• Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
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    9 days ago

    Actually intent matters a lot, but tends gets lost over the decades. These strips all come around as light-hearted, showing a positive worldview where people are nice to each other and the minor villains that exist get whatever minor revenge they deserve.

    Taken what i know about Hungary after WW2, this was probably the most “inciting” thing the artist was able to make without getting into the crosshairs of the authorities. It still emphasizes standing up for one another, helping each other out, to enjoy life and also that women have every right to be self-determined. These aren’t “revolutionary” themes (outside of the “feminism-light”, which is concealed as light-hearted humor), buy they still stand for social coherence, mutual help and a bright future.

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      9 days ago

      Yeah, I believe the Hungarian Revolution of just the year before Jucika was created (1957) was hugely influential. In some ways obvious, and in some ways not.