Comics

Introduction Comic Cons are conventions targeting a fan base of comic book, science fiction and fantasy literature enthusiasts. Cons, as they’re known by loyal fans, contain elements of a trade show and have grown in popularity since their inception in the early 1970s. In the beginning, comic book conventions and science fiction conventions, for the most part, remained independent of one another. In the last decade, however, they’ve fused to form international mega-conventions, in which crowds in

Cultural Studies May 9, 2013 Comics, The X-Men, and Popular Culture The genre of comic books and the characters that are included in this fictional universe have taken an importance seat in American popular culture today. Comics can serve many purposes. Comics can be the favorite entertainment material that a person chooses to read. Comics can help someone pass the time as they take a break from a walk around their local mall, airport, or grocery store. The comic book can be the form of art a

Why I think Marvel Comics is better than DC Comics. I have many details to show you why I am 100 percent right on this. Now if you are a DC fan and reading this you can go read about whatever you want this is my opinion not yours. I don’t care for DC comics at all they only have a few good characters and even they can be unbearable sometimes. Marvel on the other hand is the exact opposite of this Marvel has almost only great characters and a few bad ones.My first reason Marvel is better is because

Bill Watterson is an American cartoonist, author of the famous comic strips “Calvin and Hobbes” syndicated from 1985 to 1995. In these short-stories, Calvin is a creative kid full of childish pranks, and together with Hobbes, a deep-thinking stuffed tiger, they both stand as examples of existentialism in comic strips. Through Calvin’s desperate choices and decisions over many circumstances in the stories, he struggles against a continually changing world. The characters’ actions portray the humanity

There will always be entertainment and in the 1960’s comic books ruled the entertainment industry, and even now they dominate as comic book movies. The worlds created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Frank Millar have become pop culture and people across the world have gazed upon this form of art and literature combined. The protectors of the universe, as powerful as they can be, are missing one key component, the universe. The issue that comic books have not been as diverse as the world they protect

I believe Superman is the most tremendous DC Comics superhero out of all of them. First, he is a alien from a planet that has been destroyed. Saying that he is very comparable to The Doctor from Doctor Who, because there is only two of them left of their entire race. Both of these heroes never use violence. I say that because neither of them ever really kill anyone. Indefinitely they are really the best heroes in the end because nobody ever dies. They have both been going on for a long time too

Comic books have taken on a “cultural boom” within the past few years. Many famous comic books have been transformed into movies, thus making the comic book industry more viewed. Even with new viewers the comic book industry is slowly dying. Monika Bartyzel contributes this failure to sexism within the comic book industry. In her article, “How Sexism is Destroying the Comic Book Industry” Bartyzel writes and argues points on why the comic book industry is sexist from obvious rape culture in it’s

The Superhero comics and storylines has always been an integral part of the world’s cultural history and the combination of historical events with fantasy themes has made them irresistible to comic book readers of various generations. Starting from the Great Depression in Europe, characters like Superman and Batman laid the foundation for the liberal superhero tradition which is still prevalent. That was followed by the Second World War where the superheroes assumed far greater roles – the fighter

With Hate and Success: How the Jews Created the Comic Book Industry The year is 1933. Adolf Hitler is elected as Chancellor of Germany, the U.S. struggles through the Great Depression, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected as the U.S. President, and almost assassinated. But that’s not what this is about, that’s the boring stuff. This is about the revolutionary idea that changed American pop culture forever. 1933 was the birth of the American comic book. The birth that ended up becoming a success

have used comic books as an escape from reality. Many read not only the storyline but also the artistic value many contain. Some sources claim that there are five eras of comic art; the Victorian or Platinum Age, the Golden Age, the Silver Age, the Bronze Age, and the Modern Age. Many only claim that there is only from the Golden Age on. The Platinum Age is said to begin around 1883 and end around 1938. There is not much on this era as it not considered part of the typical idea of comics. This era