• fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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    8 months ago

    It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. The irony being that Superman was first penned by people looking for a hero and Batman is kind of a reactionary answer to him. Community building was never in the lexicon here. And that is why, I think I realise, I really dislike most classic comics. It feels like a response to a collective trauma. Something something simple answers to complex problems.

    (Edited for confusion on origin.)

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      8 months ago

      Superman was penned in response to 1930’s anti-semitism by two Jewish artists and is literally an adopted refugee baby.

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        Oh that’s right! It’s been a long time. I think I switched up some history!