Microblog Memes

i have the advantage over a lot of these media analysts that: i'm old. i was there for the comics industry bubble. i was there before comic book movies were respected. i was there before we got tired of every movie and tv show being part of the mcu.

i'm also a gigantic nerd. i've been posting online since the 90s. i joined twitter when it was an experiment to see what would happen if people could post to the internet without an internet connected device. i was using linux in 2002.

as such, a deep dive into these comic book artists, what they thought, and what their backgrounds were has given me some insights about how the development of comic books as an artistic medium has a lot of parallels to other countercultural movements, like hip hop. comic books are a community. the artists who make them are all in a conversation with eachother about what right and wrong is as they try to influence us, the readers. it's no coincidence that the origins of both DC and Marvel are deeply rooted in the production of military propaganda. these were all people who knew about propaganda, media, and message dissemination who wanted to use those skills to influence the public.