Superman's role in romanticizing commercialism sexual violence in Japanese manga comics
Wonder Woman as Americanized immigrant reader's reactions to the gay superhero Northstar
Dilbert as a workplace revolutionary the Punisher's invasion of Vietnam - these are a few of
the issues that Comics & Ideology addresses. Focusing on the intersection of social power and
comic art essays in this book explore how images and narratives in comic books and comic
strips may portray social groups and social issues. As a scholarly examination of a form known
as «the funnies» or «funny books » this book argues that the themes and characterizations in
comic art are often quite serious. Essays take diverse theoretical perspectives such as
cultural studies political economy feminist criticism queer studies and mythic analysis
all focusing on the relationship of comics to issues of social division.
