1. A few thoughts on the 1953 coup in iran, the CIA and American comic strips, bouncing off my article:http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122962/pulp-propaganda-roy-cranes-buz-sawyer-cold-war-comics …
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2. In my article I document how the USA government actively used the cartoonist Roy Crane to transmit Cold War propaganda.
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3. Although largely forgotten today, Crane was a big deal in his time. His work ran in 100s of papers & he corresponded Dean Acheson.
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4. Crane was a also a pivotal figure in American popular culture, although again the extent of his impact largely forgotten.
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5. The early American comic strips were all either slapstick pratfall humor (the Katzenjammer Kids) or fantasy (Little Nemo).
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6. Crane, along with Little Orphan Annie creator Harold Gray & Gumps creator Sydney Smith, was pioneer of sequential adventure strips.
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@MisterJayEm @benschwartzy King more slice-of-life & soap opera than action adventure. Segan fused burlesque & adventure, as did Gottfredson
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@HeerJeet@MisterJayEm Ah, I thought you meant pioneers of narrative itself. I didn't get the action thing.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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