Race in comics and the blacks in comics essays were actually quite similar. It seems the writer is upset with how there is very little black culture in comics, including the writers, illustrators and comic book characters. The author states that he was the first African American to work for the big comic book companies and that it upsets him that his name is not mentioned. He also notes that he does not like people to get ahead based on their skin color or ethnicity. Yet what confuses me about this is that he did nothing spectacular unless it is based on his being the first African American to work at the largest comic book companies. He talks of not wanting to get ahead based on color and yet he wants to be recognized for being the first of his color to work for D.C. and Marvel comics. The man in my opinion is a hypocrite
Ohhh my goodness... When I decided on trying to analyze the mythological origins and references in superhero comics, I had no idea the can of worms I was opening up... On the one hand, it was awesome to see just how many connections there were between superheroes and psychology/mythology/philosophy, but all the information also made it terribly difficult to distinguish what I should be using and how to tie it all together. When I was talking to one of my sorority sisters about it she said, "Oh yeah, well, research essays are kind of like putting together puzzles..." and I think that really sums up what writing this paper was like for me. Fortunately, I was really interested throughout the whole process and I very much enjoyed writing the paper. Being a psychology major, I was especially interested in reading about the Jungian archetypes that had a lot of parallels with major modern comic books superheroes. I was also able to incorporate Joseph Campbell's "hero cycle...
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