![]() ![]() ![]() These are great stories they are full of action and adventure. Naturally, these sorts of epics are full of great stories. "Religious comics, comics using religious stories are big right now. Wong says comics also have tremendous appeal for those seeking to convey religious messages. People are understanding that sequential art, comics are an art form. "Comic art can be used to express all sorts of different stories. Ken Wong says comics are just the means for delivering a story that can be about anything. Author Marjane Satrapi says her coming of age graphic novel "Persepolis" set during the Iranian revolution, is required reading at West Point, the United States Military Academy. The graphic novel "Palestine", by Joe Sacco won an American Book Award. Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus", depicting his family's ordeal through the Holocaust, received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 1986. The images can make it very very real and really excellent comic artists have the ability to capture these experiences with just a few gestural strokes in a way that are very resonant," he said.Ĭomics are also increasingly being recognized for their literary value. World War II was dealt with very explicitly, both in terms of superheroes like Captain America fighting Nazis literally or later on with Harvey Kurtzman where he, in his war comics, addresses and shows the actual agony and suffering of American soldiers at war. And some of those themes are the experience of immigration and feeling marginalized in mainstream American society. "The word comics as a title is a little bit misleading because really comic books and comic strips represent the social and political history of the 20th century very explicitly in their art. Comics are not necessarily just what they might remember their childhood," he said.Īli Gass says some comics deal with sophisticated issues that may surprise some. "People tend to think of it as superheroes and other juvenile things, but also comics as an art form can be used to tell all sorts of different stories. He says there has long been a bias against comics. Ken Wong is the Director of the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. New York now has a museum dedicated to the medium. People within the comic industry have always viewed them as a serious high art form that just were not given the appropriate recognition," he said. "It has been a long time coming and it has finally happened. "Masters of American Comics" is a two-part exhibit at both museums highlighting 14 seminal comic artists in the 20th century.Īssistant Curator at the Jewish Museum Ali Gass says mainstream art venues that once overlooked comic art now see its artistic value. The Jewish Museum in New York and the Newark Museum in neighboring New Jersey are taking a serious look at comic art together. The Studio Museum in Harlem is focusing on a new generation of African comic artists. Prominent museums including the Whitney in New York and London's Institute of Contemporary Art have dedicated exhibits to comic art. Recently, comics, such as those that have brought us popular characters like Superman and Batman, have been getting more attention from mainstream art venues. From VOA's New York Bureau, Correspondent Barbara Schoetzau has the story by Amanda Cassandra. Comic and cartoon art is moving out of specialty shops and into galleries and museums as traditional art venues recognize its artistic and literary value. ![]()
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