Who Cares About Semiotics?
Let’s take a look at a book that discusses some interesting perspectives on semiotics! The innocent American tradition of Sunday morning comic strip entertainment, seems to be to most psychoanalysts anything but innocent. Like any form of artwork the stick-figured and large-faced characters carry out a meaning much deeper than the obvious. As discussed in the seventh chapter of Signs in Contemporary Culture, by Arthur Asa Berger, there are several connotative meanings that one can interpret from these colorful creations. As children we merely look to the “funnies” in our local newspapers to the extent to which the name pertains. Are we subject to a virtual false advertisement at such an early age? The topic discussed in the chapter designated as “Denotation and Connotation” merely takes a glimpse into such comic legends as “Dick Tracy,” “Spiderman,” and even the harmless “Little Orphan Annie” to find the political and social implications created by the artist. One other main point in t
