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== Comic Books ==
* The works of [[Alan Moore]] frequently stray into Author Tract territory, most notably ''Promethea'', which was a 32-issue series explaining Moore's views on the nature of magic, and ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', which was very much a vehicle for his political views.
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{{quote|'''Alan Moore''': "The central question is, is this guy right or is he mad? What do you, the reader, think of this?"}}
* Bill Willingham's ''[[Fables]]'' definitely counts, considering the main characters having nothing but praise for Israel, [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion|condemnation of abortion]], [[Unfortunate Implications]] in the portrayals of some Middle-Eastern characters, as well as {{spoiler|[[Unfortunate Implications|Snow White going from deputy mayor to stay-at-home mother/housewife]] [[Law of Inverse Fertility|just because Bigby got her pregnant]]}}
* [[Steve Ditko]]'s comics, which attempted to mix superheroic action of a street-level variety with [[
▲* Bill Willingham's ''[[Fables]]'' definitely counts, considering the main characters having nothing but praise for Israel, [[Good Girls Avoid Abortion|condemnation of abortion]], [[Unfortunate Implications]] in the portrayals of some Middle-Eastern characters, {{spoiler|[[Unfortunate Implications|Snow White going from deputy mayor to stay-at-home mother/housewife]] [[Law of Inverse Fertility|just because Bigby got her pregnant]]}}, etc.
▲* [[Steve Ditko]]'s comics, which attempted to mix superheroic action of a street-level variety with [[An Aesop|Aesops]] on various principles derived from [[Ayn Rand]]'s [[Objectivism]].
* [[Reginald Hudlin]]. His primary messages in ''[[Black Panther]]'': Africans (and thus African-Americans) are good and genetically superior, while white people are inferior and evil.
* Lest we forget, [[Jack Chick]] is famous for creating his "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Chick Tracts]]", which have thin stories whose only purpose is to provide a framing story for an illustrated extract from [[The Bible]] and/or rant about how [[The Pope]] [[Conspiracy Theory|secretly rules the world]] and ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' is a Satanic indoctrination tool.
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** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130816154754/http://yourmomsbasement.com/archives/2006/11/galactus_is_com.html This parody] uses the Chick tract format to promote [[Marvel Comics]] instead of Christianity.
** [http://cissie-king.livejournal.com/13838.html "Darkseid IS!"]
** One [[Chick Tracts]] explains where the idea came from—Communist China found that Western children loved reading comics, so they decided that easy-to-understand comics would be an excellent medium with which to indoctrinate the people. Even though the comics in question are mostly Japanese.▼
* "The Truth for Youth" by [[Tim Todd]] are comics done in Japanese style artwork. They're like [[Jack Chick|Chick Tracts]], but a bit more sane. It's pretty odd to read [[Animesque|Japanese-style]] characters talking about the evils of porn.▼
{{quote|'''Rashad:''' Did you know that evolution is basically a racist concept? Some evolutionists still teach that white people evolved from "negroes" who evolved from apes- '''meaning "[[Goal-Oriented Evolution|white people are more evolved]]!"'''}}▼
▲* One [[Chick Tracts]] explains where the idea came from—Communist China found that Western children loved reading comics, so they decided that easy-to-understand comics would be an excellent medium with which to indoctrinate the people. Even though the comics in question are mostly Japanese.
** An alternate, and equally apocryphal origin story for Chick tracts, suggests that they were inspired by "Tijuana bibles"—similarly pocket-size, staple bound amateur comics of the '30s and '40s, which featured [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Lawyer-Unfriendly Cameos]] of [[Rule 34|licensed characters engaging in pornographic acts]].
▲** In general comics are a popular form for propaganda because illustrated stories can reach across linguistic boundaries.
* ''[[The Invisibles]]'' was basically created as a way for [[Grant Morrison]] to explain his experiences with extraterrestrial contact and magic.
* [[Frank Miller]] has always been a little on the board about his politics in his writings, though they never have messed with a good story. However, the years have passed, and his works and just less and less stories and more and more just characters fighting and talking about HIS views on politics, specifically, HIS preferences on politics. And, with his new title, ''[[Holy Terror]]''... lets just say that Islam, the entire Islam, being terrorists or little children, won't be saved.
* Most of [[Warren Ellis]]'s comics seem to have characters declaring their sociopolitical views, which always are along the same lines, and close to the author's own opinions. Warren has specifically stated that ''[[Transmetropolitan]]'' is basically him venting about his various opinions on politics and consumerism, with the main character being a sort of author surrogate. This is particularly notable in the issue where Spider Jerusalem takes on religion, which doesn't even end properly—the issue concludes with him dressed up as Jesus, tearing up a sort of [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|religious convention in a mall]] (while giving [[Author Filibuster|a long speech]] about why religion sucks, of course) and getting tackled by security. [[Non Sequitur Scene|No mention is made of it afterward]].
** That said, ''
** Many of the characters close to Spider also constantly complain about what a [[Jerkass|horrible and unpleasant person]] he is, frequently abusing and taking advantage of him when he's blitzed on whatever drugs he's managed to come up with. At one point, one of the characters closest to him gets sick of his crap and leaves, but later returns and comments that the worst part of working with such a [[Magnificent Bastard|bastard]] is that he's the good guy, and actually making a difference.
* [[Garth Ennis]] is fond of these—particularly concerning religion, the Irish and other authors he doesn't like. Above all else, however, he enjoys voicing his dislike of superheroes, beginning early with ''The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe'', continuing on in his run on ''The Punisher'' proper and culminating in his current series ''[[The Boys]]''.
* One of the reasons [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|William Moulton Marston]] created [[Wonder Woman]] was to convince everyone to come under 'loving submission' to a world matriarchy. Oh, and [[Author Appeal|bondage is highly enjoyable]].
* Comically subverted by [[Grant Morrison]] when he literally shows up in ''[[Animal Man]]'' to mention (among other things)
* Dave Sim's ''[[Cerebus]]'' eventually came to be dominated by Sim's viewpoints on the evils of feminism and his rather unusual take on the Abrahamic religions. An entire story arc was dominated by the title character reinterpreting pretty much the entire Torah.
* David Mack's ''[[Kabuki]]'' started out as action-adventure (though already with some genre savviness and self-reflexivity) and eventually became a meditation on producing independent art (turning the self-reflexivity and self-reference up to 11).
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* ''[[Sky Doll]]'' by Barbara Canepa and Alessandro Barbucci often veers into this territory, which the overall story could be interpreted as an author tract against all religion in general.
* [[Pat Mills]] was very fond of writing about the evils of Christianity and the glories of Neopaganism in the 80s; ''Sláine'' and ''[[ABC Warriors]]'' were particularly prone to simply becoming mouthpieces for his views on religion. However, he's gotten better about it.
▲* "The Truth for Youth" by [[Tim Todd]] are comics done in Japanese style artwork. They're like
* Several times in [[Wilhelm Busch]]'s stories. Best example may be "Pater Filucius". Gottlieb Michael (the good guy) is generally seen as a stand-in for the good German people, whom the evil Catholic church wants to harm.▼
▲{{quote|'''Rashad:''' Did you know that evolution is basically a racist concept? Some evolutionists still teach that white people evolved from "negroes" who evolved from apes- '''meaning "[[Goal-Oriented Evolution|white people are more evolved]]!"'''}}
▲* Several times in [[Wilhelm Busch]]'s stories
** ''Pater Filucius'' was Busch's contribution to the ''Kulturkampf'', the period of intense conflict between Bismarck's government (supported by the Liberals) on one hand and the Catholic Church and its political arm, the Centre Party after the first Vatican Council declared the Pope to be infallible. Most characters in it are allegorical and have significant names. The German people had long been personified as ''der deutsche Michel'' ("German Mike"), rather like the British one was represented by John Bull, because St. Michael was Germany's patron saint. Father Filucius (from the French ''filou'', "crook") is a Jesuit, Gottlieb Michael's two maiden aunts Petrine and Pauline stand for the established Catholic and Protestant churches (the Pope tracing his authority to St. Peter, while Protestants place greater emphasis on the teachings of St. Paul. In the end, Gottlieb marries Angelica, signifying Wilhelm Busch recommending an "Anglican" solution to the centuries-old Catholic-Protestant divide in Germany.
* [[JLA: Act of God]] is entirely devoted to saying that Batman is right and the only way to fight crime is by being a normal vigilante with no special abilities. And also that superheroes are arrogant because only God should have power, it even goes so far as to have Wonder Woman
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