Comics were once, especially in the early 1950s, judged to be problematic as it was thought that young people were affected by such media. For example, comics were overly blamed for violence, perversion and other social problems. So they were treated as the enemy of society in many countries including the USA, Britain and New Zealand. However, since then comics have become a part of main genre of art history. There have been books for reviewing comics and graphic novels have been awarded. New courses related to comics have been introduced in tertiary education in developed countries. As some other media were newly introduced such as the internet and video games, the concerns that people had towards comics seem to move to the latter media.
Reference
Horrocks, D. (2004). The perfect planet: Comics, games and world building in Williams, M. (Ed.), Writing at the Edge of the Universe. Christchurch: U of Canterbury Press.
Hello love,
ReplyDeleteWell done on your second post.
You really needed to write a bit more in order to better answer the question.
I see you have 2 entries in your reference list, but no in-text references, so it is not clear where the ideas come from.
I would like to see more of your own viwes, and reference to the primary texts.
Esther:)