By Jonathan Hickman, Image Comics
As an aspiring Scientist I read a lot of Research articles.
Occasionally I'll read about an experiment that is just exceptionally elegant,
insightful, and brilliant. You know, the kind of brilliant that's just
"wow... fuck me that's smart". The kind of brilliant that, as much as
it's a showcase of great Science, is also a challenge to everyone else to do
better. I can't help but wonder if The Nightly News has that effect on other
comic book creators. Regardless, I think it’s one revolutionary book. The
Nightly News is a book about a pseudo-cult who, directed by The VOICE, commit acts
of vengeance/terrorism against members of the news media. It's brutal and
unflinching but also darkly funny and very very smart. It's also disorienting, with A LOT of information,
misinformation, and much between the two. Visually The Nightly News is very unconventional.
Instead of a normal approach of sequential pictures arranged in some variation
of grid, The Nightly News is this glaring white canvas overlayed with story
artwork, graphic design elements, iconography, and infographics. The visual and
written information onslaught plays to the thematic discussion about
propaganda, the news media and education, by appropriating their methodology. The Nightly News is a book with a message:
beware the media (it's power, corporatisation, and abuses), be wary of
education, be aware that, as a member of the public, you are being
constantly conditioned to behave in certain ways. The Nightly News, in no
uncertain terms, cries THINK FOR YOURSELF. Read it.
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