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Lipiner talked about how comic figures are related society of their day for example through the second world war action figures are depicted as patriotic, like Captain America and Wonder Woman. These action figures helped boost the moral of the country at the time of way, and some

developed an almost cult-like following. Swamp Thing also successfully set out to show that Craven, while developing himself as a genius in the horror genre, could also direct action and stunt scenes. Though the movie may seem cheesy compared to today’s comic book movies, Swamp Thing is still an entertaining movie to check

movement in the 1960s. Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York in 1923 and he has created some of the most well-known Pop Art paintings and artworks. An example of his artwork is “Reverie”, it is a screen print by Roy Lichtenstein in 1965 in his iconic comic strip art style. “Reverie” by Roy Lichtenstein shows social commentary of mass production through the art movement it’s in, the technique used, the subject matter. “Reverie” is an example of an artworks that is part of the Pop Art movement. Pop

Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines). Martin’s first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: “The Hero,” sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales

On March 29, 1972 in Ashland, Ohio, the author of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, was born. Cline had promising careers as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. However, his main or primary occupation was “geeking out.” He chose this path because he had a love for pop culture, which influenced his life greatly. In his early life, he had several odd jobs: short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma doner, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. During Cline time working at a low paying tech

The Godfather is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cinema, and as one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. This film won three Academy Awards for the year 1972: Best Picture, Best Actor, and in the category Best Adapted Screenplay for Puzo and Coppola. It had nominations in seven other categories included Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall for Best Supporting Actor. The success eventually spawned two sequels:

inspired by consumerism and communal culture. (Raimes, Renow,2007) This phenomena describes a new style of artistic work by including symbolic aspects from popular culture, pop artists employing this style in promoting and designing news product, comic books, also in advertising. Pop artists are very originating, and their style is very acute and bright. ‘‘pop modern style is an adaptation of a famous pop art movement popular during the 50s and 60s’’ (Yuni,2006, P:51). Pop art was described by its

role in the Cold War. In a 1947 comic book, the idea of the future was depicted as, “Communists infiltrate nearly every aspect of America, including subverting the Speaker of the House, before assassinating both the President and Vice-President...” (Document 7 caption) while showing chaos and crisis under communist rule. The cover of the book shows a frantic disarray of people screaming and a burning American flag, implying the damage Soviet Union will bring. The comic book sent a message to Americans

Bollywood and Silent movies are distinct by their names and styles within each movie. They are known to be the most popular back in the old days. Bollywood was, and is famous in India, whereas Silent movies were once a huge boom in Hollywood. Each movie’s music play a significant role, or portray an important theme for the viewers. These two genres of movie have similarities, as well as differences that make them somehow dissimilar but somehow close to each other. Bollywood, an unauthorized name

AGE WONDER WOMAN In Issue #8 of DC's All Star Comics (cover date: Jan. '42) there's an eight page story in- tended to test readers reaction to a new type of hero. Written by Charles Moulton (pseudonym of Psychologist William Moulton Marston), with art by Harry G. Peters, Wonder Woman, Amazon Princess, enters a troubled world. Positive feedback encouraged DC to give her the lead feature in a new anthology series - Sensation Comics. An ardent believer in feminism, and a great admirer of