Bad propaganda

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Brigid Alverson

I don’t usually link to scanlations, but this is something completely different: A manga that explains why human-rights laws are a bad idea. As the blogger who translated and posted it notes, this comic is so bad it’s almost counter-propaganda. It’s easy to laugh at, but it’s sobering to realize how many people still think like that.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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2 Responses to Bad propaganda

  1. Coal says:
    June 12, 2006 at 9:08 am

    Thanks for the link. It’s also quite sobering the read the comments posted, many from westerners who agree with the manga…

  2. Brigid says:
    June 13, 2006 at 12:49 pm

    Yes, the comments really gave me pause. It’s amazing how many people who should know better subscribe to this kind of thing.

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