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| − | {{Print | Ming.jpg | Ming | 1998 | | + | {{Print | Ming.jpg | Ming | 1998 | 100 | ''none'' | 18x24 | ''unknown'' | Screen Print |This image was based on the ''[[Flash Gordon]]'' character, [[Ming the Merciless]]. |
| − | From [[Supply and Demand Book|''Supply and Demand'']], pg. 131:<br>The subject of this image was often mistaken as Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, perhaps just because it seems so sinister. [[Ming the Merciless]] was a character from the ''[[Flash Gordon]]'' comics during the ‘30s, a period when there was a lot of paranoia about communism in China. It seems like world politics often dictate what the villains look like in the entertainment media. It’s another example of the use of symbols to manipulate people, in this instance to generate fear.|}} | + | From [[Supply and Demand Book|''Supply and Demand'']], pg. 131:<br>The subject of this image was often mistaken as Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, perhaps just because it seems so sinister. [[Ming the Merciless]] was a character from the ''[[Flash Gordon]]'' comics during the ‘30s, a period when there was a lot of paranoia about communism in China. It seems like world politics often dictate what the villains look like in the entertainment media. It’s another example of the use of symbols to manipulate people, in this instance to generate fear.||}} |
Latest revision as of 15:22, 22 October 2007
Year: 1998
Run Size: 100
Part of Set: none
Size: 18x24
Paper: unknown
Print Type: Screen Print
Release Date:
This image was based on the Flash Gordon character, Ming the Merciless.
From Supply and Demand, pg. 131:
The subject of this image was often mistaken as Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, perhaps just because it seems so sinister. Ming the Merciless was a character from the Flash Gordon comics during the ‘30s, a period when there was a lot of paranoia about communism in China. It seems like world politics often dictate what the villains look like in the entertainment media. It’s another example of the use of symbols to manipulate people, in this instance to generate fear.
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