(Untitled)

[j_bkl]

So when I was a little kid, in my folks ridiculously big library (places for bookshelves is a key part of their real estate planning), I found a book called "All In Color For A Dime." I was fascinated because it was both about comics, as you likely already guess, a favorite read of mine, and it was a look into my parents own childhood

Comments

[firynze]

Newspaper articles are very rarely multifaceted, in-depth analyses of social issues; rather, they grab on to some sensationalist soundbite and run with it. That's the case here; I'd be interested to read the entire original study, although I suspect that it's not that much better, given what I read in this article. Sometimes the prejudices really are there.

It's true that modern comics are much darker and have fewer happy-shiny redeeming social values than 40s and 50s comics...but that's true for all media these days, including television, theatre, movies, and music. Blame them, too.

And your analysis of not worrying about girls reading comics is correct; it's because girls are presumed to be off playing with Barbies and reading Twilight.

[j_bkl]

Honestly, I think there are just as many positive messages in comics and other media today.

Just not the SAME positive messages.