Open AccessPolitical Monologue vs. Political Dialogue in Graphic Novels
Author(s) -
Wojciech Lewandowski
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
przegląd europejski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-6023
pISSN - 1641-2478
DOI - 10.31338/1641-2478pe.4.16.5
Subject(s) - comics , battle , politics , ideology , status quo , order (exchange) , comic strip , media studies , sociology , literature , history , art , political science , law , archaeology , finance , economics
Can a comic book communicate support to political status quo and strive to educate a society of obedient citizens who share common conservative values? Can it, in other cases, encourage tough questions and sound rebellious? And why are graphic novels so efficient as means of propaganda and ideological impact? Selected stories from “Commando” and “Battle” war comic series are discussed along with Alan Moore’s and David Lloyd’s V for Vendetta in order to look at hierarchical versus anarchistic political communication in British graphic novels. Special attention is paid to uniqueness of comic books as a medium.