The ultra conservatism movement began in the 1970's in which I considered the ultra-white movement. There was a new sense of family values, the belief that abortion is wrong, the protection of un-born children against the rights of women. Then there was the implementation of affirmative action in which was a way to level the e work and education field for women and minorities. Then there was our relations with the USSR in which we tried to keep the relations has civil as we could especially with their development of bombs. The Iran hostage crisis in which the US supported the overthrow of f the rightful owner of Iran. It was our position at the time to support any ideology that countered communism. Even if it meant putting troops within in their country to cause a revolution and although these people were bad people we are just trying to counter communism. Referred to as the failure of detente. For liberal idoelogy there was a problem with supporting revolutions in other countries although they countered communism but of course conservatists found this policy essential in instilling our hegemonic power.
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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