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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, chinese exclusion act, comics, George F. Keller, history, image comics, John Gast, pornsak pichetshote, The Good Asian

Fears of Invasion in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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Last post, I looked at the first few pages of Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s The Good Asian, specifically the ways that the pages foreground a lot of the themes throughout the series. Today, I want to continue that examination by looking at the first page of issue #3. These pages, likes the first two in the series, highlight the historical aspects of The Good Asian, notably the … Read More Fears of Invasion in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, comics, history, image comics, lillian e smith, pornsak pichetshote, The Good Asian

The Walls That Separate Us in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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I first read Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell’s Infidel about five years ago, and after reading it, I decided to teach it in my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” course. Since I first read Infidel, I have picked up anything that Pichetshote has written, from Man’s Best and The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives to his writing and editorial work on The Horizon Project. I have always enjoyed his work, and when I … Read More The Walls That Separate Us in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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+ Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, comics, EC Comics, joe orlando, judgement day, science fiction

Confronting the Ways We Dehumanize Individuals in EC Comic’s 1953 Story “Counter Clockwise”

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Writing about the pivotal comic “Judgment Day!”, which debuted in EC Comics’ Weird Fantasy #18, Daniel Yezbick points out that while EC’s works “trafficked in largely repetitive, openly grotesque, and often sexist power fantasies,” they also “became one of the few voices in any medium with the chutzpah to present openly subversive morality plays that regularly questioned concepts of liberty, equality, faith, and justice.” Through this … Read More Confronting the Ways We Dehumanize Individuals in EC Comic’s 1953 Story “Counter Clockwise”

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+ Al Feldstein, Bernard Lown, Bill Gaines, comics, EC Comics, history, joe orlando, race, science fiction

Contaminated Blood in EC Comics’ “The Green Thing!”

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I have always enjoyed reading EC Comics from the 1950s because William Gaines and the crew didn’t shy away from broaching topics such as antisemitism, racism, sexism, and more. Even in stories that seemingly, on the surface, seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with these issues, they expose these issues, specifically the social constructions of race. They do this in horror stories such … Read More Contaminated Blood in EC Comics’ “The Green Thing!”

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+ comics, Daniel Acuña, Escape, image comics, Rick Remender, world war ii

The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #1

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I toy with a various different writing assignments in my composition courses, typically crafting assignments based on our readings. Last spring I had students construct zines since we read riot grrrl memoirs. I’ve had students create their own comics, either scripts or full fledged comics. This semester, I am having students write fan letters. Since we are reading some early EC Comics, notably a collection of Weird Fantasy and a … Read More The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #1

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