TFICast 74: Comics and Politics
September 14th, 2009
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Jeremy and Erik start a discussion of Stan-Lee, Batman, a brief history of comic books, the current generation of comic books and what the current demographic of comic books are. Economic comparisons are made using the “Comic Book Standard”. The conversations turns to poorly made Chinese products and America’s service economy. Erik falls into the anti-marketing rant. Jeremy talks about the current concessions made by the Democrats. Health care is glossed upon.
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