This comic is by Kevin Siers, published in 2003 in the Charlotte Observer, where it is a local newspaper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a comic about a conversation between a father and son about same sex marriage and the acceptance of it, whether or not it is the same as an interracial marriage where there is a plot twist in the end of the comic, as the dark complexioned wife of the older white man has joined them in the comic. By doing this comparison Siers gets the readers to compare the two ideas of “gay marriage” and “Interracial marriage”, to show that they aren’t too different in a sense.
The purpose of this controversial comic is to show acceptance of same sex marriage as well as interracial marriages. Interracial marriage is a debatable issue as it wasn’t fully legal in the United States until a Supreme Court ruling in 1967, just as gay marriage isn’t fully legal yet in the United States until recently. Many states have ruled gay marriage as legal and on June 26 2015, it was ruled legal nationwide, …show more content…
The characters are placed in the centre of the comic in all 4 boxes, which allows us to see clearly and know that the characters are the main things in the comic. It is set in a home as we are able to see photos behind the son as well as flowers and a table behind the father, so this is clearly framed to be in a domestic setting.
I tend to disagree with the comic as interracial marriage is not the same as same sex marriage, as I believe that the difference is that same sex marriage is not as socially constructed, where it may be an illusion, as in “races” they are clearly different, as they are not the same skin tone, but we all originate from Africa, no matter what skin tone. So these two are clearly different
The purpose of this controversial comic is to show acceptance of same sex marriage as well as interracial marriages. Interracial marriage is a debatable issue as it wasn’t fully legal in the United States until a Supreme Court ruling in 1967, just as gay marriage isn’t fully legal yet in the United States until recently. Many states have ruled gay marriage as legal and on June 26 2015, it was ruled legal nationwide, …show more content…
The characters are placed in the centre of the comic in all 4 boxes, which allows us to see clearly and know that the characters are the main things in the comic. It is set in a home as we are able to see photos behind the son as well as flowers and a table behind the father, so this is clearly framed to be in a domestic setting.
I tend to disagree with the comic as interracial marriage is not the same as same sex marriage, as I believe that the difference is that same sex marriage is not as socially constructed, where it may be an illusion, as in “races” they are clearly different, as they are not the same skin tone, but we all originate from Africa, no matter what skin tone. So these two are clearly different