For this week we were introduced into the next advancement in comics which was the comic book. We learned in class about the advancement from the strip to the larger pamphlet or book comic layout. For homework I had read some Batman, Action Comics, and some of Carl Bark's work. In class I also had the opportunity to read some military comics and a Roy Rodgers comic as well. I wanted to read a variety of comics as at the time period we learned about was all about the variety from everything from comics made about movies and television shows, super heroes, adventurers, westerns, sci fi and real life things such as war.
One of the ones that really caught my attention was Roy Rodgers, which was based on the Roy Rodgers film and tv series. I was interested in it as it portrayed old western style living with fifties, and sixties modernity which was confusing at first. I was also interested in the discussion of comics censorship at the time which I found very intriguing. I found myself playing devils advocate as I believe each side of the arguments had some valid points such as I don't think younger kids should have access to comics that portray sexual situations or overly realistic war violence, however I don't think that comics should have been censored the way they were either.
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