The Antifa Comic Book
100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The shocking images of neo-Nazis marching in Charlottesville, North Carolina in the summer of 2017 linger in the mind, but so do those of the passionate protestors who risked their lives to do the right thing. In this stirring graphic non-fiction book by the acclaimed author of The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, Gord Hill looks at the history of fascism over the last 100 years, and the concurrent antifa movements that work fastidiously to topple it.
Fascism is a relatively new political ideology and movement, yet in its short history some of the greatest atrocities against humanity have been carried out in its name. Its poisonous roots have taken hold in every region of the world, from its beginnings in post-World War I Italy, through Nazi Germany, Franco’s Spain, and the KKK in America. And today, emboldened by the American president, fascism is alive and well again. At the same time, antifa activists have proven, through history and again today, that the spirit of resistance is alive and well, and necessary.
In The Antifa Comic Book, Gord Hill documents these powerful moments of conflict and confrontation with a perceptive eye and a powerful sense of resolve.
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In this disappointing series of straightforward historical comics, indigenous Canadian artist and author Hill documents the often-overlooked stories of violent antifascist resistance, from the early-20th-century Italian Arditi to modern-day antifa. Nazi punching has a long history in comics (Captain America debuted by socking Hitler in the face), and Hill's drawings of movements around the world recall that tradition while highlighting a diverse array of underdogs who fight for equality. The comics are well-researched, but sprinting through a wide range of histories without any thesis, narrative, or central characters makes the book feel unfortunately like an illustrated Wikipedia entry. It's not clear why Hill includes these particular histories and not others, but in the text introduction, historian Mark Bray offers some glue to bind the collection together: People wrongly believe that fascism is "dead and gone," he writes, and that belief "hides the migrants, punks, Autonomen, football hooligans, unionists, skinheads, guerrillas, and others who have fought fascism since 1945 and still fight it today." Hill's clean, simple linework fills the full-color pages with detailed scenes that clearly show the depth of his historical research into not only the social movements but their preferred outfits and weaponry as well. In this collection, readers get a peek at many of these fascism fighters but are left without knowing any of them in depth.
