17th of april - Super heroes in the dark age

When comics became graphic novels by John Sherwin In the late 1970s and 1980s comic books took a step into the shadows, the backstreets and the psyche of the criminally insane. Complex storylines depicting sensational violence and depravity became the calling card of the Dark Age of comic books. Classic graphic novels from this period included Alan Moore’s Watchmen, Frank Millers Dark Knight Returns and Grant Morrison’s Arkham Asylum. In this talk Sherwin explores a darker approach to storytelling, how it has influenced mainstream cinema and why adults read comics.

I felt very fortunate with all the talks and the band ,all top drawer.Although Johns talk was before Micheals I have laid it out this way on the blog because it makes more sense chronologically.John´s talk took up the relay of the superhero firts fashioned as the clean somewhat shallow veneered heroe of the 50´s till the 70´s fighting against evil and the slip into the more complex and darker ego of the troubled superhero. In a sense the culture of graphic illustration had reached adolescence and was approaching manhood for better or for worse. The talk was followed by the movie unbreakable with Samuel Jackson and Bruce Willis.Another bring you beer event went down very well.