Week 4 and Recommendation

Hey guys, unfortunately said I've somewhat neglected this weeks's readings and boy did I miss out. I'd say I got through about maybe 2/3's of the way through, but I really think there is some important stuff in here this week concerning what kinds of stories can be told in comics. I'm going on a hunch that a lot of the artist around the late forties began to find influence in early cartoonist of the 1900's. I find an amalgam of cartoonish devices being combined with superhero subject matter, especially in Shazam! and Supersnipe. There's a lot more personality added to the characters in these stories than a lot of the superhero stories before this. I also assume this is the age when batman took on a more kid's friendly look as well. It's a moment in time with a lot of other types of experimentation in what kind of subject matter is being portrayed. Murder Morphine and Me is a shockingly dark and violent story for it's time. We're beginning to see people favoring a lot more crime stories, a genre that will only continue to evolve and expand into the mid 50's. Wonder woman was just as silly as the rest of the superhero comics I've read so far, but once again, the subject matter of these stories is being pushed to many different demographics, only increasing the mediums influence.

As for my recommendation, I have no qualms with making wonder woman the selected reading. Lindsay won me over with her reasoning around that particular story, but a logical second choice for me would be popeye.