At the Comics Unmasked exhibition, I found a section based on how women were portrayed in comics, there were examples of how domestic abuse was considered a subject for light humour. A character named 'Andy Capp' which was a pun on 'handicap' was a working class chauvinist, in 1957 he appeared in single-panel cartoons, then soon became a newspaper strip and was syndicated worldwide. Such a character became even more popular, this was a little worrying.
I personally do not have much interest in comics, and it isn't my way of expressing a topic/issue/situation. But it is intriguing to see how people use this method/form of art, to create humour, awareness, and just simply make a point. The exhibition itself did not excite me so much but it opened my eyes to a brand new path of expression which I have almost always dismissed. The illustrations were astonishingly accurate, and the messages witty, there's still some similarity in how I like to present my work, getting the viewer to think and feel something is always what matters to me, and I suppose comics do just that.
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