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The article offers a view at modern Western comics-based movies as an element of mass political communication. Using the methodology of studying political languages and social fields, artistic features of the comic book film are examined, allowing politically charged messages to be conveyed in this genre. The main formats within which a comic book film becomes a conductor of political views of its authors and sponsors are identified. The study identified two main approaches to the politicization of the comic book film: by including political metaphors directly into the plot and through the implementation of a “production manifesto” during the creation and promotion of the comic book film as a creative product. Using the example of the highest-grossing films of the genre from 2017–2022, the main themes and intentions that touch upon political issues in modern Western comics films have been identified. The narrative and expressive tools used to form assessments and attitudes regarding political ideas, processes and phenomena through metaphors and allegories in the repertoire of comic book films are systematized.
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