Most of you guys argued that Watchmen could fit into an underground or indie genre or a mix of both.
Isabel brings up an interesting aspect that we haven't talked about very much in class (but that is important): audience. Different audiences can have different reactions to Watchmen (or "different readings," as we've been saying this semester.) ". For one, I personally don’t think Watchman can be categorized under mainstream but if you ask a person who is a comic book lover, they would probably say that Watchmen is very much categorized as main stream."
Rick disagreed, saying that "Watchmen is as mainstream as fucking Disney Channel." Take a look at the characters that inspired the Watchmen. Do you think these characters are mainstream or make Watchmen mainstream? Keep in mind our discussion today: lines aren't always clear cut.
Liam made an interesting point in response to Yvette's post: I am not sure how popular comics are today; and even though they might have a large audience, it would still pale in comparison to other forms of entertainment.
In the past ten years or so, there's been a real explosion of Hollywood movies based on comic books (Batman, Superman and Spiderman, of course, as well as their super frequent reboots, but also The Avengers [and all their characters' movies], Daredevil, Hellboy, Constantine, Men In Black, Persepolis and so on [Yes, some of these are old. I am old.]) This seems like comic books are sources for more mainstream media, but does that actually make comic books mainstream?
Yvette and Tiffany tie for best photo this week.
Also, for Wednesday, be sure to bring some notes/outlines/rough sketches of ideas for your paper. We're going to be talking as a class and then splitting up into smaller groups, so make sure you have something to work with.
See ya then!
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