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Comics criticized for calling Maori "cannibals" and Asians "Nips"

Ironic fun or racist rubbish - that's the debate triggered by an anthology of war comics which describe Maori as "cannibals" and Asians as "Nips".

Anzacs at War is a recently released compilation of 12 stories originally published by Scottish company DC Thomson, whose titles included Beano and Dandy.

The first is Maori Challenge set in the North Island during the Land Wars of 1866.

Pakeha soldiers are glorified, while Maori warriors are portrayed as heartless and savage barbarians with moko, bulging eyes and protruding tongues.
Read entire article at New Zealand Herald