Comic is reflection of society. Every era comic deal with social issues, problems, and social norms. 1960's was no exception, during the 60's United States was going through many events such as Vietnam war over see and protest against war in the United States. Also, it was time of hippies movements and fighting against drug. In 1960's hippies and drugs were the biggest social issues in the united States. Therefore, comic could not ignore these issues. In the Amazing Spiderman talk about the drug uses of Spiderman's best friend being addicted to drugs. The reason of drug addiction was to forget about his problems in life, such as girlfriend, and many other things in his life. Just like many people take drugs in the 60's to forget about life and to ease the pain in life. Spiderman and other comic stories reflect what was going on in the 1960's.
To begin with, I really do like the idea of reading a comic about comics. I think it's a great idea and it's very well executed. As I was reading the first two chapters, I was surprised at how many examples there were of art in recent (and ancient, in some cases) history that are variations of "sequential visual art" and thus the foundations of modern comics. I'd never even thought about it before and it was hard to believe how many different kinds there were. I also love all the discussion about how our human brains automatically interpret certain images in a specific way, how we see others constantly but we identify ourselves when we look at cartoons, and how inanimate objects automatically becomes extensions of our bodies. The pyramid of styles was very interesting too as a way to conceptualize and almost graph or "place" a specific art style in comics. In Comic Book Nation , I enjoyed reading about the evolution of early comics from "funnies...
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