Determining the visual of national unity in 1980s newspaper comics

The newspaper comic is a part of a comic that has been placed and composed inside the newspaper. Essentially, newspaper comics can be found in a dedicated section, and the comics themselves are recognized as humorous tools. This may provide a release and relax the newspaper reader when they read the news in the newspaper. On the other hand, newspaper comics can also be considered a part of visual communication because they communicate with the audience that reads the newspaper. Thus, newspaper comics play an important role in that part of the newspaper. This potentially makes newspaper comics a part of national unity promotion and campaign tools. However, the suitable visuals that can be composed in the comic panel must be forward-looking. Thus, this study makes a content analysis of the newspaper comics from the 1980s. The 1980s were chosen because this decade is known as an era when people not only bought newspapers but also marked the beginning of mass printing. There are 36 comic titles that have been labelled with a number between 1 and 103, which have been determined to have a visual that potentially can be a national unity visual in the newspaper comic. However, further research is recommended to identify more variations of key elements in the future.