Title: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: Pete Wells on 04 January, 2010, 04:56:20 PM
Post by: Pete Wells on 04 January, 2010, 04:56:20 PM
A strange one this guys, hope you don't think I'm taking the piss!
Next week I'm working with a local secondary school, we're making photostrip comics as part of their history curriculum. They're going to be about the moon landings of 1969, exciting stuff!
Their teacher wants one bunch of students to make an American version which will be all proud and patriotic and the other group to do a Russian version, which may be a bit less... congratulatory.
So, what I want to know is, does anyone know of any examples I use to show the lovely bairns? I'm assuming that Captain America and Superman would be good for the American stuff - did they fight Nazis and 'dirty commies' in less liberated times? Similarly, and less easily I would imagine, does anyone know anything about Russian comics of the time?
Thanks in advance Hivemind!
Next week I'm working with a local secondary school, we're making photostrip comics as part of their history curriculum. They're going to be about the moon landings of 1969, exciting stuff!
Their teacher wants one bunch of students to make an American version which will be all proud and patriotic and the other group to do a Russian version, which may be a bit less... congratulatory.
So, what I want to know is, does anyone know of any examples I use to show the lovely bairns? I'm assuming that Captain America and Superman would be good for the American stuff - did they fight Nazis and 'dirty commies' in less liberated times? Similarly, and less easily I would imagine, does anyone know anything about Russian comics of the time?
Thanks in advance Hivemind!
Title: Re: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: JOE SOAP on 04 January, 2010, 05:23:10 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 04 January, 2010, 05:23:10 PM
Fuck them, why didn't I have art teachers like this.
Title: Re: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: Emperor on 04 January, 2010, 08:11:59 PM
Post by: Emperor on 04 January, 2010, 08:11:59 PM
Your starter for ten:
http://superdickery.com/index.php?view=category&id=35%3Apropaganda-index&option=com_content&Itemid=24
http://www.metafilter.com/53577/The-Wacky-World-of-Comic-Book-Propaganda
A personal favourite from more recent comics - Stalin vs Hitler:
http://johnl.org/2009/08/27/stalin-vs-hitler/
This might also be handy:
www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/2005/03/north-korean-comics-chinese-propaganda.html
Some of it is now obviously racist and other things might be considered a little near the knuckle so worth running past someone else (you can imagine the tabloid headlines now!!).
http://superdickery.com/index.php?view=category&id=35%3Apropaganda-index&option=com_content&Itemid=24
http://www.metafilter.com/53577/The-Wacky-World-of-Comic-Book-Propaganda
A personal favourite from more recent comics - Stalin vs Hitler:
http://johnl.org/2009/08/27/stalin-vs-hitler/
This might also be handy:
www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/2005/03/north-korean-comics-chinese-propaganda.html
Some of it is now obviously racist and other things might be considered a little near the knuckle so worth running past someone else (you can imagine the tabloid headlines now!!).
Title: Re: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: SuperSurfer on 04 January, 2010, 09:41:44 PM
Post by: SuperSurfer on 04 January, 2010, 09:41:44 PM
Iron Man has a Soviet arch enemy called the Crimson Dynamo. Apparently to be played by Mickey Rourke in Iron Man 2. The original character in the comic was Armenian (poor Armenians, haven't they had enough of a kicking).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Dynamo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Dynamo)
There are plenty of anti-communist war comics but I can't find pro-communist comics.
I hadn't heard of this Mark Millar Red Son alternate reality story before:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Dynamo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Dynamo)
There are plenty of anti-communist war comics but I can't find pro-communist comics.
I hadn't heard of this Mark Millar Red Son alternate reality story before:
Title: Re: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: I, Cosh on 04 January, 2010, 09:48:43 PM
Post by: I, Cosh on 04 January, 2010, 09:48:43 PM
Maybe not quite what you're after, but The Freedom Collective was quite a fun take on a Russkie Fantastic Four.
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/freedcol.htm
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/freedcol.htm
Title: Re: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: SuperSurfer on 04 January, 2010, 09:50:12 PM
Post by: SuperSurfer on 04 January, 2010, 09:50:12 PM
Not exactly what you are actually asking for Pete, but kind of interesting:
Title: Re: American and Russian Patriotic Comics?
Post by: Pete Wells on 04 January, 2010, 10:36:45 PM
Post by: Pete Wells on 04 January, 2010, 10:36:45 PM
You're the best fellas, I'll check all those out and let you know how the day goes! I really do appreciate those links, thanks!