DC's Flintstones Comics Put the 'Modern' in 'Modern Stone Age Family'
DC's Flintstones comic is a shockingly dark adaptation of the source material — and perhaps even more shocking is the fact that the end result is surprisingly good. Expectations are low (or perhaps nonexistent) whenever a comic adaptation of an old property is released. But the 2016 Flintstones comic has acquired a reputation on the Internet for being a horrifically dark, bleak and modern take on the modern Stone-Age family, complete with such subjects like PTSD, wage theft, religion and even genocide.
The Flintstones was not fondly received when it debuted in 1960, but it was nevertheless one of the first primetime animated series in America. Fred Flintstone became an icon of middle America and the series was one of the first to show a married couple sharing a bed, something not done at the time. While not as viable over time as other franchises such as Scooby-Doo and Captain Planet, the Flintstones nevertheless gained a reputation as a popular, albeit lighthearted, family TV show. The DC Comics adaptation does away with most of the levity in favor of a darker, realistic approach.
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Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are veterans of a bloody war in which the happy-go-lucky characters on TV participated in a genocide. A soldier in Fred's unit is suffering from PTSD and even calls a suicide hotline (and is put on hold). Flintstone's boss exploits the local Neanderthal population for cheap labor, and constantly overworks and underpays his employees. Fred's marriage to Wilma (itself seen as a new development in society, and is looked down upon) is fraught with doubt; though the two are in a loving relationship, Fred often wonders if he can
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