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In mild of its being not too long ago banned in some settings, we talk about Artwork Spiegelman’s Maus (1980-91), which conveys his father’s account of residing by means of the Holocaust. We additionally think about different war-related graphic novels like Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis (2000) and George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy (2019).
Mark is joined by comics scholar Vi Burlew, comics blerd/acting coach Anthony LeBlanc, and comedian/graphic novelist Daniel Lobell.
Are comics notably efficient in altering hearts and minds once they show individuals’s hardships? Ought to youngsters be uncovered to the horrors of the world on this approach? What in regards to the complexities of social justice and gender identification? We additionally contact on Gilbert Gottfried and the connection between humor and tragedy, studying historical past vs. studying one particular person’s expertise, the ages at which turned political, and the way comics could have aided that.
Read Vi’s Washington Post editorial about censorship that impressed this episode.
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