Tag: history

+ art, camps des milles, holocaust, kendrick lamar, Mary Berg, resistance, Viktor Frankl

The Importance of Art as Resistance and Existence

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A few weeks ago, someone told me about the work of neurologist and psychologist Viktor Frankl and his time in a concentration camp duroing World War II. After the person told me about Frankl, I sought out his memoir Man’s Search for Meaning where he lays out his ideas surrounding logotherapy. Frankl explains that logotherapy, which derives from logos, the Greek word for “meaning,” “focuses on the meaning of … Read More The Importance of Art as Resistance and Existence

+ all the sinners bleed, frederick douglass, Hayley Williams, james baldwin, John Dominic Corssan, Marcus Borg, paul, s.a. cosby, south

I Don’t Hate the South: I Just Want a Better South

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During my undergraduate career, even though I was not what you would call an exemplary student, I sat amazed at professors, specifically English professors, who would rattle off titles, authors, and quotes at will, linking them together like a tapestry above my head. I never thought I would be able to do that, but as the years have progressed and I have spent, at … Read More I Don’t Hate the South: I Just Want a Better South

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+ Al Feldstein, EC Comics, joe orlando, judgement day, race, Shock SuspenStories

EC Comics’ “The Monsters!” Causes Us to Confront Ourselves

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about a few of the stories from EC Comic’s Weird Fantasy series in relation to race. I noted how “The Green Thing” addresses the racist trope of contagion and of tainted blood, and I discussed how “Counter-Clockwise” uses positioing to place the white reader in the position of those that they discriminate against. Today, I want to … Read More EC Comics’ “The Monsters!” Causes Us to Confront Ourselves

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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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+ 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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