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Gerontophobia is the hatred or fear of the elderly, or a fear of age-related self-degeneration (similar to gerascophobia). The term comes from the Greek γέρων – gerōn , "old man" [ 1 ] and φόβος – phobos , "fear". [ 2 ]
Throughout history, comics have reflected the sociopolitical attitudes of their writers and readers. In America, early comics consisted primarily of short, humorous comic strips printed in newspapers. In the 1930s, comics evolved into longer, action-oriented storylines and transitioned into the comic medium format. It began addressing important ...
John Leech (29 August 1817 – 29 October 1864) was a British caricaturist and illustrator. [1] He was best known for his work for Punch, a humorous magazine for a broad middle-class audience, combining verbal and graphic political satire with light social comedy.
Some 18,000 catalogued cartoons were released on CD-ROM in 1996, and three years later all 30,000 catalogued images became available through the BCA website. This catalogue now contains over 200,000 images, and with some major collections researchers can see variant images of a cartoon, including the original artwork, pulls from the printing ...
The Lester attitude death scale was developed in 1966 but not published until 1991 until its validity was established. [80] By measuring the general attitude towards death and also the inconsistencies with death attitudes, participants are scaled to their favorable value towards death. [80]
Here’s a nostalgic look at classic cartoons that once ruled the airwaves. From classics in the 1950s and '60s to more recent favorites from the 1980s and '90s, these toons are sure to bring back ...
In mainland China and Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, the number 4 is often associated with death because the sound of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean words for four and death are similar (for example, the sound sì in Chinese is the Sino-Korean number 4 (四), whereas sǐ is the word for death (死), and in Japanese "shi" is the number 4, whereas ...
The Argentine comic had its golden age between the mid-1940s and the 1960s, the so-called Golden Age of Argentine Comics [3] (la "Epoca de Oro" de la historieta argentina), when a number of foreign artists, including many Italians, arrived in Argentina following World War II.