Tuesday, November 30, 2004

This Godless Communism - a comic


Oh, yes. Two themes recently explored here at AaH collide in This Godless Communism:
"Treasure Chest was a monthly comic book published by the Catholic Guild from 1946 to 1972. Each issue featured several different stories intended to inspire citizenship, morality, and patriotism. In the 1961, volume 17 number 2 issue, the story "This Godless Communism" began."
It's a hoot on one level and a lovely example of the past echoing the present: how governments need fear and an enemy (however distant) to inspire loyalty when they have nothing else to offer.

Ah, screw the moralising: it's funny.

2 comments:

jexebel said...

Awwwww, I want a copy!

Jon said...

I need a copy of this, do you know where I could find it?