Discussion Questions 4
February 27 / Monday (MARVEL COMICS Pt.2)
As you read the assigned readings for today, please think about the following two questions. Type your answers (a couple of short paragraphs for each) on a single sheet of paper, and bring them to class. I will collect everyone’s answer sheets and mark them with either one, two, or three tick marks.
1. In your own words describe the rationale for the incorporation of the drug-use plot line in the three Spider-Man issues assigned for Monday. (Hint: The rationale is described in the book Comic Book Nation). Also, how would you interpret the actual drug narrative presented in the story -- what kind of message might it send to the audience? How does
2. In general, reading the Spider-Man comics, do you see any particular political position (i.e., liberal, conservative, libertarian, socialist, progressive, etc.) represented in the stories (think about issues such as race, class, gender relations, drugs, corporations, etc.)? Give an example from the comics to support your answer. What does Bradford Wright, the author of Comic Book Nation suggest about the politics of comic books in the late 1960s/early 1970s? (Hint: read the assigned reading).
February 27 / Monday (MARVEL COMICS Pt.2)
As you read the assigned readings for today, please think about the following two questions. Type your answers (a couple of short paragraphs for each) on a single sheet of paper, and bring them to class. I will collect everyone’s answer sheets and mark them with either one, two, or three tick marks.
1. In your own words describe the rationale for the incorporation of the drug-use plot line in the three Spider-Man issues assigned for Monday. (Hint: The rationale is described in the book Comic Book Nation). Also, how would you interpret the actual drug narrative presented in the story -- what kind of message might it send to the audience? How does
2. In general, reading the Spider-Man comics, do you see any particular political position (i.e., liberal, conservative, libertarian, socialist, progressive, etc.) represented in the stories (think about issues such as race, class, gender relations, drugs, corporations, etc.)? Give an example from the comics to support your answer. What does Bradford Wright, the author of Comic Book Nation suggest about the politics of comic books in the late 1960s/early 1970s? (Hint: read the assigned reading).