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Politics in the gutters : American politicians and elections in comic book media /
"From the moment Captain America punched Hitler in the jaw, comic books have always been political, and whether it is Marvel's chairman Ike Perlmutter making a campaign contribution to Donald Trump in 2016 or Marvel's character Howard the Duck running for president during America'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface: Origin stories
- Introduction: The political is pop cultural
- Hey, voters! Comics! Campaign comics, election specials, and graphic biographies
- Cold conflicts, comics codes, and congressional committees
- Great superheroic powers and great presidential responsibilities
- The Nixon PREZidency and the rise of the politically cynical comic book
- Reagan's raiders, Trump's titans, and political parody
- The fall of the towers and the rise of political comics journalism
- Comic book versions of presidential campaigns
- The difference between a superhero and a female politician is a cape
- Zombamas, sopapillas, dark horses, and other politicians of color
- The very stable evil genius of Luthor, Loki, Doom, and Donald
- Ex-presidents and days of futuristic pasts
- Conclusion: the art of the people, by the people, for the people
- Postscript: Political picks and pandemics.