worst misconceptions/misperceptions of the cultures in the comics

[stelok]

many American writers/artists seemed to have rather bad perceptions of other cultures. Same can be said about the writers from other countries.

Worst misconceptions/misperceptions of the worldly cultures in the comics are the representation of Gypsy people

Roma people (often referred to as Gypsies or Gipsies.) including Victor Von Doom, Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver were depicted as Caucasians. In reality they are dark-skinned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_people

The image of Roma in Sliven, Bulgaria:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/NadezhdaSliven.jpg



Baron Von Hammer a.k.a. Enemy Ace refused to carry a swastika on his plane because the swastika was a Nazi invention. Actually swastika has existed in many cultures as a positive and universally positive symbol for over 3,000 years before Hitler was even born.

http://history1900s.about.com/cs/swastika/a/swastikahistory.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika

[T GUy]

Baron Von Hammer a.k.a. Enemy Ace refused to carry a swastika on his plane because the swastika was a Nazi invention.

I suspect it's more the fact that the Nazi party didn't exist while Von Hammer was strutting his stuff in the killer skies.

This reminds me of a minor error not entirely unconnected to this thread: there's a Kanigher/Kubert Von Hammer story featuring a map stuck up on someone's wall during the First World War - with Poland on it. :rolleyes:


Actually swastika has existed in many cultures as a positive and universally positive symbol for over 3,000 years before Hitler was even born.

I think it's used as such in one of the later Mister Miracle issues by Jack Kirby, ne Jacob Kurtzberg.

[Tawky Tawny]

Worst misconceptions/misperceptions of the worldly cultures in the comics are the representation of Gypsy people

Roma people (often referred to as Gypsies or Gipsies.) including Victor Von Doom, Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver were depicted as Caucasians. In reality they are dark-skinned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_people



If that's the worst misconception you've found you've been reading better written comic books than I have, my friend.

[scratchie]

If that's the worst misconception you've found you've been reading better written comic books than I have, my friend.Yeah, I once read that tigers could talk!! :biggrin:

[Gothos]

Well, the people after whom the "gypsies" were named-- i.e., the Egyptians, whom medieval Europeans confused with the itinerant Roma from (I believe) some part of the Indian subcontinent-- were also portrayed as Caucasians in most comics. Not least of these is the original Golden Age Hawkman, with its blond, fair-skinned prince Khufu.

And who could forget (much as one might want to) Marty Pasko's "Osira" from WONDER WOMAN?

[Tawky Tawny]

Yeah, I once read that tigers could talk!! :biggrin:

Snappy dressers, too. Who else do you know can pull off green pinstripes?

[MDG]

Snappy dressers, too. Who else do you know can pull off green pinstripes?

Especially over an animal print?

[MichikoS]

many American writers/artists seemed to have rather bad perceptions of other cultures. Same can be said about the writers from other countries.Don't get me started. No, really. Don't. Must...not..rant..about..cultural..insensitivity.. .of..mainstream..comics...medium. Noooooo!

Michi