Historical comics
Questions to think about before class:
- In the primarily humorous cartoons, what does the humor rely on? How would you characterize the treatment of the past in these pieces?
- In the more educational spreads, how would you characterize the approach to the past? Do you notice any patterns in these pieces?
- How would you answer the first two questions with respect to the Asterix comics?
Cartoons
Medieval weapons salesman: https://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoonview.asp?catref=mfln2838
Hanging around: https://cartertoons.com/product/hanging-around/
Your, you're, and yore: http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=136009
Skinny-leg armor: http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/store/add.php?iid=95344
The father of history: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=30
Hastings, 1066: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=28
L'Anse aux Meadows with Newfie accents: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=36
Lindisfarne, 793: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=254
Joan of Arc: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=395
St. Francis and the birds: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=246
Victorians waiting for t-shirts: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=160
Remembrance Day: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=226
The Madness of King Lear: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=283
Courtly Love: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=282
Genghis Khan: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=25
Educational pseudo-newspapers
The Viking Invader - Fergus Fleming et al. (London: Usborne, 1997).
Dublin and the Holy Roman Empire
The Greek News - ed. Anton Powell and Philip Steele (Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1996).
Asterix comics
Asterix the Gaul - René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, trans. Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge (London: Hachette Livre, 2004); originally published 1961.
Asterix in Britain - Goscinny and Uderzo, trans. Bell and Hockridge (London: Hachette Livre, 2004); originally published 1966.