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title: "The demise of the Western world"
date: 2016-08-04
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/interview-prof-bernd-dolle-weinkauf-comic-university-frankfurt-interviews-en/"
description: "Prof. Bernd Dolle-Weinkauf in interview about the subversive potential of comic strips, the loss of a culture of writing, and the origin of today’s highly popular graphic novels."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Header_Comic_Interview_Uni_Frankfurt_Bernd_Dolle-Weinkauf.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# The demise of the Western world