European Studies Quarterly

Political Monologue vs. Political Dialogue in Graphic Novels

2016, 2016 (42), No. 4

Wojciech Lewandowski

0000-0001-5159-8354

DOI

10.31338/1641-2478pe.4.16.5

Publication date

30.04.2017

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Social sciences

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economics and finance, communication and media studies, political science and public administration, management and quality studies, law, sociology, international relations

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

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.

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