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Batman Urges Kids To Buy Bonds To Support The Vietnam War
Batman Urges Kids To Buy Bonds To Support The Vietnam War
Batman Urges Kids To Buy Bonds To Support The Vietnam War
I don't know about you, but when the Batman himself turns to the camera and tells me he has a message from the President of the United States, I start paying attention pretty quick. It might actually be the most effective form of advertising ever invented, to the point where I'm really surprised that it's only been used once, way back in 1966. The Batman in question is, of course, Adam West, the P
Anti-Mario Propaganda from the Mushroom Kingdom [Art]
Anti-Mario Propaganda from the Mushroom Kingdom [Art]
Anti-Mario Propaganda from the Mushroom Kingdom [Art]
I've never been any good at those video games that force you to make moral decisions. Even though, on an intellectual level, I know that I'm not really murdering innocent villagers or stealing from merchants with mouths to feed, but I can't help it; I just feel bad for those person-shaped collections of pixels...
Comics as Propaganda: Cracked Counts Down Titles That Aimed to Program Kids
Comics as Propaganda: Cracked Counts Down Titles That Aimed to Program Kids
Comics as Propaganda: Cracked Counts Down Titles That Aimed to Program Kids
As one of the most powerful storytelling mediums on the planet, comic books are extremely capable teaching tools. Unfortunately, however, that potential to educate has an even great potential to be horrifically abused propaganda style. Cracked has tapped into comics' potential for evil by pointing out six pretty hilarious examples of heavy-handed social/political/economic leanings shoved down chil
Darth Vader Wants YOU To Join The Intergalactic Empire!
Darth Vader Wants YOU To Join The Intergalactic Empire!
Darth Vader Wants YOU To Join The Intergalactic Empire!
Not only is Cliff Chiang a brilliant artist, he's also filled with equally brilliant ideas. The John Hughes superhero mash-ups he did some months ago got a whole lot of attention, but as great as those illustrations were, I think they fall in the face of his latest project...
Singapore Couple Faces Jail for Jack Chick Comics
Singapore Couple Faces Jail for Jack Chick Comics
Singapore Couple Faces Jail for Jack Chick Comics
So a Singapore couple, who are Christian, were just found guilty of sedition in Singapore's very first sedition trial, not for talking smack about their government, but for giving out Jack Chick tracts. If you don't know who Jack Chick is, the shortest version is that he's a religious nut so crazy that I have heard his name used as an actual adjective for crazy...