The international trailer features glimpses of Chinese actors and setting for the Iron Man 3. The financing from DMG Entertainment opens the door for Iron Man 3 to get access to the Chinese film market. At the same time, the transformation of the Mandarin from his jingoist origins to 9/11 analog to Osama Bin Laden allows the film to avoid offending the Chinese moviegoer. It also highlights the complex politics linked to anti-terrorism campaigns in the United States and China. While both may try, neither country can avoid the charge that "terrorist" groups can be traced to resentments linked to policy decisions that affect common citizens.
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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