CASE STUDY: CANADA
During the Silver Age of Canadian comics, the two main types of comics produced were either from the underground comix movement or educational giveaways. Educational giveaways were “free promotional comics commissioned by governments or corporations and often distributed through schools,” most of which were produced by one of two companies—Ganes Productions or Comic Book World (McLaughlin, 2013, p. 12). It is in this context that Captain Enviro was produced.
Captain Enviro was published in 1972 by the Committee of Environmental Ministers, a sub-committee of the Council of Maritime Premiers, and was about the adventures of an environmental superhero fighting to save the Maritimes from enemies called the Pollutians. According to McLaughlin, “the committee used the comic book to advocate a more conservative form of environmentalism, one that was focused on individual actions, rather than society-wide actions, to Maritime youth (pp. 9-10).
Captain Enviro was published in 1972 by the Committee of Environmental Ministers, a sub-committee of the Council of Maritime Premiers, and was about the adventures of an environmental superhero fighting to save the Maritimes from enemies called the Pollutians. According to McLaughlin, “the committee used the comic book to advocate a more conservative form of environmentalism, one that was focused on individual actions, rather than society-wide actions, to Maritime youth (pp. 9-10).