Pawee's Strip Log

As I review a several page from page 86 to 98 in Arguing Comics book, the several authors are arguing that there are so much change in the difference between today’s comics and the past comics. In the old style of comic strips, the drawings, characters, dialogues, places, and actions are free to speech and do not tackle the terrible war with serious thought. The old comic strip always drew people the sense of amusement and made people laugh. The old comics were always remarkable to those people in the previous days. Unlike the old comic strip, the new styles are more dramatic and turned people into naturalistic of teasing. It is believed that the major influenced that impacted the new comic strips is the movies. Manny Farber said that “Today comic strip tries to be as much like a soap opera as possible.” It is somewhat telling the people that the readers in the previous age were interested at this entertainment of comic strip through pen and ink rather than thinking of the new introduction, movies. In the old day, people’s heroes of representative of an anarchist like Krazy Kat or Jiggs were full of violent behavior of creatures and yet in manner insulted the government that worked unfair to people and wanted to eliminate all forms. People became inspired of the art’s free sketch to the appearance of creature moving on the strip. Also they were inspired of the art’s intelligence to have dialogue that impacts to the big organization such as government.



But these days, comic strips are not exactly much funnier than the past. The name of dead US soldiers from Iraq war occurred across six panels in “Doonesbury” on Memorial Day. The style, backgrounds and actions in the comic strip have been refined more and more so it turned out the look to be less amusing, more respectful and more critical thoughts. They think more carefully of the outcomes that will not offend the others or lead to take the action of legal. This causes the comic strip in these days to have less free of speech. This is why some people notice today’s comics strip turned out the drawing to be more realistic as camera image. Since the time changes and people get more high education, they are aware at the result of massive damage from World War II which occurred long years ago. They realize they do not want to see the severe damages from the result of war again as it are repeating from World War II to Iraq war. They draw the comics to reflect the pain of the modern society. The comic historian, Bill Blackbeard said the artists are mad about the war now.



After World War II finished, men became available labors, and this impacted them into the change of society. They had to find a job and got married. Later on, the society opens the available works to hire people to work to raise their livings, and there are many works that turn on as an option. This work at home position, therefore develops into an alternative and soon will be considered to the parents who agree if they need more time with their children. Brian therefore focuses on showing people the advantage of being husband housekeeper by publishing it through the comic strip. Thus, Adam at Home comic strip grows into more naturalistic and well-mannered to symbolize the social movement of male workers these days.