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Segregation Now, Segregation in Comic Book Form
by Mangesh - August 16, 2007 - 7:31 AM

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Ethan Persoff has a terrific collection of strange and disturbing historical comic books, including this rarely mentioned 16-pager commissioned by George Wallace during his campaign for Governor of Alabama. I’ve posted some stills below, but you should definitely check out the link if you’re interested. Story via Boingboing.

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  1. Okay, I actually read this and I can see how it worked and he was elected. It’s scary how well propaganda works.

    posted by Sally on 8-16-2007 at 10:49 am

  2. This reminds me of why I want to get out of Alabama. Oi.

    posted by thedistractor on 8-16-2007 at 12:22 pm

  3. Wow, this is a great (as in valuable, not as in I agree with the man’s views) bit of historical ephemera! Stuff like this that conveys 1st hand contemporary opinion but isn’t meant to be saved forever gets scarce fast, especially when those opinions later get very unpopular.

    posted by Sid Morrison on 8-16-2007 at 2:23 pm

  4. My dad and uncle have a ton of old political stuff like this. One of my favorites is a short book (or fat pamphlet?) describing in detail the way the USA would crumble if we were to elect a Catholic president (i.e. JFK).

    posted by EV on 8-16-2007 at 2:50 pm

  5. Wow, I would have laughed out loud if it hadn’t been so freakin’ sad…and if you follow the link, the other comics are equally bizarre. I especially liked “Spiderman has a Secret” and the Planned Parenthood pamphlet.

    posted by natlynn on 8-17-2007 at 2:35 pm

  6. i read it and noticed that in his Alabama, there are no black people at all.

    posted by anon on 8-17-2007 at 5:56 pm

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