According to Horricks (2004), how have perceptions of comics as a media changed?
According to Horricks (2004), In the 1950’s there was a widespread concern about the influence of comics on young readers. For example The Tintin comic “TinTin in the Congo” by Hergé (1931) was claimed to be racist because it contained images of a black woman bowing to Tintin saying “White man very great...”. He also made fun of black people by saying they “look like monkeys and talk like imbeciles”. This caused many book stores to remove it from sale or restrict sales to an older audience. Since then perceptions of comics as a media has changed immensely. In today’s society Comics are often studied in English and Art History departments at university. They can also be found in book length format which have been given the name of “Graphic Novels” and are often reviewed in the pages of the NY Review of Books. Horricks also says the concerns with comics have not disappeared but just moved on to other media. I believe this is true because comics are not a very large media in today’s society compared to Film and Television and the public does not seem to worry about comics anymore.
References:
Horricks, 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.
References:
Horricks, 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.
Good points, racists comments would be very frowned upon these days.
ReplyDeleteHi Ethan,
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how comics were treated as an unwelcomed genre in the early 50s. I wonder, after that, what really made people’s viewpoint of comics turn around and to the point of being accepted. According to your comment, the concerns towards the negative aspects of comics have moved to other media. Could you explain a little bit more about what type of media Horrocks means ? I have also read about Horrocks article, but other media such as the internet and video games were in fact introduced in the 80s and 90s. What about the gap of a couple of decades before the internet was introduced? Eh? I am just wondering ☺
Ethan,
ReplyDeleteThis is a little reminder that you need a reference :)
Hello Ethan,
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Blog and well done on this post!
I think this is a thorough answer.
i wonder why you have the Williams text in your reference list, when it is not referenced in-text?
Please also remember to use page numbers for direct quotes - APA style
Esther:)
Hay Ethan!
ReplyDeleteGreat post, completely agree the idea that was in Horrick’s article about the negative attention not fully disappearing but just shifting to other forms of new media. This is always the case though; people usually have negative things to say about new ideas and concepts.