Comic Books

Okay, so today in class was the first time that I actually seen a comic. I always knew that they existed... I just kinda thought they were a boy thing. I see that I was wrong with that assumption as many females in the class were all about some comics.

I think censorship, for the most part, is wrong. I believe that it violates our freedom of speech. The whole thing with the censorship of the comic came from one man. When one person tries to take responsibility and tries to make an impact on a part of culture, it should really be examined so we don't have more dictators running around on the earth. From what Richard said in his presentation, the comic industry was really a catch-all for the blame of what was happening with America's youth at the time. I seriously doubt that an artform such as comics could have corrupted the entire generation. I get so tired of politicans and other influencial people looking for cause and effect relationships that don't really exist. This whole thing with the comics reminds me of McCarthism and the Red Scare. Let't point fingers at everyone else but ourselves, and especially our competition so they will go out of business and we will control the market.

That may have just been a ramble, but those are my thoughts. I am sadened that the opinions of one deranged man drastically impacted the comic industry in the way that it did. Didn't we learn our lesson in Colonial America that requiring printed material to have a stamp on it to be a bad sign?