I for one agree that this is one kind of outreach that archaeologists 
should be considering (along with gaming companies, television writers, 
novelists, etc.) And of course we have professional cartoonists among our 
peers already (e.g., Jannie Loubser, Trent de Boer). For those of you who 
may have missed it, the November 05 SAA Archaeological Record was devoted 
to cartoons (go to 
http://www.saa.org/Publications/theSAAarchRec/nov05.pdf). Mitch Allen has a 
great article in that issue on using cartoons for teaching archaeology.

Note: a few years ago Angelina Jolie (a UN Peoples' Ambassador as well as a 
portrayer of Laura Croft) was a speaker at the National Council for the 
Social Studies conference. She stopped by the SAA booth in the exhibit hall 
and talked for a few minutes with the archaeologists.

On another note, a few years ago at AAA the author of the Clan of the Cave 
Bears series was very up-front on where and how the profession routinely 
failed to convey their research to the public -- leaving the door open for 
the non-professional, be it good or bad.


At 07:47 PM 8/7/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Oh, and by the way, for those of you who laughed at my suggestion that
>archaeologists contact Dark Horse Comics, the San Diego Comic Convention 
>in 2005
>registered 104,000 attendees. The one that happened in July 2006 probably
>topped  110,000. Movie moguls, television executives... and yes, Jerry 
>Bruckheimer,
>were  all there listening to what people think, want, and getting feedback on
>the hot  shows. I recommend a delegation attend the next one to meet with
>these people  and encourage them to incorporate our values, themes, and 
>expertise
>into their  artwork, action, and production.
>
>Ron May
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