![]() ![]() Second row: from cover of Metro 2033 (video game, 2010) from cover of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (video game, 2009) from cover of Fallout: New Vegas (video game, 2010) Thinking back for more examples of this, I found a number of examples that would be interesting to look at alongside each other:įirst row, from left to right: cover of Fallout(video game, 1997) from cover of Fallout 3 (video game, 2008) from cover of 28 Days Later (comics, 2009) The fact that they feature not just in the works themselves, but actually serve as elements of the advertisements for the works, implies that the aesthetic qualities of the gas mask holds some important meaning or significance to the genre. Indeed, gas masks feature prominently in the promotional materials for many works of dystopian or apocalyptic fiction. Here is a still from part of the exhibit: Though gas masks are fairly common to the aesthetic of p0st-apocalyptic worlds, seeing these promotional images side-by-side led me to question what the reason for this might be. While adding pictures to the Omeka exhibit this week, I found that a lot of the images I was uploading (game covers, film posters, book covers) prominently featured gas masks, often as their central focus. ![]()
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