Comics, pop philosophy and political philosophy: America’s Freedom versus the United States of Truth in “Uncle Sam”

Abstract

This article analyses the graphic novel U.S. Uncle Sam, by Steve Darnall and Alex Ross (1998), starting from the pop philosophy of McLaughlin (2005) and Goodenough, (2005) and the political philosophy of John Rawls (2000) and Robert Nozick (1991). First, the study focuses on the description of the work to then present the philosophical perspectives that function as analytical theoretical support. The theoretical foundation is based on authors such as: Eco (1993), Mix (1997), Eisner (1999), Moya (1994; 2003), McLaughlin (2005); Goodenough (2005), Vergueiro and Ramos (2009), among others. A reading from the philosophical ideas of Rawls (2000) and Nozick (1991) occurs through the interpretation of extracted themes of the comic book.

Keywords

• Comics
• pop philosophy
• political philosophy