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Daniel Gómez Salamanca The Graphic Novel and Comic Conference COMICS: CULTURES & GENRES
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1938 “ Novum”
1938 1945 Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima
1938 1945 1963 JFK assassination
1938 1963 1945 1963 Vietnam war
1938 1963 1945 1963 Vietnam syndrome 1963-…
1938 1963 1945 1963 Watergate 1963-… 1973
1938 1963 1945 1963 Hostage Crisis 1963-… 1973 1979- 1981
1938 1963 1945 1963 Irangate 1963-… 1973 1979- 1981 1985- 1986
Roosevelt 1935-1945 Truman 1945-1953 Eisenhower 1953-1961 Kennedy 1961-1963 Nixon 1969-1974 L.B. Johnson 1963-1969 Nixon 1974-1977 Ford 1974-1977 Nixon 1978-1981 Carter 1978-1981 Nixon 1981-… Reagan 1978-...
1938 1963 1945 1963 1963-… 1973 1979- 1981 1985- 1986
1938 1963 1945 1963 1963-… 1973 1979- 1981 1985- 1986 détente process
[object Object],“ I also wanted to write about power politics. Ronald Reagan was president. But I worried readers might switch off if they thought I was attacking someone they admired. So we set Watchmen in a world where Nixon was in his fourth term — because you're not going to get much argument that Nixon was scum! For me, the '80s were worrying. ''Mutually Assured Destruction.'' ''Voodoo economics.'' A culture of complacency... I was writing about times I lived in.” ALAN MOORE
[object Object],“ I also wanted to write about power politics. Ronald Reagan was president. But I worried readers might switch off if they thought I was attacking someone they admired. So we set Watchmen in a world where Nixon was in his fourth term — because you're not going to get much argument that Nixon was scum! For me, the '80s were worrying. ''Mutually Assured Destruction.'' ''Voodoo economics.'' A culture of complacency... I was writing about times I lived in.” ALAN MOORE
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1938 1963 1945 1963 1963-… 1973 1979- 1981 1985- 1986 détente process End of Cold War
 
 

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