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In an age when visual arts and images are rapidly becoming the dominant factor in communication, it is vital to understand the power that graphics have in our society. We must evaluate the ways in which ownership of the media that saturate us with graphic images serves as a tool for manipulating public opinion, and the ways in which memes can also be subverted by thought-provoking variations of ubiquitous images. Meanwhile, the best medicine for brainwashing is to turn off the tv and read a comic!
The comic book, with a long history of brilliant masterpieces, and a rich tradition of underground dissent, is one medium with great potential for maintaining freedom of expression in a time when questioning authority is being criminalized by narrow-minded fanatics. There is a lot going on in this much scorned and denigrated art form, so join all the sequential tarts and reach for the bug powder.