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Politics of the Funnies Part 1

Imaginary Worlds

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Introduction

In the mid twentieth century, there were a few titans of the comics page. Their comic strips litlea and pogo collectively reached about a hundred million americans. Both men created strips that were set in imaginary southern towns where fantastical things happened. They each broke new ground by incorporating politics and satire into their comic strips. Each faced a reckoning in the 19 sixties when the culture changed.

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