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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. White Ghost’s Burden and Colonial Adventures

Author : Robert Aman

Published in: The Phantom Comics and the New Left

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter analyses the content of Lee Falk’s American scripts, zooming in on the values in terms of race and reductionist stereotyping running through the comic book. This historical contextualization and problematization of the American scripts is key, as the public critique directed towards them partly influenced the decision to produce in-house licensed stories in Stockholm. What this chapter demonstrates is that in Falk’s interpretation, the Phantom dynasty has for centuries shouldered the white man’s burden in Africa. It closes off by revealing the ways in which the Swedish bullpen edited Falk’s original storylines and dialog to emphasize the disastrous legacy of European imperialism.

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Metadata
Title
White Ghost’s Burden and Colonial Adventures
Author
Robert Aman
Copyright Year
2020
Book
The Phantom Comics and the New Left

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-39799-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-39800-2

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39800-2_2