Research on Tarkan Comics from the point of view of popular cultural images

Birth of comic which is one of the important mass media ways, relatedwith the development of written press, was based on mid of 19 th century. Ifwe try to define comic, for fully two different main components, an expressionart which is realized by combination of hand writing and line. With anotherway of expressing, is a text series presented with picture. In the square ofpicture, a text takes part in which helps to be understandable of picture 1 . Themain property of comic is being of pressed. If we consider this condition, wemay express it as follows; comic is an expressing way which is beingconstituted from printed picture and combinated with text that washanddrawn and with coming one after the other in a definite continuity 2 .In 20th century, for management level, arising the necessity makingpartner of the individuals to their relations and aims, and formation ofcommon selfinterests between classes, and because of uniting of individualwith people, comics were generalized.For the generalizing of people conscisus, as a new way of expression,comics have two important properties. First, they mediate generalization ofpeople ideology. Second, transmission of obvious messages to large mass ofpeople and with claiming of these messages, they provide to participate tothe system.As general, historical novels have sudden expansed in 1960?s.Another supposition that may be shown as reason of popularity is being ofthe historical novels as erotic products of the season.Erotism, nationalism, freedom, love with foreign women, Middle Asiametaphor were searched in the base of popular culture and in the direction ofthis concept, with looking to the political, economical, cultural and socialenvironment of 1960?s years, factors which support to take place of Tarkan,were inspected with detailed categories.Tarkan, who has met with his reader, at the and of 1960?s, has beenloved by Turkish people and as a result of this, lots of readers have givenname of ?Tarkan? to their new borned babies. We suppose, after that readersof Tarkan and especially persons who use this name may have info about themeaning of Tarkan.