tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post7244061130874210866..comments2024-03-25T11:21:33.915-04:00Comments on Diversions of the Groovy Kind: Decent Comics: "Mile-a-Minute Jones by Kirby and RoyerThe Groovy Agenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466541479854942040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897120082101927069.post-46043711995427445622017-04-11T07:36:35.493-04:002017-04-11T07:36:35.493-04:00Brilliant, of course.
This is well known as one of...Brilliant, of course.<br />This is well known as one of Kirby's anti-fascist statements; along with the Jesse Owens parallel, though, theres also that first page. We can't see all the bodies that clearly, but it seems like the story has tried to refer - so far as was possible in a DC book at the time - to segregation in the American army during WW2. How often did anyone else try to do anything like that?<br />For all the flak he took in the 70s, Kirby was always ahead of the curve.<br /><br />-sean<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com