Vengeance or justice?
The War on Terror in the Civilian Justice comic book
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https://doi.org/10.5335/hdtv.23n.2.14370Keywords:
September 11th, War on Terror, ComicsAbstract
This article aims to analyze the Civilian Justice comic book written and drawn by Graig F. Weith and published at the end of 2002. The work is a narrative that presents a patriotic hero, who wears the United States (US) flag on his face and pursues Islamic terrorists. Based on the analysis of the work, it is intended to discuss how US identity elements were mobilized to create a narrative that seeks to alleviate the trauma caused by the September 11, 2001 attacks, providing readers with a fictional world where they, projecting themselves onto the protagonist, can fight back and do justice against Al-Qaeda terrorists. At first glance, we can think that it is a comic about revenge, but the arguments presented and the dehumanizing representation of terrorists, transform the hero's actions into justice.
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Vengeance or justice? The War on Terror in the Civilian Justice comic book. (2023). História: Debates E Tendências, 23(2), 76-94. https://doi.org/10.5335/hdtv.23n.2.14370
