Expanded version of my Charlie Hebdo article, with more discussion of the racism:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/frances-deep-seated-tradition-of-subversive-satire/article22389678/ …
@KerryD_Mitchell With works of mass culture, it's reasonable to look at "surface reading" (which is how such works are experienced).
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@HeerJeet That's how we experience isolated images - presumably not how most regular readers of a comic experience them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Nobody goes around saying, "I always hated MAD for how they made fun of that kid with the big ears." -
@KerryD_Mitchell MAD comics faced censorship threat -- that's why it became magazine. See Hajdu's "10 cent Plague." - Show replies
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