Pages

Aug 20, 2018

The 40 Years of Comics Project - Day 1272: International Insanity #2, September 1976

https://www.comics.org/issue/1716738/

Not sure what to say about this one.

The comics were amusing, though had a strange tone to them. It was very difficult to tell, for example, if the superhero parody "Single Woman" was for or against women's lib. There was a slight sense of mockery, but then the main character in the story is a very forthright and capable character, which seems to be a good thing, but then there are moments where it's like she's being mocked for it.

Anyway, there's a short Neal Adams strip in here which was quite amusing, but aside from that I'm not too impressed. And there was some really dodgy ethnic humour in the magazine too. Though I've just realized that perhaps that's one of the reasons it's called International Insanity.

I'll read through the other issue of this that I have tomorrow. More to come...

No comments: