'What are you waiting for, Diggers?' : the ANZAC image in Commando comics
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Cass, Philip
Ford, John
Ford, John
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2017
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Ngā Upoko Tukutuku (Māori subject headings)
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ANZAC
soldiers
Commando Comics
image
historical representations
Australia
comics
graphic novels
New Zealand
Second World War
war comics
soldiers
Commando Comics
image
historical representations
Australia
comics
graphic novels
New Zealand
Second World War
war comics
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Cass, P., & Ford, J. (2017). 'What are you waiting for, Diggers?' The ANZAC image in Commando comics. Pacific Journalism Review, XXIII:2, pp.197-215. doi:https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v23i2.335
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For generations of Australians and New Zealanders, Commando comics have provided a consistent image of their ancestors at war. The image is one of men, who are inevitably tall, bronzed, shirtless, contemptuous of authority and their ability, as warriors such—in memory at least—that their mere presence on the battlefield is enough to have the Germans crying ‘Donner und blitzen!’, and the Italians ‘Sapristi!’ or the Japanese ‘Aieee!’ But how accurate is this depiction of Australians and New Zealanders? How well does a Scottish comic—often employing artists from Argentina and other countries—portray the ANZACS? And how did a Scottish comic come to dominate the image of Australians and New Zealanders at war for so long?
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doi:https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v23i2.335
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