According to Horricks (2004), how have perceptions of comics as a media changed?
Comics were threatened extinct in the 1950s as many political groups found them as a haven for “violence and jingoistic anti-Communism” (Horricks, D.2004). In the article which that quote comes from, a lot of reasons are detailed as to why this was a concern in the 1950s. But as I personally have seen time and time again, anything new is a threat. It’s said later in the article that “…but the same cannot be said of gangsta rap, television, the internet or video games.” These mediums (which are all relatively new) can be used by a minority to express such radical ideals but as history tells us, the same can’t be said for the majority.
Comics or Graphic Novels have became a special part of modern literature, (perhaps because the authors have used it as a means to communicate less popular political ideals?) and the fact the Pulitzer Prize and NY Review of Books has began including Graphic Novels and Comics proves this.(Horricks, D.2004)
REFERENCES
Horricks D 2004. The perfect planet: comics, games and world buildings in Williams, M. (E.d.), Writing at the edge of the Universe. Christchurch: U of Canterbury Press.
https://autonline.aut.ac.nz/@@/541D502BDC67F5A87C9527D4EEC3ACE9
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