Image impact

[asterroc]

Having a very interesting conversation with Foxtrot comparing a couple of images. Rather than recreating the discussion here, I'll post the two images and see what y'all think of them.



Edit: Some people weren't seeing the proper image on the left before. I replaced it with a different version of the image, should work now.

Comments

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

Looking at the image, I though it was supposed to be Bin Ladin, partially because you juxtaposed it with a shot of Cap beating up Hitler (and partially because the beard looks like Bin Laden's beard).

I think part of the tone difference is the freedom comics have at the moment. The WW2 comics were under the oversight of the CCA (and primarily directed at kids), I don't think they were allowed to show deaths (other than that of the main villain sometimes). Now, comics are treated as any other form of work, and thus there's a bit more realism, a good bit more violence.

I don't know. To me, both look like propaganda pieces, and so I feel the same about both.