Template:Did you know nominations/Portrayal of Mormons in comics


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by   HalfGig   talk  14:01, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Portrayal of Mormons in comics

 * ... that the portrayal of Mormons in comics in the 1900s imagined women fighting in the Utah War in large dresses? Source:Bunker and Bitton's The Mormon Graphic Image: "The first Mormon cartoon [...] contained the popular theme of a female Mormon militia." I did some other research, and as far as I can tell, there weren't any women in the Mormon militia (so the cartoons aren't historically accurate), but there were a few in the Mormon Battalion. The dresses part is from the image.
 * ALT1:... that the practice of polygamy in the 19th century LDS church spurred the negative portrayal of Mormons in comics, as shown in this 1871 cartoon? This hook would have the File:The Mormon Problem Solved.jpg instead of the currently listed image. Source:Bunker and Bitton's The Mormon Graphic Image mentions "from the time it was publicly announced in 1852 until it ceased to exist forty years later, polygamy was the single most popular aspect of Mormonism for artists and writers."
 * ALT2:... that Stripling Warrior ' s portrayal of Mormons in comics includes a gay Mormon superhero, based on writer Brian Anderson's experience as a gay Mormon? This hook would not have an image with it. Source:quote from the Daily Beast: "That [part of the comic] comes directly from my own perspective as a newly out homosexual Mormon,” Andersen told The Daily Beast."
 * ALT3:... that after Reed Smoot, a Mormon, was elected to Senate in 1903, the portrayal of Mormons in comics focused on the controversy of Smoot's eligibility for office? This hook would have File:The apostle is going some.png instead of the currently listed image. Source: The Bunker and Bitton book mentions this on page 65: "...little occurred on the national scale until the election of church apostle Reed Smoot to the U.S. Senate in 1903. This provoked another cause celebre that became a cartoonist's delight for the next three years." We also have a little booklet that has the full collection of Smoot cartoons in our Americana collection (there are a bunch of them).
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Amar Jawan Jyoti
 * Comment: This article was long in the making, but wasn't moved to the mainspace until February 1st. Sorry to make this so complicated... but the image I would like to submit depends on the hook that is chosen. No image with ALT2, and the others are indicated in the small text after the hook. All the images are in the public domain.

Created by Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) and Phelps (BYU) (talk). Nominated by Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) at 20:50, 2 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg New enuf (from sandbox), certainly long enuf, seems neutral (unlike the cartoons)- nb user page COI declarations by both eds concerned. . All hook facts refed, & quotes above. ALT2 is online, but Huffington Post, which I think is ok for a current news story of this type. QPQ ok. Earwig only pics out (of significance): WP: "Joe Smith seeks revenge on Martin Harris for the death of his son, Joseph Smith Jr." vs. "a character named Joe Smith, who seeks revenge on a man named Martin Harris for the death of Smith’s son, Joe Smith, Jr." from . I think that's ok as the only issue in a long article.  All the images are PD. The main hook looks the best to me. Not DYK points, but the lead is too short and I think the first gallery pics should go into the text. GTG.  Johnbod (talk) 03:48, 17 February 2017 (UTC)