Week 8: Ethics and Representation

This week I had read Ho Che Anderson’s ‘King’. This comic is based on the movement of the revolutionary civil acts leader Dr. Martin Luther Kings Jr.’s legacy in America. The comic shows the sources of violence and prejudice faced during that time. Anderson’s documentary comic about King captured moments that occurred in his life. Many of the critical events that happened to others around King in the comic was historically accurate. While reading this comic, the viewer will grasp the experience of being minority during that time period.

  



Anderson chanted energy throughout this comic with strong visual graphics. Graphics of which symbolized the character’s power in the comic. Many of the character’s were shaded is harshly which showed symbolism of being emotionally dark, depressed and without hope. Some of the characters did not even have eyes, which also showed walking by faith and not by sight, which was manly in context of King himself. There were protesters who did not have mouths, which showed how their voices were unheard. All of these important contexts make the narrative of the story appealing the reader by letting them get into the emotions of the characters themselves.   

Overall, I have read a lot of other bibliographies about Dr. King, but I really enjoyed reading this comic. It was more realistic and gave me a glimpse of Dr. King’s life. Anderson did a good job of conveying ethics and Dr. King’s perspective.