An Interview With Mr. and Mrs. Strangelove

An Interview With Mr. and Mrs. Strangelove

Gender & Women’s Studies

A hand-drawn vintage comic, featuring panels about a heterosexual couple being interviewed as though their sexuality is unusual, akin to how queer couples are ridiculed typically. The comic uses exaggerated expressions and satirical dialogue to reverse the stereotypes that are typically applied to queer people to show how unusual and invasive they are. Several panels depict a talk-show setting with awkward questions and playful commentary about relationships and identity, showing just how strange the invasive and inappropriate the questions directed at queer people can be. The overall tone of the comic is comedic and ironic, and those themes are used to be intentionally critical of social norms.

ID: A vintage comic strip drawn in a caricature style, with panels filled with exaggerated characters in a talk-show format. It is a satire that reverses the stereotypes used towards queer people by depicting a heterosexual couple being interrogated as though their orientation is unusual.

Physical Dimensions: 16” x 11”

Maude, MOTIVE Inc.

From the Collection of Lydia E. Ferguson

MOTIVE Inc.

1972

Weaver, Sydney

his material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.

JPG

English

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