were the direct descendants of the pulp magazine. They were called pulp magazine because they were printed on the cheapest paper for non-costly mass distribution, these publications were as old as newspaper comic strips. Pulp magazines can be traced to their Civil War-era ancestors, called dime novels. Unlike the funnies, pulp magazines styles were outside of the mainstream and featured adventure, fantasy, and suspense. In 1933, Harry Wildenberg and Max Gaines took the traditional comic and folded it in half and then created the first four-color newsprint comic. It would became the new format which is still seen in modern comic books still today.

he very first modern comic book made, was known as the "Yellow Kid," and its arrival in 1897, generated the "Platinum age" of comics. It was published by G. W. Dillingham Company, and was part of a series that Dilingham did on American authors. This became the staple for future comic books to come, and even coined the name "Comic Book" on the back of the cover. But even before the "Yellow Kid", comic books had existed in what has been coined the "Victorian age", which started in 1837 with the comic "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" . It was published in several different European languages and even arrived in the United States in 1842. While several other comics existed in the Victorian age; such as "The Brownies: Their Book", "Harper 's, Puck, Judge, Life ", and "Truth" and were extremely popular in Sunday morning newspapers, there is very little knowledge of the comic books from this era in history, and is still being discovered, researched and recorded. In 1933, the Dell Publishing company started a new line of comics, the "Famous Funnies" comic book, which began with the release of "Funnies on Parade". The "Famous Funnies" have become widely accepted as America 's first true comic book. (“History of Comics - Platinum Age.” Wayback Machine). But it wasn’t until 1938, that comic books would dramatically shift to how people would view and read them in today 's world.

Gutenberg’s printing press was one of the most important inventions of the renaissance, as it has had a major impact on both the Renaissance and todays world of printing. The Gutenberg Press, impacted the renaissance by, making books and information easier and cheaper to reproduce and print, spreading more information easier and faster to vast audiences eager for new information, helping advance science and technology, and also by helping the economy grow stronger through creating new industries and the constant purchasing of books.

Growing up with three very important women in my life, my mother, Grandmother, and Aunt, were all registered nurses. With them all being nurses it was known that I would follow in their footsteps, and become a nurse too. Watching all three of these highly educated individuals study at different time periods of my life showed me different things about the field of nursing. Although, nursing is a good way to help the community, throughout several years I’ve noticed that people can be helped by other mean.