Posted by
Far_view on Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:40:41 AM
There's a
column in
today's Sunday Denver Post by David Harsanyi entitled "Where have all
the superheroes gone?" It's a good column. Harsanyi points out how in
the 1940s comic superheroes supported the war effort and were all about
beating the Axis powers and in the 1980s movie heroes such as Rambo
were all about beating the bad guys. In today's comics, Marvel (may
they be forever cursed) have killed off Captain America for pete's
sake. Harsanyi views this as reflecting the moral ambiguity in modern
society. I have a different take on it, I see it as the comic industry
being taken over by liberals. I mean there's a storyline currently
running in DC's Justice League of America about the government sending
supervillains to some kind of prison planet (not following due process)
and other supervillains seeking sanctuary from the JLA. This is
obviously a thinly veiled commentary on Guantanamo Bay. There are lots
more examples such as this. I think getting some idealogical balance in
the media should extend to the comics industry!