Over the weekend we celebrated our annual library-sponsored Little Rock comic book convention, CALS Con. As always, cosplayers and enthusiasts turned out to represent various fandoms, from Guardians of the Galaxy to Batman, Star Wars to Doctor Who. I’m no stranger to conventions. I’ve attended ComicCon in San Diego, Gen Con in Indianapolis, ICC (International Camarilla Convention) in New Orleans. Last year at CALS Con I moderated a panel discussing Studio Ghibli and the world of Miyazaki Hayao. This year I was honored to participate in the panel on Propaganda in Comics, and I thought my readers here might be interested in the highlights.
Cheers,
Jobe
P.S. None of the images belong to me and I tried to provide all the sources I could.
World War II
Hitler / Hansi / Japan / Popeye
Some dehumanizing, racist bullshit
Racism via Duck Cartoon / Racism via Superman / Racism via Captain America
Presidential
Obama with Spiderman / Obama / Obama-style Iron Man / Obama Rorschach
Political candidates
Political issues
Conservative ideas
anti evolution Batman meme / anti bathrooms
Religious ideas
Skateboard Jesus / Religious Tract
Progressive ideas
interracial gay kiss / lesbian kiss / Muslim Ms Marvel / female Thor / interracial kiss with female Thor / Black Mary Jane
J. Jobe 