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Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale | Lauren Myracle

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The Flintstones Vol. 2: Bedrock Bedlam | Mark Russell

so-so

Didn't feel quite as sharp as the first volume. Definitely still heavy on the commentary, but it was less about a specific clutch of problems one might first have seen in the late 50s/early 60s and more about bigger questions, some with arguably a more modern origin: Is civilization a good idea? Is it the anthropocentric or capitalistic aspects of the current ideas of civilization which are the problem? Can urban planning and military action 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? be truly separated from racist bias? Aka how does systemic racism harm people? Let us count the ways. What are the long term effects of shifting community funding to military funding? How do we build communities that grow and adapt to change as opposed to deteriorate and gentrify? What will it take for society as a whole to recognize animal rights/workers rights?A little uncanny that there are word puns and slapstick moments in-between it all, 6d

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 but I do love that positive change in humanity on an individual level, and as a species, is still shown as a reality, rather than just a hope for the future. ⚠️animal abuse, racism, military violence 6d

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Flintstones Vol. 1 | Mark Russell

pick

A spectacular shorthand for the anxieties of an era. I did look up a couple things, which confirms that as the Flintstones animated series started in 1960, it was just as the counterculture started reacting to the 50s, and simultaneous with the Vietnam and Korean wars. While the original series (which I've never seen) was I think a cute double of contemporary times in a stone age setting, this graphic novel is looking at the darker 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? realities of that time period.
The rise of consumerism (which I'm pretty sure kicked off after the second world war and was big in the 50s as baby boomer soldiers got houses in new suburbs and industrialization and advertising told them what to put in them), the challenges to the nuclear family - the institution of marriage, who should be allowed to get married, the idea of women at home/pursuing other interests beyond childcare, 1w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? the clash of science and faith and the repeating cycle of both getting it wrong, the popular image of war versus what people were confronted with based on veteran's accounts and realizing the government has its own motives for recruiting for conflict, genocide, the crisis caused by modern industry, how often land is exploited and the original inhabitants (aboriginal, other minorities and/or lower income in gentrified areas) forcefully, 1w

Robotswithpersonality 4/? violently relocated or worse, the attempts of the younger generation to break free from what was obviously flawed about the entrenched thinking of earlier generations, while the earlier generation struggled to make a good life in the face of various people telling them how they should live in society. Obviously basically all of these issues are relevant to current day concerns, and so the series does double duty. 1w

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? There's also another layer that seems to be a mix of animal rights and basic existential dread, focused on how much of their shiny new appliances are formed from actual animals, which only talk when the humans are out. The budding friendship between the vacuum cleaner (purple elephant who spends most of its time locked alone in a closet) and the bowling ball (an armadillo who cannot fathom why he is the endless subject of inexplicable rage, 1w

Robotswithpersonality 6/? as his perspective of Fred's bowling nights is a lot grimmer) will break your heart.
It's an uneasy mix of satire and straightforward commentary, the messaging is inescapable. Having packed so much into the first volume, I can't fathom what the second will contain, but I'm impressed enough by how the creative team chose to tackle the subject matter that I want to keep reading. 1w

Robotswithpersonality 7/7 This is definitely a case of reading more for the writing than the art, but a fair amount of the storytelling is visual, and it would probably be a disservice to the narrative if the art were particularly pretty.
⚠️war violence, discussion of genocide, PTSD, animal abuse 1w

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Flintstones Vol. 1 | Mark Russell