Mellin AP Lit

The Escapist's anti-Nazi statements and actions concerned Sam and Joe's employers and publishers. What are the challenges of balancing social advocacy and private enterprise? Can you think of any issues today which would provide a similar challenge? What issues should comic books or graphic novels be exploring? Many questions arise when it comes to balancing social advocacy and private enterprise: Should companies be able to use their platforms to support/oppose social cause? Is it ethical to mix these two worlds? Does private enterprise add too much competition to social advocacy when it should be about coming together to support a cause and help one another? Or are the funds generated by private enterprise for social advocacy too generous to turn down?  An issue today that is commonly intertwined with private enterprise is climate change. Major companies such as Unilever, Patagonia, Nestle, Ikea, and Tesla have all been known to invest loads of money into the fight again...

Ethan Walnut was the father of all fathers and the drinker of all drinkers; his Hanes white T always smelled of dependable and sensible Tide pods amalgamated with Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky; and he was relentlessly bursting with tales of both adventurous family hiking excursions to Acadia National Park and poker group mishaps culminating in either a broken femur or a broken marriage. Ethan’s complete disinterest in his work was akin to that of Peter Gibbons’ - although Ethan actually had a family to look after. This minute detail, however, was unimportant because his Quagmire-like jawline and Flandersesque altruistic personality allowed for his career-related aggrandizement. If left to his own devices, Ethan’s default nature would have him demolish a bag of Pop-Secret Movie Theater Butter microwavable popcorn and a glass to a bottle of Buchanan’s Scotch Whisky while viewing “The Pink Panther” with Steve Martin. Ironically, his love for comedy did not have an impressive ...