
Also comics taught about racism and drugs as well as corruption through either subtext or fully showing the thing it‘s against. The 70’s was the start when comics went against the ‘Comic Code Authority’ to promote a message, which was kind of stupid seeing that something like the ‘CCA’ reject the Green Arrow comic for ‘mention Drug Use’ even though it was a used to show kids that drugs are horrible. X-Men taught about segregation using ‘Mutants’ as a metaphor and of course Superman is a metaphor for the common ‘Immigrant’ coming to this new place with a minor difference from the rest of the humans on earth. So comics do more than teach rather than just show homoerotic imagery of dudes in tights beating each other up, it‘s a tool to teach. Also comics have the power to bring emotions out of the reader, just earlier this year I reviewed this Manga titled ‘Legend of Mother Sarah’ which is about a fictional future in which earth is at war with two armies and the book focuses on a Mother who travels from war torn village to war torn village finding her children who went missing after a space station explosion. That book looks like an action packed book, but that book is emotional and at times shocking; the feels on the bus go round and round. I recommend ‘Legend of Mother Sarah’ as an all out emotional read. Also make sure to check out Me and my friend’s picks for favorite comics.
Favorite Comics
Junette:
-Ghost World
-R.Crumb’s Fritz the Cat
-Gen 13
-Dark Knight Returns
-Legend of Mother Sarah
Jebus:
-Sandman: A Game Of You
-The Punisher
-Aliens (Dark Horse Series)
-Persepolis
-AKIRA
-YuGiOh (The non-duelist series)
-The Crow
-Outlanders