Dystopia In George Orwell's The Comic Kingdom Come

The comic Kingdom Come depicts dystopia through the violent acts committed by the civilians. Dystopia is defined as a society characterized by human misery as squalor, oppression, disease and overcrowding lead to violence and lack of trust. The 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, “...has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control, and government's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual” (Nineteen Eighty Four e.p. 1). In a totalitarian government, civilians are not allowed to have their own thoughts and must follow the government’s rules and ways of thinking. For example, the novel follows the main character, Winston Smith, as he falls in love “illegally” and is captured by the
The characters in Kingdom Come, also experience similar distrust among the citizens and authorities. Luther’s advisor, Mr. Queen, posed the question “Sounds like a plan. Then again, so does this: can’t we just drop a K-Bomb on Big Blue’s spitcurl” (Waid and Ross 129). This shows the numbness of violence the government has on the country’s issues. Without any hesitation on the consequences of their actions, the government wants to get rid of their problems quickly by their own unethical way. In addition, this shows the distrust they have on the heroes fighting the war. There is also a scene where officials are sitting around a table listening in to a news conference by Superman and Wonder Woman telling the civilians to rest assured that Magog would be dealt with. In the panel below, none of the officials liked nor believed in what they had heard (Waid and Ross 69). After the news conference, officials had a hard time agreeing on what was said. Therefore, the doubt that violence would end further separates the authorities and the civilians and leads the world deeper into