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Originally Posted by Severian

Jesus. That’s my Jesus they’re talking about. Yikes.

Also, copyright infringement, but I doubt anyone’s worried about that.

No. No I can’t say I did grow up with anything like this. Though my parents did accidentally buy me a pornographic Spider-Man ripoff comic, to hear them tell it.
I wonder if it wasn’t just a regular comic and, it being the ‘80s, they were shocked at the amount of skin? Who knows.

ha ha ha.

right, your jesus is seen as an agent of american imperialism, just like the jesus of the 700 club when it gets dubbed and broadcast internationally (for real).

same with captain america, wonder woman, etc.

since they’re all us-centric and dressed in red white and blue they’re seen as spreading and promoting american values around the globe. whcih, in fact, they are. but unless you’re immersed outside the world of american values it’s hard to see that. theyr’e unbeatable, like nukes and advanced fighter planes, and protect and normalize the corporatocracy.

i wouldn’t be surprised if alan moore was influenced by 3rd world readings of american superheros when he wrote watchmen. plus the fact that the book is straight-up borgesian... hmmm (borges was a right winger though, lol— not everyone from the same continent thinks the same way).

anyway. my job here is done i guess lol. perspective and what not.

thanks for the morning’s procrastinations, now i gotta get back to moving house.