HI & LOIS & ENG 102
· Written By: Brian & Greg Walker
· Drawn By: Chance Browne
· http://hiandlois.com/comics/november-12-2014/
· SUBTEXT:
o false promises, misleading advertising
§ “If you drink beer” or “If you drink this beer”
o the use/abuse of PATHOS
§ appeals to vanity, insecurity
§ sex drive, sexual insecurities
§ immaturity, gullibility
§ social awkwardness
· SUBTEXT:
o down in the subtext of this cartoon, we see some interesting messages
§ racial & sexual stereotypes
§ stereotyping – especially in comedies & cartoons
· how subversive: to get people to laugh at such negative messages
o not thinking when laughing
RHYMES with ORANGE
o Hillary Price
o 11/12/14
o http://rhymeswithorange.com/comics/november-12-2014/
o ARBITRARINESS of Signs:
§ of language, words, images, meanings
§ why is a red light red?
· Why does red mean stop?
· What is there about the color red that means stop?
· What else does red symbolize?
· Why not another color to mean stop?
· What is there about R-E-D that means stop?
· What is there about R-E-D that means red (color)?
o