http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Sat, 18 May 2013 18:37:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Augie De Blieck Jr. Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:55:30 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/#comment-1034 I love it when I see a picture of the comics shop I go to every week turn up on someone's blog. =) I love it when I see a picture of the comics shop I go to every week turn up on someone’s blog. =)

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 » Batman lays down the law Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:35:04 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/#comment-1024 [...] There is an interesting article from a local American paper, the Daily Record, which I picked up via Blog@Newsarama. The mainstream press seem to have woken up lately to the fact that comics can address ‘real’ world problems and issues (witness the press inches on Marvel’s Civil War or the lesbian Batwoman character for DC’s 52). Of course, we all know that this isn’t something new, even if the mainstream media don’t. The Record article has a nice slant on comics-real world interaction in the shape of a Batman tale by John Ostrander, Seduction of a Gun, which was used by a politician in Virginia to effect some gun control legislation. [...] [...] There is an interesting article from a local American paper, the Daily Record, which I picked up via Blog@Newsarama. The mainstream press seem to have woken up lately to the fact that comics can address ‘real’ world problems and issues (witness the press inches on Marvel’s Civil War or the lesbian Batwoman character for DC’s 52). Of course, we all know that this isn’t something new, even if the mainstream media don’t. The Record article has a nice slant on comics-real world interaction in the shape of a Batman tale by John Ostrander, Seduction of a Gun, which was used by a politician in Virginia to effect some gun control legislation. [...]

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Jamie Coville Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:08:22 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/#comment-985 I really liked this book, it's one of my favorite Batman stories. I really liked this book, it’s one of my favorite Batman stories.

]]> http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-973 Rob Staeger Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:27:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/06/26/comics-as-agents-of-change/#comment-973 I remember hearing an interview with Denny O'Neil in which he said this was the single comic he was proudest of as an editor (or something to that effect). I remember hearing an interview with Denny O’Neil in which he said this was the single comic he was proudest of as an editor (or something to that effect).

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