Week 3

During this week I read a few comics from the newspaper strips, Little Nemo. The stories in this series were entreating and expanded the mind of the imaginations, especially in a child’s world. Little Nemo comics were one of those articles you would enjoy reading on a Sunday afternoon at grandma’s house. There are various symbols that represent the society and politics during that time period which had taken place in the early 1900’s when the comic series were written. I would take into consideration that this was ideally written for a child where as reading this as an adult, I feel that a lot of the events happening would occur in someone’s mind while they are on drugs.

Aside from the adventurous stories, there were many things that I did find offensive in Little Nemo. The first context had to do with the monkey that obviously symbolized and African American person. Even though this was written in an era where this offensive slander was acceptable, I felt something else could have been used instead of targeting a specific group of people. In many of the Little Nemo comics, the black monkey was always in trouble, running from the police, getting beat up, or better yet, being the antagonist. Another part that disturbed me was the story element in each comic, which was having the same ending. All of Little Nemo comics ended with the little boy waking up at the end meaning that everything that happened was a dream. In story telling, the revel usually happens in the middle or the beginning and drives the story. It also ruins it for the viewer if it happens in every story.

Overall, Little Nemo can be a very entertaining comic to read, but the viewer/reader would have to keep and open mind that this was shot during a different time era.