The Four Color Media Monitor

Jewish Unpacked told the history of how Jewish-American industrialists and creators originally shaped the comics medium in the Golden Age, but of course, without getting into any deeper look at how many famous classics with Jewish creators have since been tarnished by woke ideologies. It says about Stan Lee:

Raised in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in the Bronx, Lee later adopted his pseudonym to avoid antisemitism within the comic book industry.

Lee’s Jewish upbringing is reflected in characters like Spider-Man. He said he wanted to infuse Spider-Man with what he saw as the essence of Jewish values, stating:

“To me, you can wrap all of Judaism up in one sentence, and that is, ‘do not do onto others.’ All I tried to do in my stories was show that there’s some innate goodness in the human condition.”

Regrettably, even modern Jewish industrialists don't respect any of that, and antisemitism is still a massive problem everywhere, proving efforts to combat it through even comicdom have been a failure. Joe Quesada and Bill Jemas certainly did unto Lee and others quite an injustice when they set in motion the dissolving of the Spider-marriage, which'll likely never be mended. And that doesn't matter to these historians? The history article also brings up Art Spiegelman's Maus:

Recently, the book has been at the center of controversy, as it was banned by a Tennessee school board last year for having “rough, objectionable language.”

Banning “Maus” only proves how comic books and graphic novels are far from mere entertainment — they are powerful expressions of history, identity, and human resilience. They challenge societal norms and give voice to narratives that might otherwise remain silent.

The problem is left-wing Spiegelman himself doesn't seem to be protesting altruistically, and no mention made whether Will Eisner's GNs could fall victim to the same problems. So what's being accomplished if nobody's willing to address the meatier issues involved? That's why, again, this article is just plain unsatisfying, and hard to believe the writer really cares.

Labels: censorship issues, comic strips, dc comics, history, indie publishers, marvel comics, misogyny and racism, Spider-Man