The 22nd Annual Conference of the American Literature Association will be held later this month at The Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts, from 26-29 May 2011, and there are a number of sessions of interest. The full program and registration information can be accessed at: http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/american_literature_assoc_2011.html.
THURSDAY, 26 MAY
Session 5-F Expanding the Working-Class Literary Canon: Claiming New Writers, Texts, and Genres (Marriott Tufts) Organized by the Society for the Study of Working-Class Literature
Chair: Paul Lauter, Trinity College
PAPER 4 OF 4. ―Sisterhood (and Brotherhood) of the Traveling Wallet: Coming to Class Consciousness through Comics and Graphic Novels
Sara Appel, Duke University
FRIDAY, 27 MAY
Session 9-M The ―small eye poet among the Moderns (Defender 7th Floor)
Organized by the E. E. Cummings Society
Chair: Millie Kidd, Mount St. Mary‘s College
PAPER 1 OF 3. ―" 'A Foreword to Krazy': E. E. Cummings' Love of the 'Lively Art' of Krazy Kat"
April Fallon, Kentucky State University
SATURDAY, 28 MAY
Session 17-A Problems and Possibilities in Defining American Comics: A Roundtable Discussion (Essex North Center) Organized by the American Society for Comics Studies
Chair: Derek Parker Royal, University of Nebraska at Kearney
1. Alfred Bendixen, Texas A&M University
2. Peter Coogan, Institute for Comics Studies
3. David Huxley, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), co-editor, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
4. M. Thomas Inge, Randolph-Macon College
5. Andrew Kunka, University of South Carolina at Sumter
6. Joan Ormrod, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), co-editor, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
7. Robert Weiner, Texas Tech University
8. Joseph Witek, Stetson University
Session 18-K Negotiations of Public and Private Trauma in Comic Art (Essex Center)
Chair: Charles Henebry, Boston University‘s College of General Studies
1. ―The Graphic Memoir in a State of Exception: Transformations of the Personal in Art Spiegelman‘s In the Shadow of No Towers
Lopamudra Basu, University of Wisconsin-Stout
2. ―Emerging from Comics: The Representation of Trauma in Alissa Torres‘s American Widow
Davida Pines, Boston University‘s College of General Studies
3. ―Scene and Obscene: Graphic Approaches to Child Sexual Abuse
Jane Tolmie, Queen‘s University, Kingston, Canada
Session 19-A Comic Books as Resistance Literature (Essex Center)
Organized by Jorge Santos Chair: Derek Parker Royal, University of Nebraska at Kearney
1. ―Re-Visioning Race: Transformations of the Passing Narrative in Incognegro (2008)
Martha J. Cutter, University of Connecticut, Editor of MELUS
2. ―Feminist and Counter-Apocalyptic Resistances in the Comic Art of Sam Kieth
Tof Eklund, Full Sail University
3. ―Killer Conventions: Sandman and Comics Resisting Academic Institutionalization
Daniel Anderson, Case Western Reserve University
4. ―Peter Parker: The Amazing Everyman and Marvel Comics‘ resistance to ―Patriot Act ideologies
Jorge Santos, University of Connecticut
Session 20-A Teaching the Graphic Novel (Essex Center)
Organized by the Contemporary Literature Society Chair, Karen Weekes, The Pennsylvania State University
1. ―The Spirit of '86
Jonathan W. Gray, John Jay College CUNY
2. ―Reading Theory with the Graphic Novel
Lisette Gibson, Capital University
3. ―I Kill Giants, or, I Might Kill Readers
Jennifer Mitchell, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center
Session 20-N Organizing Meeting of American Society for Comics Studies
(Empire Room 7th Floor)
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Comics Studies at PCA/ACA
There were a number of sessions of interest at last month's Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture & American Culture Association and the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture & American Culture Association held in San Antonio, Texas, from 4/20-23/11. Unfortunately, I cannot copy and paste from the PDF version of the program to list these sessions. The complete program can be accessed at http://pcaaca.org/conference/conf_program.php. Most of the sessions are listed under the Comics and Comic Art Area and the Graphic Novels, Comics, and Popular Culture Area.
Monday, May 9, 2011
New Book: Classics and Comics
Edited by George Kovacs and C. W. Marshall
ISBN13: 9780199734191
ISBN10: 0199734194
Paperback, 288 pages
Oxford University Press, Jan 2011
Price: $29.95
Also available: Hardback
Description
Since at least 1939, when daily-strip caveman Alley Oop time-traveled to the Trojan War, comics have been drawing (on) material from Greek and Roman myth, literature and history. At times the connection is cosmetic-as perhaps with Wonder Woman's Amazonian heritage-and at times it is almost irrelevant-as with Hercules' starfaring adventures in the 1982 Marvel miniseries. But all of these make implicit or explicit claims about the place of classics in modern literary culture.
Classics and Comics is the first book to explore the engagement of classics with the epitome of modern popular literature, the comic book. The volume collects sixteen articles, all specially commissioned for this volume, that look at how classical content is deployed in comics and reconfigured for a modern audience. It opens with a detailed historical introduction surveying the role of classical material in comics since the 1930s. Subsequent chapters cover a broad range of topics, including the incorporation of modern theories of myth into the creation and interpretation of comic books, the appropriation of characters from classical literature and myth, and the reconfiguration of motif into a modern literary medium. Among the well-known comics considered in the collection are Frank Miller's 300 and Sin City, DC Comics' Wonder Woman, Jack Kirby's The Eternals, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, and examples of Japanese manga. The volume also includes an original 12-page "comics-essay," drawn and written by Eisner Award-winning Eric Shanower, creator of the graphic novel series Age of Bronze.
Table of Contents:
Preface, C.W. Marshall and George Kovacs
Acknowledgments
1. Comics and Classics: Establishing a Critical Frame, George Kovacs
Seeing the Past through Sequential Art
2. An Ancient Greek Graphic Novel (P. Oxy. XXII 2331), Gideon Nisbet
3. Sequential Narrative and the Shield of Achilles, Kyle Johnson
4. Declassicizing the classical in Japanese comics, Nicholas A. Theisen
5. Heroes Unlimited, Brett M. Rogers
Gods and Superheroes
6. The Furies, Wonder Woman, and Dream, C. W. Marshall
7. Coming up to Code: Ancient Divinities Revisited, Craig Dethloff
8. The Burden of War: From Homer to Oeming, R. Clinton Simms
9. 'Seven Thunders Utter Their Voices', Benjamin Stevens
Drawing (on) History
10. Hard-Boiled Hot Gates, Vincent Tomasso
11. Persians in Frank Miller's 300 and Greek vase-painting, Emily Fairey
12. A Dream of Augustus, Anise K. Strong
13. Francophone Romes: Antiquity in les Bandes Dessinees, Martin Dinter
The Desires of Troy
14. Twenty-First Century Troy, Eric Shanower
15. Sex and Love in Eric Shanower's Age of Bronze, Chiara Sulprizio
16. Heavy Metal Homer, Thomas E. Jenkins
A reading list of Classics in Comics
Contributors
Bibliography
Index
About the Author(s)
George Kovacs teaches at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
C.W. Marshall is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Theatre at the University of British Columbia.
CFP Transitions 2: New Directions in Comics Studies (7/31/11)
Comica Symposium 2011 - Transitions 2: New Directions in Comics Studies
full name / name of organization:
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Arts
contact email:
transitions.symposium@gmail.com
Transitions 2 is a one day symposium devoted to promoting new research into comics in all their forms. Rather than restricting itself to a specific theme, the symposium will highlight research from postgraduate students and early career lecturers bringing together different perspectives and methodoogies, whether cultural, historical, or formal, thereby mapping new trends and providing a space for dialogue and further collaboration to emerge. By thinking about comics across different disciplines, the intention is to spark debate and address a wide spectrum of questions.
We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words for twenty minute papers on topics as diverse as, but not limited to:
international iterations: manga, bande dessinée, fumetti etc. – children’s comics – superheroes – non-fiction comics – the (im)materiality of comics – formalist approaches – cultural histories – adaptation/remediation – autographics –early comics – comic strips – small press – alternative comics/underground comix – comics narratologies – political comics – comics and cultural theory – audiences – comics and the archive – subjectivity in comics – graphic medicine – fan subcultures – comics as historiography – key creators...
Abstracts should be submitted by July 31 2011 to Tony, Paul and Zara at transitions.symposium@gmail.com
The first Transitions symposium was the successful opening event of Comica 2010. Dr. Roger Sabin, Reader in Popular Culture at Central St. Martins and author of Adult Comics and Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, will once again act as respondent.
Transitions 2 will open Comica 2011, the London International Comics Festival in association with Birkbeck, University of London, Studies in Comics, and European Comic Art.
full name / name of organization:
Birkbeck, University of London - School of Arts
contact email:
transitions.symposium@gmail.com
Transitions 2 is a one day symposium devoted to promoting new research into comics in all their forms. Rather than restricting itself to a specific theme, the symposium will highlight research from postgraduate students and early career lecturers bringing together different perspectives and methodoogies, whether cultural, historical, or formal, thereby mapping new trends and providing a space for dialogue and further collaboration to emerge. By thinking about comics across different disciplines, the intention is to spark debate and address a wide spectrum of questions.
We welcome abstracts of 250-300 words for twenty minute papers on topics as diverse as, but not limited to:
international iterations: manga, bande dessinée, fumetti etc. – children’s comics – superheroes – non-fiction comics – the (im)materiality of comics – formalist approaches – cultural histories – adaptation/remediation – autographics –early comics – comic strips – small press – alternative comics/underground comix – comics narratologies – political comics – comics and cultural theory – audiences – comics and the archive – subjectivity in comics – graphic medicine – fan subcultures – comics as historiography – key creators...
Abstracts should be submitted by July 31 2011 to Tony, Paul and Zara at transitions.symposium@gmail.com
The first Transitions symposium was the successful opening event of Comica 2010. Dr. Roger Sabin, Reader in Popular Culture at Central St. Martins and author of Adult Comics and Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, will once again act as respondent.
Transitions 2 will open Comica 2011, the London International Comics Festival in association with Birkbeck, University of London, Studies in Comics, and European Comic Art.
CFP International Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels (5/31/11; Madrid 11/10-12/11)
International Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels
full name / name of organization:
Instituto Franklin-UAH
contact email:
graphicnovel@institutofranklin.net
International Conference on Comics and Graphics Novels (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.
November 10th-12th, 2011)
The main objective of the conference is to bring together the largest number of specialists and researchers of comics (graphic novels, manga, BD, etc) in order to reflect on the study of this area.
CHARLES HATFIELD, JESSICA ABEL, ROGER SABIN and ANTONIO ALTARRIBA have confirmed their assistance as plenary speakers to this conference.
The theme is “Sites of visual and textual innovation” and it welcomes papers on (but not limited to):
-The origins of comics,
-Avant-garde and experimental works
-Biography and autobiography.
The languages of the conference will be English and Spanish.
Abstracts of approximately 250-500 words can be submitted to graphicnovel@institutofranklin.net . Deadline for acceptance: May, 31st 2011.
Conference will take place at Universidad de Alcalá in Spain.
For further information please visit: http://www.institutofranklin.net/en/conferences/graphic-novel
ORGANIZED BY:
Instituto Franklin - Universidad de Alcalá
full name / name of organization:
Instituto Franklin-UAH
contact email:
graphicnovel@institutofranklin.net
International Conference on Comics and Graphics Novels (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.
November 10th-12th, 2011)
The main objective of the conference is to bring together the largest number of specialists and researchers of comics (graphic novels, manga, BD, etc) in order to reflect on the study of this area.
CHARLES HATFIELD, JESSICA ABEL, ROGER SABIN and ANTONIO ALTARRIBA have confirmed their assistance as plenary speakers to this conference.
The theme is “Sites of visual and textual innovation” and it welcomes papers on (but not limited to):
-The origins of comics,
-Avant-garde and experimental works
-Biography and autobiography.
The languages of the conference will be English and Spanish.
Abstracts of approximately 250-500 words can be submitted to graphicnovel@institutofranklin.net . Deadline for acceptance: May, 31st 2011.
Conference will take place at Universidad de Alcalá in Spain.
For further information please visit: http://www.institutofranklin.net/en/conferences/graphic-novel
ORGANIZED BY:
Instituto Franklin - Universidad de Alcalá
CFP Lois Lane Collection (8/1/11)
Collection of Essays exploring Lois Lane (1st of August 2011)
full name / name of organization:
Nadine Farghaly, M.A., Mag. Phil.
contact email:
Lois.Lane@gmx.net
Collection of essays exploring the character Lois Lane from the DC Superman Universe.
Did you ever wonder about the woman behind Superman? The woman who supports him and without whom one of America’s favourite heroes would be unable to fulfil his destiny? Rightly so! And yet, there is no work that examines this central figure in the Superman universe.
BEING LOIS will be the first book that will focus on this female protagonists and her significance in popular culture.
Lois Lane first appeared in the issue # 1 of the in 1938 founded Superman universe. Since her creation Lois Lane’s character has developed even more than Superman’s. The woman next to the man of steel had to find and fight her way through multiple feministic waves, eight decades of changing ideologies and the constant reinvention of her character by other artists.
Starting with the graphic novels, over radio and Broadway appearances to various movies and TV shows, not to forget the multitude of culture references that are connected to her, Lois Lane never left the audiences’ sight. This well beloved character not only functions as a role model for millions of women and girls, but she also reflects women’s struggles within a mostly male dominated world.
This publication aims to examine Lois Lane in literature, art, and other media to questions concerning sexuality, gender, social change and feminism. It will provide an interdisciplinary stage for the development of innovative and creative research and examine this vital and complex female protagonist in all her various manifestations and cultural meanings.
Please send one page (around 500 words) abstracts to the following E-mail address Lois.Lane@gmx.net
And include the following information:
Writers submit a 1-page synopsis of their proposed chapter to us clearly stating:
[a] the research question
[b] the methodology
[c] the findings
[d] the bibliography (5 sources)
Deadline: 1st of August 2011
For questions please contact
Nadine Farghaly
Lois.Lane@gmx.net
Hope to hear from you soon.
Nadine
full name / name of organization:
Nadine Farghaly, M.A., Mag. Phil.
contact email:
Lois.Lane@gmx.net
Collection of essays exploring the character Lois Lane from the DC Superman Universe.
Did you ever wonder about the woman behind Superman? The woman who supports him and without whom one of America’s favourite heroes would be unable to fulfil his destiny? Rightly so! And yet, there is no work that examines this central figure in the Superman universe.
BEING LOIS will be the first book that will focus on this female protagonists and her significance in popular culture.
Lois Lane first appeared in the issue # 1 of the in 1938 founded Superman universe. Since her creation Lois Lane’s character has developed even more than Superman’s. The woman next to the man of steel had to find and fight her way through multiple feministic waves, eight decades of changing ideologies and the constant reinvention of her character by other artists.
Starting with the graphic novels, over radio and Broadway appearances to various movies and TV shows, not to forget the multitude of culture references that are connected to her, Lois Lane never left the audiences’ sight. This well beloved character not only functions as a role model for millions of women and girls, but she also reflects women’s struggles within a mostly male dominated world.
This publication aims to examine Lois Lane in literature, art, and other media to questions concerning sexuality, gender, social change and feminism. It will provide an interdisciplinary stage for the development of innovative and creative research and examine this vital and complex female protagonist in all her various manifestations and cultural meanings.
Please send one page (around 500 words) abstracts to the following E-mail address Lois.Lane@gmx.net
And include the following information:
Writers submit a 1-page synopsis of their proposed chapter to us clearly stating:
[a] the research question
[b] the methodology
[c] the findings
[d] the bibliography (5 sources)
Deadline: 1st of August 2011
For questions please contact
Nadine Farghaly
Lois.Lane@gmx.net
Hope to hear from you soon.
Nadine
Saturday, March 19, 2011
New Scholarship: Gerry Canavan on Kirkman's The Walking Dead
From the lastest issue of Extrapolation:
Canavan, Gerry. " 'We Are the Walking Dead': Race, Time, and Survival in Zombie Narrative." Extrapolation 51.3 (Fall 2010): 431-53.
Canavan, Gerry. " 'We Are the Walking Dead': Race, Time, and Survival in Zombie Narrative." Extrapolation 51.3 (Fall 2010): 431-53.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 1.2 Now Available
The latest number (contents below) of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, 1.2 (2010), is now available at the publishers website, and, through the end of February, both 1.1 and 1.2 of the journal may be accessed free of charge.
Forthcoming issues include:
June 2011 - Superheroes in Comics
Dec 2011 - Audiences and Readership
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 1.2 (2010)
Editorial
David Huxley; Joan Ormrod
Pages 91 – 92
Articles
Seeing double: the transforming personalities of Alan Moore's Promethea and the Ulster Cycle's Cuchulain
Hannah Means-Shannon
Pages 93 – 104
Producing comics culture: a sociological approach to the study of comics
Casey Brienza
Pages 105 – 119
What Bunty did next: exploring some of the ways in which the British girls' comic protagonists were revisited and revised in late twentieth-century comics and graphic novels
Mel Gibson
Pages 121 – 135
Man, myth and sacrifice: graphic biographies of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
James Scorer
Pages 137 – 150
Reconstructing Alice Cooper: ‘From the Inside’ to The Last Temptation
Julia Round
Pages 151 – 169
Comicology: comic books as culture in India
Ritu G. Khanduri
Pages 171 – 191
Inside the story: a conversation with Joe Sacco
Øyvind Vågnes
Pages 193 – 216
Book Reviews
Graphic novels and comics in libraries and archives. Essays on readers, research, history and cataloging, edited by Robert G. Weiner
Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland and Company, 2010, 276 pp., US$45.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-7864-4302-4.
Mel Gibson
Pages 217 – 218
Che: a graphic biography, edited by Spain Rodriquez and edited by Paul Buhle
New York, Verso, 2008, 106 pp., US$16.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-844671-6-87
John T. ‘Jack’ Becker
Pages 219 – 220
¡Viva la historieta! Mexican comics, NAFTA, and the politics of globalization, by Bruce Campbell
Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 2009, vii + 234 pp., US$55.00 (hardback), US$25.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-604731-2-55
Rachael Collins
Pages 220 – 222
Life on the press: the popular art and illustration of George Benjamin Luks, by Robert L. Gambone
Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 2009, 240 pp, US$50.00, ISBN 9781604732221
Paul Gravett
Pages 222 – 223
Teaching graphic novels: practical strategies for the secondary ELA classroom, by Kate Monnin
Gainesville, FL, Maupin House Publishing, Inc., 2010, xx + 236 pp., US $24.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-934338-4-07
Patrick R. Grzanka
Pages 223 – 225
The reader's advisory guide to graphic novels, by Francisca Goldsmith
Chicago, American Library Association, 2010, x + 124 pp., US$45 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-838910-08-5
Carrye Syma
Pages 225 – 227
Graphic novels and multimodal literacy: a reader response study, by Heidi Hammond
Köln, Germany, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009, ix + 143 pp., US$87.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-838315-02-7
Carrye Syma
Pages 227 – 228
The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches, edited by Samantha Baskind and Ranen Omer-Sherman
New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2010, xxvii + 292 pp., US$28.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8135-4775-6
Robert G. Weiner
Pages 229 – 231
Conference Review
The Manchester Conference on Graphic Novels and Comics
Manchester Metropolitan University, 12–14 April 2010
Martin Barker
Pages 233 – 234
Call for Papers for 'Audiences and Readership' Special Issue
Page 235
Forthcoming issues include:
June 2011 - Superheroes in Comics
Dec 2011 - Audiences and Readership
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 1.2 (2010)
Editorial
David Huxley; Joan Ormrod
Pages 91 – 92
Articles
Seeing double: the transforming personalities of Alan Moore's Promethea and the Ulster Cycle's Cuchulain
Hannah Means-Shannon
Pages 93 – 104
Producing comics culture: a sociological approach to the study of comics
Casey Brienza
Pages 105 – 119
What Bunty did next: exploring some of the ways in which the British girls' comic protagonists were revisited and revised in late twentieth-century comics and graphic novels
Mel Gibson
Pages 121 – 135
Man, myth and sacrifice: graphic biographies of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara
James Scorer
Pages 137 – 150
Reconstructing Alice Cooper: ‘From the Inside’ to The Last Temptation
Julia Round
Pages 151 – 169
Comicology: comic books as culture in India
Ritu G. Khanduri
Pages 171 – 191
Inside the story: a conversation with Joe Sacco
Øyvind Vågnes
Pages 193 – 216
Book Reviews
Graphic novels and comics in libraries and archives. Essays on readers, research, history and cataloging, edited by Robert G. Weiner
Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland and Company, 2010, 276 pp., US$45.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-7864-4302-4.
Mel Gibson
Pages 217 – 218
Che: a graphic biography, edited by Spain Rodriquez and edited by Paul Buhle
New York, Verso, 2008, 106 pp., US$16.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-844671-6-87
John T. ‘Jack’ Becker
Pages 219 – 220
¡Viva la historieta! Mexican comics, NAFTA, and the politics of globalization, by Bruce Campbell
Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 2009, vii + 234 pp., US$55.00 (hardback), US$25.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-604731-2-55
Rachael Collins
Pages 220 – 222
Life on the press: the popular art and illustration of George Benjamin Luks, by Robert L. Gambone
Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 2009, 240 pp, US$50.00, ISBN 9781604732221
Paul Gravett
Pages 222 – 223
Teaching graphic novels: practical strategies for the secondary ELA classroom, by Kate Monnin
Gainesville, FL, Maupin House Publishing, Inc., 2010, xx + 236 pp., US $24.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-934338-4-07
Patrick R. Grzanka
Pages 223 – 225
The reader's advisory guide to graphic novels, by Francisca Goldsmith
Chicago, American Library Association, 2010, x + 124 pp., US$45 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-838910-08-5
Carrye Syma
Pages 225 – 227
Graphic novels and multimodal literacy: a reader response study, by Heidi Hammond
Köln, Germany, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2009, ix + 143 pp., US$87.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-838315-02-7
Carrye Syma
Pages 227 – 228
The Jewish graphic novel: critical approaches, edited by Samantha Baskind and Ranen Omer-Sherman
New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2010, xxvii + 292 pp., US$28.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-8135-4775-6
Robert G. Weiner
Pages 229 – 231
Conference Review
The Manchester Conference on Graphic Novels and Comics
Manchester Metropolitan University, 12–14 April 2010
Martin Barker
Pages 233 – 234
Call for Papers for 'Audiences and Readership' Special Issue
Page 235
Monday, December 27, 2010
New From Continuum
by Ben Saunders
Imprint: Continuum
Series: New Directions in Religion and Literature
Pub. date: 11 Jul 2011
ISBN: 9780826441980
192 Pages, paperback
World rights
Translation Rights Available
$21.95
A consideration of the modern Superhero comic as an expression of spiritual desire, showing what Superheroes can teach about our most essential human needs.
Description
Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book adventures of Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and Iron-Man, Saunders explores a number of complex philosophical and theological issues, including: the problem of evil; the will-to-power; the tension between intimacy and vulnerability; and the challenge of love, in the face of mortality. He concludes that comic book fantasies of the superhuman ironically reveal more than we might care to admit about our human limitations, even as they expose the falsehood of the characteristically modern opposition between religion and science. Clearly and passionately written, this insightful and at times exhilarating book should delight all readers who believe in the redemptive capacity of the imagination, regardless of whether they consider themselves comic book fans.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements \ INTRODUCTION: The Power of Love \ 1. SUPERMAN: Truth, Justice, and All That Stuff \ 2. WONDER WOMAN: Bondage and Liberation \ 3. SPIDER-MAN: Heroic Failure and Spiritual Triumph \ 4. IRON MAN: Techno-Faith \ CODA: Modern Gods \ APPENDIX: Methods and Problems in Superhero Studies \ Notes \ Index
Author(s)
Ben Saunders is Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon. He is author of Desiring Donne: Poetry, Sexuality, Interpretation (Harvard University Press, 2006) and co-editor, with Roger Beebe and Denise Fulbrook, of Rock Over the Edge: Essays in Popular Music Culture (Duke University Press, 2002).
edited by Toni Johnson-Woods
Imprint: Continuum
Pub. date: 15 Apr 2010
ISBN: 9780826429384
368 Pages, paperback
World rights
Translation Rights Available
$27.95A collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, providing a definitive, one-stop Manga resource.
Description
Once upon a time, one had to read Japanese in order to enjoy manga. Today manga has become a global phenomenon, attracting audiences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The style has become so popular, in fact, that in the US and UK publishers are appropriating the manga style in a variety of print material, resulting in the birth of harlequin mangas which combine popular romance fiction titles with manga aesthetics. Comic publishers such as Dark Horse and DC Comics are translating Japanese “classics”, like Akira, into English. And of course it wasn’t long before Shakespeare received the manga treatment. So what is manga?
Manga roughly translates as “whimsical pictures” and its long history can be traced all the way back to picture books of eighteenth century Japan. Today, it comes in two basic forms: anthology magazines (such as Shukan Shonen Jampu) that contain several serials and manga ‘books’ (tankobon) that collect long-running serials from the anthologies and reprint them in one volume. The anthologies contain several serials, generally appear weekly and are so thick, up to 800 pages, that they are colloquially known as phone books. Sold at newspaper stands and in convenience stores, they often attract crowds of people who gather to read their favorite magazine.
Containing sections addressing the manga industry on an international scale, the different genres, formats and artists, as well the fans themselves, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives is an important collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, and provides a one-stop resource for all those who want to learn more about manga, as well as for anybody teaching a course on the subject.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section One: The Industry
The History of Manga - Jean-Marie Bouissou
Manga in Asia - John A. Lent
Manga in Europe - Paul M. Malone
Understanding Manga Merchandising: An Australian Case
Study - Jason Bainbridge and Craig Norris
Shakespeare as Manga - Emma Hayley
Globalizing from Japan to Hong Kong and Beyond -
Wendy Siuyi Wong
Manga and the Critics - Toni Johnson-Woods
Section Two: The Genres & Formats & Artists
Overview of Manga Genres - Mio Bryce and Jason Davis
Ryori Manga - Lorie Brau
Shojo Manga at Home and Abroad - Jennifer Prough
Beautiful Boys in Japanese Women's Comics - Mark
McClelland
Meanings of Manga - Neil Cohn
The Aesthetics of Manga - Christopher Couch
Visual Representations and Manga - Craig Norris
A Look at Takahashi Rumiko, Watase Yu, Shinohara
Chie, Hikawa Kyoko, Itsuki Natsumi - Mio Bryce
Osamu Tezuka and Family: Early Pioneers of Manga -
Wendy Goldberg
Miuchi Suzue and Intertextuality - Rebecca Suter
Miyasaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind: Manga
into Anime and Its Reception - Marc Hairston
Section Three: The Fans
Fandom in Germany, Italy and France - Bouissou, Pellitteri
and Dolle-Weinkauff
Scanlation - James Rampant
American Otaku and the Search for the Authentic Text -
Stacy Rue
Conclusion
Author(s)
Toni Johnson-Woods is President of the Pop Culture Association of Australia (PopCANNZ) and Senior Lecturer in the English, Media Studies and Art History School at the University of Queensland.
Thor: Myth to Marvel
by Martin Arnold
Imprint: Continuum
Pub. date: 21 Jul 2011
ISBN: 9781441135421
256 Pages, paperback
World rights
Translation Rights Available
$29.95
An exploration of how the legend of Thor has been adopted, adapted and transformed through history.
Description
The myths of the Norse god Thor were preserved in the Icelandic Eddas, set down in the early Middle Ages. The bane of giants and trolls, Thor was worshipped as the last line of defence against all that threatened early Nordic society.
Thor’s significance persisted long after the Christian conversion and, in the mid-eighteenth century, Thor resumed a symbolic prominence among northern countries. Admired and adopted in Scandinavia and Germany, he became central to the rhetoric of national romanticism and to more belligerent assertions of nationalism.
Resurrected in the latter part of the twentieth century in Marvel Magazine, Thor was further transformed into an articulation both of an anxious male sexuality and of a parallel nervousness regarding American foreign policy.
Martin Arnold explores the extraordinary regard in which Thor has been held since medieval times and considers why and how his myth has been adopted, adapted and transformed.
Table of Contents
Introduction:Reverberations throughout History \ 1. The Giant Killer: Thor in Old Norse Mythology \ 2. Damnation and Resurrection: Thor from the Christian Conversion to the Enlightenment \ 3. The Romancing of Thor \ 4. Distant Thunder: Thor and the Nationalists \ 5. The God of War: Thor and the Fascists \ 6. Marvellous Thor \ Appendix \ Bibliography \ Index
Author(s)
Martin Arnold is Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Hull University. He is the author of The Vikings (Continuum, 2006).
New/Recent from McFarland
I was browsing the McFarland Publishing website last week and came upon the following:
Heroes of Film, Comics and American Culture: Essays on Real and Fictional Defenders of Home
Edited by Lisa M. DeTora
ISBN 978-0-7864-3827-3
37 photos, bibliography, index
347pp. softcover 2009
Price: $39.95
Description
These essays consider the way that heroes and the domestic spaces they defend have been represented in 20th and early 21st century popular forms, especially film, comic books and material culture. The authors work in various academic disciplines such as English, film studies, history and human geography, thus bringing a rich variety of theoretical vantage points to the reader in a single collection.
Topics covered include Tales of Suspense, Captain America, gender and popular culture during World War II, Iron Man and the military-industrial complex, Batman, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Ring, Ridley Scott, and many others.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Introduction: Real Americans, Heroes, and Home Fronts
LISA DETORA 1
1. “A Labyrinth Without a Clew”: Husbands, Houses and Harpies in Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves
DARA DOWNEY 17
2. Beautiful Results: Whitman’s Democratic Vision and the Evolution of America in Michael Cunningham’s Specimen Days
ANDREW SCHOPP 40
3. Defending the Heartland: Technology and the Future in The Phantom Empire (1935)
CYNTHIA J. MILLER 61
4. Temporary Heroes “In the Service of Mars”: Women in Uniform, Factories, and the Kitchen during World War II
HEATHER MOLYNEAUX 77
5. Fighting for Home: Masculinity and the Constitution of the Domestic in Tales of Suspense and Captain America
JASON DITTMER 96
6. “Axe the Axis” and “Bombers Aloft”: Militaristic Play During the Second World War
LISA L. OSSIAN 117
7. To Protect and to Threaten: Gary Cooper and the Gender Politics of High Noon (1952)
STEVEN T. SHEEHAN 134
8. Hero of the Military-Industrial Complex: Reading Iron Man Through Burke’s Dramatism
RONALD C. THOMAS, JR. 152
9. Professional Killers at Home: Domesticity and the Deregulated Subject
LACHLAN MACDOWALL 167
10. The Teacher as Hero: Representations in Late Cold War Film and Culture
LEAH SADYKOV 181
11. Terrorist, Technocrat, and Feudal Lord: Batman in Comic Book and Film Adaptations
MARC EDWARD DIPAOLO 194
12. Knocked Up, Not Knocked Out: Xena: Warrior Princess, Pregnant Action Hero
MARY JO LODGE 218
13. The Naked Hero and Model Man: Costumed Identity in Comic Book Narratives
DAVID COUGHLAN 234
14. Mommy, Baby, Ghost: The Technological Chain Letter and the Nuclear Family in The Ring
CHUCK ROBINSON 253
15. Waking Up the Mythic American Neo
JAYSON BAKER 268
16. Ridley Scott’s Epics: Gender of Violence
DANIELLE GLASSMEYER 281
17. “Real Americans”: Inclusion, Difference, and Tolerance in Post 9/11 Nationalist Discourse
RANDY COTA 301
Afterword
MALIA K. DU MONT 315
For Further Reading—TEEVRAT GARG 319
About the Contributors 323
Index 329
About the Author
Lisa M. DeTora is an assistant professor and assistant director in the English department at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
The Rise and Reason of Comics and Graphic Literature: Critical Essays on the Form
Edited by Joyce Goggin and Dan Hassler-Forest
ISBN 978-0-7864-4294-2
20 photos, notes, bibliography, index
244pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00
Description
These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context, addressing theory and terminology, adaptations of comic books, the superhero genre, and comic books and graphic novels that deal with history and nonfiction. By addressing the topic from a wide range of perspectives, the book offers readers a nuanced and comprehensive picture of current scholarship in the subject area.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Joyce Goggin and Dan Hassler-Forest 1
Part One. Origin Stories: History and Development of the Genre
1. Of Gutters and Guttersnipes: Hogarth’s Legacy
Joyce Goggin 5
2. Ridiculous Rebellion: George L. Carlson and the Recovery of Jingle Jangle Comics
Daniel F. Yezbick 25
3. Suspended in Mid-Month: Serialized Storytelling in Comics
Daniel Wüllner 42
Part Two. What We Talk About When We Talk About Comics: Theory and Terminology
4 Balloonics: The Visuals of Balloons in Comics
Charles Forceville, Tony Veale, and Kurt Feyaerts 56
5. Remediation and the Sense of Time in Graphic Narratives
Kai Mikkonen 74
6. Brick by Brick: Chris Ware’s Architecture of the Page
Angela Szczepaniak 87
Part Three. Out of the Gutter: Comics and Adaptations
7. It Was the Best of Two Worlds, It Was the Worst of Two Worlds: The Adaptation of Novels in Comics and Graphic Novels
Dirk Vanderbeke 104
8. The 300 Controversy: A Case Study in the Politics of Adaptation
Dan Hassler-Forest 119
Part Four. Men in Tights: The Superhero Paradigm
9. The Last Action Hero’s Swan Song: Graphic Novelty or Never-Ending Story?
Andreas Rauscher 130
10. Extraordinary People: The Superhero Genre and Celebrity Culture in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jonathan E. Goldman 142
11. Warren Ellis’s Planetary: The Archaeology of Superheroes
Karin Kukkonen 154
Part Five. Drawing History: Nonfiction in Comics
12. Reconsidering Comics Journalism: Information and Experience in Joe Sacco’s Palestine
Benjamin Woo 166
13. Comics, Trauma and Cultural Memory(ies) of 9/11
Christophe Dony and Caroline van Linthout 178
14. “Be vewy, vewy quiet. We’re hunting wippers”: A Barthesian Analysis of the Construction of Fact and Fiction in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell
Julia Round 188
15. Graphic Black Nationalism: Visualizing Political Narratives in the Graphic Novel
James Braxton Peterson 202
About the Contributors 223
Works Cited 227
Index 237
About the Author
Joyce Goggin is an associate professor of literature, film and new media at the University of Amsterdam and Head of Studies at Amsterdam University College. Her primary research is on gambling and its representation in various media, though she has published on topics including film adaptation and Jane Austen, the tarot in literature, film serialization, The Gilmore Girls and addiction, and disaster capitalism.
Dan Hassler-Forest teaches media studies and English literature at the University of Amsterdam, where he is currently finishing his dissertation on superheroes in post-9/11 popular culture.
Edited by Lisa M. DeTora
ISBN 978-0-7864-3827-3
37 photos, bibliography, index
347pp. softcover 2009
Price: $39.95
Description
These essays consider the way that heroes and the domestic spaces they defend have been represented in 20th and early 21st century popular forms, especially film, comic books and material culture. The authors work in various academic disciplines such as English, film studies, history and human geography, thus bringing a rich variety of theoretical vantage points to the reader in a single collection.
Topics covered include Tales of Suspense, Captain America, gender and popular culture during World War II, Iron Man and the military-industrial complex, Batman, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Ring, Ridley Scott, and many others.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments v
Introduction: Real Americans, Heroes, and Home Fronts
LISA DETORA 1
1. “A Labyrinth Without a Clew”: Husbands, Houses and Harpies in Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves
DARA DOWNEY 17
2. Beautiful Results: Whitman’s Democratic Vision and the Evolution of America in Michael Cunningham’s Specimen Days
ANDREW SCHOPP 40
3. Defending the Heartland: Technology and the Future in The Phantom Empire (1935)
CYNTHIA J. MILLER 61
4. Temporary Heroes “In the Service of Mars”: Women in Uniform, Factories, and the Kitchen during World War II
HEATHER MOLYNEAUX 77
5. Fighting for Home: Masculinity and the Constitution of the Domestic in Tales of Suspense and Captain America
JASON DITTMER 96
6. “Axe the Axis” and “Bombers Aloft”: Militaristic Play During the Second World War
LISA L. OSSIAN 117
7. To Protect and to Threaten: Gary Cooper and the Gender Politics of High Noon (1952)
STEVEN T. SHEEHAN 134
8. Hero of the Military-Industrial Complex: Reading Iron Man Through Burke’s Dramatism
RONALD C. THOMAS, JR. 152
9. Professional Killers at Home: Domesticity and the Deregulated Subject
LACHLAN MACDOWALL 167
10. The Teacher as Hero: Representations in Late Cold War Film and Culture
LEAH SADYKOV 181
11. Terrorist, Technocrat, and Feudal Lord: Batman in Comic Book and Film Adaptations
MARC EDWARD DIPAOLO 194
12. Knocked Up, Not Knocked Out: Xena: Warrior Princess, Pregnant Action Hero
MARY JO LODGE 218
13. The Naked Hero and Model Man: Costumed Identity in Comic Book Narratives
DAVID COUGHLAN 234
14. Mommy, Baby, Ghost: The Technological Chain Letter and the Nuclear Family in The Ring
CHUCK ROBINSON 253
15. Waking Up the Mythic American Neo
JAYSON BAKER 268
16. Ridley Scott’s Epics: Gender of Violence
DANIELLE GLASSMEYER 281
17. “Real Americans”: Inclusion, Difference, and Tolerance in Post 9/11 Nationalist Discourse
RANDY COTA 301
Afterword
MALIA K. DU MONT 315
For Further Reading—TEEVRAT GARG 319
About the Contributors 323
Index 329
About the Author
Lisa M. DeTora is an assistant professor and assistant director in the English department at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Edited by Joyce Goggin and Dan Hassler-Forest
ISBN 978-0-7864-4294-2
20 photos, notes, bibliography, index
244pp. softcover 2010
Price: $35.00
Description
These 15 essays investigate comic books and graphic novels, beginning with the early development of these media. The essays also place the work in a cultural context, addressing theory and terminology, adaptations of comic books, the superhero genre, and comic books and graphic novels that deal with history and nonfiction. By addressing the topic from a wide range of perspectives, the book offers readers a nuanced and comprehensive picture of current scholarship in the subject area.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Joyce Goggin and Dan Hassler-Forest 1
Part One. Origin Stories: History and Development of the Genre
1. Of Gutters and Guttersnipes: Hogarth’s Legacy
Joyce Goggin 5
2. Ridiculous Rebellion: George L. Carlson and the Recovery of Jingle Jangle Comics
Daniel F. Yezbick 25
3. Suspended in Mid-Month: Serialized Storytelling in Comics
Daniel Wüllner 42
Part Two. What We Talk About When We Talk About Comics: Theory and Terminology
4 Balloonics: The Visuals of Balloons in Comics
Charles Forceville, Tony Veale, and Kurt Feyaerts 56
5. Remediation and the Sense of Time in Graphic Narratives
Kai Mikkonen 74
6. Brick by Brick: Chris Ware’s Architecture of the Page
Angela Szczepaniak 87
Part Three. Out of the Gutter: Comics and Adaptations
7. It Was the Best of Two Worlds, It Was the Worst of Two Worlds: The Adaptation of Novels in Comics and Graphic Novels
Dirk Vanderbeke 104
8. The 300 Controversy: A Case Study in the Politics of Adaptation
Dan Hassler-Forest 119
Part Four. Men in Tights: The Superhero Paradigm
9. The Last Action Hero’s Swan Song: Graphic Novelty or Never-Ending Story?
Andreas Rauscher 130
10. Extraordinary People: The Superhero Genre and Celebrity Culture in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Jonathan E. Goldman 142
11. Warren Ellis’s Planetary: The Archaeology of Superheroes
Karin Kukkonen 154
Part Five. Drawing History: Nonfiction in Comics
12. Reconsidering Comics Journalism: Information and Experience in Joe Sacco’s Palestine
Benjamin Woo 166
13. Comics, Trauma and Cultural Memory(ies) of 9/11
Christophe Dony and Caroline van Linthout 178
14. “Be vewy, vewy quiet. We’re hunting wippers”: A Barthesian Analysis of the Construction of Fact and Fiction in Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell’s From Hell
Julia Round 188
15. Graphic Black Nationalism: Visualizing Political Narratives in the Graphic Novel
James Braxton Peterson 202
About the Contributors 223
Works Cited 227
Index 237
About the Author
Joyce Goggin is an associate professor of literature, film and new media at the University of Amsterdam and Head of Studies at Amsterdam University College. Her primary research is on gambling and its representation in various media, though she has published on topics including film adaptation and Jane Austen, the tarot in literature, film serialization, The Gilmore Girls and addiction, and disaster capitalism.
Dan Hassler-Forest teaches media studies and English literature at the University of Amsterdam, where he is currently finishing his dissertation on superheroes in post-9/11 popular culture.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
New Telefilms from Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network premiered two comic-based telefilms last week.
The first was Firebreather based on the series created by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn and published by Image Comics. The protagonist is a teenaged boy half-dragon and half-human. I append the teaser trailer below; a longer trailer can be accessed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoLKbwU_VQ&feature=channel. The film is not yet available on DVD but can be purchased on iTunes for $9.99
The second telefilm was Young Justice a pilot film for the forthcoming animated series (launching in January 2011) and inspired by the long-running Young Justice series. As was true with the comic, the animated series features the sidekicks, young relatives, and (in the case of Superman) teenaged clones of members of the Justice League.
The first was Firebreather based on the series created by Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn and published by Image Comics. The protagonist is a teenaged boy half-dragon and half-human. I append the teaser trailer below; a longer trailer can be accessed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApoLKbwU_VQ&feature=channel. The film is not yet available on DVD but can be purchased on iTunes for $9.99
The second telefilm was Young Justice a pilot film for the forthcoming animated series (launching in January 2011) and inspired by the long-running Young Justice series. As was true with the comic, the animated series features the sidekicks, young relatives, and (in the case of Superman) teenaged clones of members of the Justice League.
Recent Scholarship on Stardust
Extrapolation 51.2 (Summer 2010) arrived this week with the following contents of interest to the blog:
Paula Brown, "Stardust as Allegorical Bildungsroman: An Apology For Platonic Idealism," pp. 216-34.
Complete contents and further details on the journal's website.
Paula Brown, "Stardust as Allegorical Bildungsroman: An Apology For Platonic Idealism," pp. 216-34.
Complete contents and further details on the journal's website.
Monday, November 22, 2010
IJOCA 12.2-3 Contents
As promised, here are the contents for IJOCA 12.2-3:
Vol. 12, No. 2/3, Fall 2010
708 pages / 38 Articles
Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque
John A. Lent 1 Editor’s Note
Fabrice Leroy 2 Yves Chaland and Lue Cornillon’s Rewriting of Classical Belgian Comics in Captivant: From Graphic Homage to Implicit Criticism
Giancarla Unser-Schutz 25 Exploring the Role of Language in Manga: Text Types, Their Usages, and Their Distributions
Rick Marschall 44 Nurturing the Butterfly: My Life in Comic Art Studies
Derik A. Badman 91 Talking, Thinking, and Seeing in Pictures: Narration, Focalization, and Ocularization in Comics Narratives
Enrique Garcia 112 Coon Imagery in Will Eisner’s The Spirit and Yolanda Vargas Dulché’s Memín Pinguín and Its Legacy in the Contemporary United States and Mexican Comic Book Industries
Kerry Soper 125 From Jive Crows in “Dumbo” to Bumbazine and “Pogo”: Walt Kelly and the Conflicted Politics Reracinating African American Types in Mid-20th Century Comics
Robert Furlong and Christophe Cassiau-Haurie 150 Comic Books, Politics, and Manipulation: The Case of Repiblik Zanimo, the First Comic Strip and Book in Creole
Grazyna Gajewsk 159 Between History and Memory – Marzi: Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia
Matthew M. Chew and Lu Chen 171 Media Institutional Contexts of the Emergence and Development of Xinmanhua in China
Jörn Ahrens 192 The Father’s Art of Crime: Igort’s 5 Is the Perfect Number
Marco Pellitteri 209 Comics Reading and Attitudes of Openness toward the Other: The Italian-Speaking Teenagers’ Case in South Tyrol
Iren Ozgur 248 Have You Heard the One about the Islamist Humor Magazine?
Weidan Cao 251 The Mountains and the Moon, the Willows and the Swallows: A Hybrid Semiotic Analysis of Feng Zikai’s “New Paintings for Old Poems”
Candida Rifkind 268 A Stranger in an Strange Land? Guy Delisle Redraws the Travelogue
Daniel Stein 291 The Long Shadow of Wilhelm Busch: “Max & Moritz” and German Comics
Hannah Miodrag 309 Fragmented Text: The Spatial Arrangement of Words in Comics
Christopher Eklund 328 Toward an Ethicoaesthetics of Comics: A Critical Manifesto
Muliyadi Mahamood 336 The Malaysian Humor Magazine Gila-Gila: An Appreciation
Roy Bearden-White 354 Inheriting Trauma in Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Philippe Gauthier 367 On “Institutionalization”: From Cinema to Comics
Marc A. Londo 376 Mr. Tap and His African-American Cartoons of the 1940s/1950s
Marcia R. Ristaino 395 Two Linked by Another, Ding Cong: Interviews with Betty McIntosh and Shen Jun
Shelley Drake Hawks 402 Ding Cong’s “True Story of Ah Q” in Art and Life
John A. Lent and Xu Ying 425 Fengjing – The Town That Claimed Ding Cong
Phillip Troutman 432 The Discourse of Comics Scholarship: A Rhetorical Analysis of Research Article Introductions
Ross Murray 445 Referencing Comics: A Comprehensive Citation Guide
Sylvain Rheault 459 Curvy Alterations in “Gaston” by Franquin
Miriam Peña-Pimentel 469 Baroque Features in Japanese Hentai
Yuko Nakamura 487 What Does the “Sky” Say? – Distinctive Characteristics of Manga and What the Sky Represents in It
B.S. Jamuna 509 Strategic Positioning and Re-presentations of Women in Indian Comics
Meena Ahmed 525 Exploring the Dimensions of Political Cartoons: A Case Study of Pakistan
Camila Figueiredo 543 Tunes Across Media: The Intermedial Transposition of Music in Watchmen
Rania M. R. Saleh 552 Making History Come Alive Through Political Cartoons
Bill Kartalopoulos 565 Taking and Making Liberties: Narratives of Comics History
Toni Masdiono 577 An Indonesian Bid for the First Graphic Novel
John A. Lent 581 In Remembrance of Five Major Comic Art Personalities
Perucho Mejia Garcia 588 Ismael Roldan Torres (1964-2009) of Colombia: A Memorial Tribute
Zheng Huagai 598 Tributes to Two Famous, Anti-Japanese War Cartoonists: Zhang Ding and Te Wei
John A. Lent 614 The Printed Word
620 Book Reviews
644 Exhibition and Media Reviews
696 Correction
697 Portfolio
Vol. 12, No. 2/3, Fall 2010
708 pages / 38 Articles
Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque
John A. Lent 1 Editor’s Note
Fabrice Leroy 2 Yves Chaland and Lue Cornillon’s Rewriting of Classical Belgian Comics in Captivant: From Graphic Homage to Implicit Criticism
Giancarla Unser-Schutz 25 Exploring the Role of Language in Manga: Text Types, Their Usages, and Their Distributions
Rick Marschall 44 Nurturing the Butterfly: My Life in Comic Art Studies
Derik A. Badman 91 Talking, Thinking, and Seeing in Pictures: Narration, Focalization, and Ocularization in Comics Narratives
Enrique Garcia 112 Coon Imagery in Will Eisner’s The Spirit and Yolanda Vargas Dulché’s Memín Pinguín and Its Legacy in the Contemporary United States and Mexican Comic Book Industries
Kerry Soper 125 From Jive Crows in “Dumbo” to Bumbazine and “Pogo”: Walt Kelly and the Conflicted Politics Reracinating African American Types in Mid-20th Century Comics
Robert Furlong and Christophe Cassiau-Haurie 150 Comic Books, Politics, and Manipulation: The Case of Repiblik Zanimo, the First Comic Strip and Book in Creole
Grazyna Gajewsk 159 Between History and Memory – Marzi: Children Should Be Seen and Not Heard Marzena Sowa and Sylvain Savoia
Matthew M. Chew and Lu Chen 171 Media Institutional Contexts of the Emergence and Development of Xinmanhua in China
Jörn Ahrens 192 The Father’s Art of Crime: Igort’s 5 Is the Perfect Number
Marco Pellitteri 209 Comics Reading and Attitudes of Openness toward the Other: The Italian-Speaking Teenagers’ Case in South Tyrol
Iren Ozgur 248 Have You Heard the One about the Islamist Humor Magazine?
Weidan Cao 251 The Mountains and the Moon, the Willows and the Swallows: A Hybrid Semiotic Analysis of Feng Zikai’s “New Paintings for Old Poems”
Candida Rifkind 268 A Stranger in an Strange Land? Guy Delisle Redraws the Travelogue
Daniel Stein 291 The Long Shadow of Wilhelm Busch: “Max & Moritz” and German Comics
Hannah Miodrag 309 Fragmented Text: The Spatial Arrangement of Words in Comics
Christopher Eklund 328 Toward an Ethicoaesthetics of Comics: A Critical Manifesto
Muliyadi Mahamood 336 The Malaysian Humor Magazine Gila-Gila: An Appreciation
Roy Bearden-White 354 Inheriting Trauma in Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Philippe Gauthier 367 On “Institutionalization”: From Cinema to Comics
Marc A. Londo 376 Mr. Tap and His African-American Cartoons of the 1940s/1950s
Marcia R. Ristaino 395 Two Linked by Another, Ding Cong: Interviews with Betty McIntosh and Shen Jun
Shelley Drake Hawks 402 Ding Cong’s “True Story of Ah Q” in Art and Life
John A. Lent and Xu Ying 425 Fengjing – The Town That Claimed Ding Cong
Phillip Troutman 432 The Discourse of Comics Scholarship: A Rhetorical Analysis of Research Article Introductions
Ross Murray 445 Referencing Comics: A Comprehensive Citation Guide
Sylvain Rheault 459 Curvy Alterations in “Gaston” by Franquin
Miriam Peña-Pimentel 469 Baroque Features in Japanese Hentai
Yuko Nakamura 487 What Does the “Sky” Say? – Distinctive Characteristics of Manga and What the Sky Represents in It
B.S. Jamuna 509 Strategic Positioning and Re-presentations of Women in Indian Comics
Meena Ahmed 525 Exploring the Dimensions of Political Cartoons: A Case Study of Pakistan
Camila Figueiredo 543 Tunes Across Media: The Intermedial Transposition of Music in Watchmen
Rania M. R. Saleh 552 Making History Come Alive Through Political Cartoons
Bill Kartalopoulos 565 Taking and Making Liberties: Narratives of Comics History
Toni Masdiono 577 An Indonesian Bid for the First Graphic Novel
John A. Lent 581 In Remembrance of Five Major Comic Art Personalities
Perucho Mejia Garcia 588 Ismael Roldan Torres (1964-2009) of Colombia: A Memorial Tribute
Zheng Huagai 598 Tributes to Two Famous, Anti-Japanese War Cartoonists: Zhang Ding and Te Wei
John A. Lent 614 The Printed Word
620 Book Reviews
644 Exhibition and Media Reviews
696 Correction
697 Portfolio
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Green Lantern (2011) Trailer
The trailer for the upcoming film Green Lantern (2011) was released earlier this week and can viewed at the official site as well as file-sharing venues like YouTube. Based on the trailer, the film looks like the origin of GL has been turned into a "hero's journey" film with some comedic moments. Also, villain Hector Hammond looks suitably monstrous, and the aliens members of the GL Corps resemble their comic book originals (which is more than can be said of the recent original video Green Lantern: First Flight.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
New Book: Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal
Shazam! The Golden Age of the World's Mightiest Mortal
Authors: By Chip Kidd with photography by Geoff Spear
Imprint: Abrams ComicArts
ISBN: 0-8109-9596-4
EAN: 9780810995963
Availability: In Stock
Price: $35.00
Publishing Date: 12/1/2010
Trim Size: 9 x 12
Page Count: 246
Cover: Hardcover
Illustrations: 300 full-color illustrations; gatefold
About the book
Shazam made his debut in Whiz Comics in 1940, and outsold his biggest competitor, Superman, by 14 million copies a month. It wasn’t long before a variety of merchandise was licensed—secret decoders, figurines, buttons, paper rockets, tin toys, puzzles, costumes—and a fan club was created to keep up with the demand. These collectibles now sell for outrageous prices on eBay or in comic book stores and conventions. Seventy years later, an unprecedented assortment of these collectibles are gathered together by award-winning writer/designer Chip Kidd and photographer Geoff Spear. Join Kidd, Spear, and the World’s Mightiest Mortal in this first, fully authorized celebration of ephemera, artwork, and rare, one-of-a-kind toys, and recapture the magic that was Shazam!
About the authors
Chip Kidd is an award-winning graphic designer and writer, and an editor-at-large for Pantheon Books. His books on comics include Bat-Manga!, Peanuts: The Art of Charles M. Schulz, and Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross. He lives in New York City.
Geoff Spear is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared on numerous book covers. He lives in New York City.
European Comic Art Volumes 1.1-3.1
Contents as follows:
European Comic Art 3.1 (2010)
European Comic Art
Pages 1-1
Introduction: It was a dark and stormy night … Narration in Comics
Pages v-viii
The Monstrator, the Recitant and the Shadow of the Narrator
Pages 1-21
Author Thierry Groensteen
Narrative Techniques in Tardi's Le Der des ders and Voyage au bout de la nuit
Pages 23-36
Author Armelle Blin-Rolland
Comics and Everyday Life: from Ennui to Contemplation
Pages 37-64
Author Greice Schneider
Fire Escapes to Nowhere: Colin and Cilluffo's World Trade Angels
Pages 65-80
Author Lawrence R. Schehr
'C'est pas du tout ce que tu penses': Improvisational Narrative Strategies in Ruppert and Mulot's La Maison close
Pages 81-103
Author Bart Beaty
Between Writing and Image: A Scriptwriter's Way of Working
Pages 105-116
Author Benoît Peeters
Angoulême, 2010
Pages 117-118
Author Bart Beaty
European Comic Art 2.2 (Dec. 2009)
Introduction: The Nineteenth Century and Beyond
Pages v-viii
The Gourary Töpffer Manuscript of Monsieur Jabot: A Question of Authenticity.: With the Dating and Distribution of Rodolphe Töpffer's First Published Picture Story, and the World's First Modern Comic Strip
Pages 173-203
Author David Kunzle
Ally Sloper on Stage
Pages 205-225
Author Roger Sabin
The Conquest of Space: Evolution of Panel Arrangements and Page Layouts in Early Comics Published in Belgium (1880–1929)
Pages 227-252
Author Pascal Lefèvre
The Spanish Tebeo
Pages 253-276
Author Viviane Alary
Reviews
Pages 277-282
Notes on Contributors
Pages 283-284
Index to Volume 2
Pages 285-286
European Comic Art 2.1 (June 2009)
Introduction: Caricature
Pages v-vii
'I Must Not Draw…'
Pages 1-19
Author Plantu
Graphic Shorthand: From Caricature to Narratology in Twentieth-Century Bande dessinée and Comics
Pages 21-39
Author Harry Morgan
Early French Caricature (1795–1830) and English Influence
Pages 41-64
Author Caroline Rossiter
'From the Land Where the Word Balloons Throw Shadows': An Interview with Anke Feuchtenberger
Pages 65-82
Author Mark David Nevins
Caricaturing 'The Colonial Good Life' in French Indochina
Pages 83-108
Author Michael G. Vann
Bête et méchant: Politics, Editorial Cartoons and Bande dessinée in the French Satirical Newspaper Charlie hebdo
Pages 109-129
Author Jane Weston
Cabu Reporter
Pages 131-151
Author Tanitoc
News and Reviews
Pages 153-168
Notes on Contributors
Pages 169-172
European Comic Art 1.2 (Dec. 2008)
Editorial
Pages v-viii
North and South in Belgian Comics
Pages 111-126
Author Jan Baetens
'Is There Any Boudin on the Moon?' Depicting Cajun Ethnicity in Bec Doux et ses amis
Pages 127-144
Author Fabrice Leroy
Arthème Fayard's Magazines and the Promotion of Picture Stories 'à la française'
Pages 145-156
Author Annie Renonciat
The Silence of the Page Une trop bruyante solitude: The Graphic Novel Adaptation of Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
Pages 157-174
Author Martha Kuhlman
The Frontier and the Affrontier: French-Language Algerian Comics and Cartoons Confront the Nation
Pages 175-200
Author Mark McKinney
News and Reviews
Pages 201-214
Notes on Contributors
Pages 215-216
Index to Volume 1
Pages 217-218
European Comic Art 3.1 (2010)
European Comic Art
Pages 1-1
Introduction: It was a dark and stormy night … Narration in Comics
Pages v-viii
The Monstrator, the Recitant and the Shadow of the Narrator
Pages 1-21
Author Thierry Groensteen
Narrative Techniques in Tardi's Le Der des ders and Voyage au bout de la nuit
Pages 23-36
Author Armelle Blin-Rolland
Comics and Everyday Life: from Ennui to Contemplation
Pages 37-64
Author Greice Schneider
Fire Escapes to Nowhere: Colin and Cilluffo's World Trade Angels
Pages 65-80
Author Lawrence R. Schehr
'C'est pas du tout ce que tu penses': Improvisational Narrative Strategies in Ruppert and Mulot's La Maison close
Pages 81-103
Author Bart Beaty
Between Writing and Image: A Scriptwriter's Way of Working
Pages 105-116
Author Benoît Peeters
Angoulême, 2010
Pages 117-118
Author Bart Beaty
European Comic Art 2.2 (Dec. 2009)
Introduction: The Nineteenth Century and Beyond
Pages v-viii
The Gourary Töpffer Manuscript of Monsieur Jabot: A Question of Authenticity.: With the Dating and Distribution of Rodolphe Töpffer's First Published Picture Story, and the World's First Modern Comic Strip
Pages 173-203
Author David Kunzle
Ally Sloper on Stage
Pages 205-225
Author Roger Sabin
The Conquest of Space: Evolution of Panel Arrangements and Page Layouts in Early Comics Published in Belgium (1880–1929)
Pages 227-252
Author Pascal Lefèvre
The Spanish Tebeo
Pages 253-276
Author Viviane Alary
Reviews
Pages 277-282
Notes on Contributors
Pages 283-284
Index to Volume 2
Pages 285-286
European Comic Art 2.1 (June 2009)
Introduction: Caricature
Pages v-vii
'I Must Not Draw…'
Pages 1-19
Author Plantu
Graphic Shorthand: From Caricature to Narratology in Twentieth-Century Bande dessinée and Comics
Pages 21-39
Author Harry Morgan
Early French Caricature (1795–1830) and English Influence
Pages 41-64
Author Caroline Rossiter
'From the Land Where the Word Balloons Throw Shadows': An Interview with Anke Feuchtenberger
Pages 65-82
Author Mark David Nevins
Caricaturing 'The Colonial Good Life' in French Indochina
Pages 83-108
Author Michael G. Vann
Bête et méchant: Politics, Editorial Cartoons and Bande dessinée in the French Satirical Newspaper Charlie hebdo
Pages 109-129
Author Jane Weston
Cabu Reporter
Pages 131-151
Author Tanitoc
News and Reviews
Pages 153-168
Notes on Contributors
Pages 169-172
European Comic Art 1.2 (Dec. 2008)
Editorial
Pages v-viii
North and South in Belgian Comics
Pages 111-126
Author Jan Baetens
'Is There Any Boudin on the Moon?' Depicting Cajun Ethnicity in Bec Doux et ses amis
Pages 127-144
Author Fabrice Leroy
Arthème Fayard's Magazines and the Promotion of Picture Stories 'à la française'
Pages 145-156
Author Annie Renonciat
The Silence of the Page Une trop bruyante solitude: The Graphic Novel Adaptation of Too Loud a Solitude by Bohumil Hrabal
Pages 157-174
Author Martha Kuhlman
The Frontier and the Affrontier: French-Language Algerian Comics and Cartoons Confront the Nation
Pages 175-200
Author Mark McKinney
News and Reviews
Pages 201-214
Notes on Contributors
Pages 215-216
Index to Volume 1
Pages 217-218
European Comic Art 1.1 (June 2008)
Introduction
Pages v-viii
Bande dessinée and the Cinematograph: Visual Narrative in 1895
Pages 1-20
Author Lance Rickman
De Luca and Hamlet: Thinking Outside the Box
Pages 21-36
Author Paul Gravett
Family History and Social History: Étienne Davodeau's Reportage of Reality in Les Mauvaises gens
Pages 37-56
Author Clare Tufts
Autobiographical Innovations: Edmond Baudoin's Éloge de la poussière
Pages 57-86
Author Matthew Screech
A Few Words about The System of Comics and More …
Pages 87-94
Author Thierry Groensteen
News and Reviews
Pages 95-107
Notes on Contributors
Pages 109-110
Recent Comics Journal: European Comic Art
European Comic Art
ISSN 1754-3797
Synopsis
European Comic Art is the first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature. Published in association with the American Bande Dessinée Society and the International Bande Dessinée Society, European Comic Art builds on existing scholarship in French-language comic art and is able to draw on the scholarly activities undertaken by both organisations. However, our editorial board and consultative committee bring expertise on a wider European area of comic art production and the journal will emphasise coverage of work from across Europe, including Eastern Europe.
Published twice a year, European Comic Art is available in both print and online form and serves as a forum where different theoretical and critical approaches, as well as national comics traditions, can meet.
We would particularly welcome articles in these areas:
The current 'manga-isation' of the European comics scene by Asian comics
Mutual influences of French and American comics
Feminist comic art and women cartoonists
Comics without words
Hergé and the clear-line school of cartooning
Cartoonist collectives and independent publishers since 1990
Genre and the Industry
Comics and digital media
The cartoonist as reporter
Comics in their historical context
Contributions should be original and should not have been previously published in any form, including all forms of electronic publication. Contributors are required to assign copyright to Liverpool University Press, and not to publish accepted articles or book reviews on web pages before they appear in European Comic Art.
European Comic Art is hosted online by Metapress and is accessible at http://liverpool.metapress.com/content/121625/. Online access is free to existing subscribers.
Editors
Laurence Grove, University of Glasgow
Mark McKinney, Miami University, Ohio
Ann Miller, University of Leicester
Book Review Editor
Catherine Labio, University of Colorado at Boulder
Editorial Board
Bart Beaty, University of Calgary
Hugo Frey, University of Chichester
Wendy Michallat, University of Sheffield
Kees Ribbens, Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie, Amsterdam
Roger Sabin, University of the Arts, London
Matthew Screech, Manchester Metropolitan University
Clare Tufts, Duke University
Consultative Committee
Jan Baetens, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
Teresa Bridgeman, University of Bristol
Cécile Danehy, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Vittorio Frigerio, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Fabio Gadducci, University of Pisa
Paul Gravett, author and critic
Thierry Groensteen, Editions de l'An 2, Angoulême
Michael Kelly, University of Southampton
David Kunzle, UCLA
Dominique Le Duc, University of Brighton
Pascal Lefèvre, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
Fabrice Leroy, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
John Lent, Temple University, Philadelphia
Anne Magnussen, University of Southern Denmark
Jean-Christophe Menu, Author and Publisher, Founder of L'Association
Pedro Pérez del Solar, University of Texas at El Paso
Murray Pratt, Nottingham Trent University
Thierry Smolderen, l'EESATI (Ecole Supérieure de l'Image), Angoulême
Joost Swarte, Artist and Graphic Designer
Editorial Correspondence
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Books Review Editor
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Contents Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics 1.1
Here are the contents for Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics 1.1. The issue is free at the publisher's website.
Editorial
David Huxley; Joan Ormrod
Pages 1 – 4
Articles
From Iky Mo to Lord Horror: representations of Jews in British comics
Paul Gravett
Pages 5 – 16
From fan appropriation to industry re-appropriation: the sexual identity of comic superheroes
Gareth Schott
Pages 17 – 29
‘A fistful of dead roses…’. Comics as cultural resistance: Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta
Maggie Gray
Pages 31 – 49
The absence of black supervillains in mainstream comics
Phillip Lamarr Cunningham
Pages 51 – 62
Redrawing nationalism: Chester Brown's Louis Riel: a comic-strip biography
Andrew Lesk
Pages 63 – 81
Book Reviews
Che: a graphic biography, by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón
New York, Hill and Wang, 2009, 128pp., US$22 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-8090-9492-9
James Scorer
Pages 83 – 85
Of comics and men: a cultural history of American comic books, by Jean-Paul Gabilliet
translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2010, xx + 390 pp., US$55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-60473-267-2
Tony Venezia
Pages 85 – 88
Art Spiegelman: conversations, edited by Joseph Witek
Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2007, xxiii + 318 pp., US$50 (hardback), US$20 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-934110-12-6
Ranen Omer-Sherman
Pages 88 – 90
Editorial
David Huxley; Joan Ormrod
Pages 1 – 4
Articles
From Iky Mo to Lord Horror: representations of Jews in British comics
Paul Gravett
Pages 5 – 16
From fan appropriation to industry re-appropriation: the sexual identity of comic superheroes
Gareth Schott
Pages 17 – 29
‘A fistful of dead roses…’. Comics as cultural resistance: Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V for Vendetta
Maggie Gray
Pages 31 – 49
The absence of black supervillains in mainstream comics
Phillip Lamarr Cunningham
Pages 51 – 62
Redrawing nationalism: Chester Brown's Louis Riel: a comic-strip biography
Andrew Lesk
Pages 63 – 81
Book Reviews
Che: a graphic biography, by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón
New York, Hill and Wang, 2009, 128pp., US$22 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-8090-9492-9
James Scorer
Pages 83 – 85
Of comics and men: a cultural history of American comic books, by Jean-Paul Gabilliet
translated by Bart Beaty and Nick Nguyen, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2010, xx + 390 pp., US$55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-60473-267-2
Tony Venezia
Pages 85 – 88
Art Spiegelman: conversations, edited by Joseph Witek
Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2007, xxiii + 318 pp., US$50 (hardback), US$20 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-934110-12-6
Ranen Omer-Sherman
Pages 88 – 90
New Journal: Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics
Details on the journal are as follows:
The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is a peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of the graphic novel, comic strip and comic book, with the emphasis on comics in their cultural, institutional and creative contexts. Its scope is international, covering not only English language comics but also worldwide comic culture. The journal reflects interdisciplinary research in comics and aims to establish a dialogue between academics, historians, theoreticians and practitioners of comics. It therefore examines the production and consumption of comics within the contexts of culture: art, cinema, television and new media technologies.
The journal will include all forms of 'sequential imagery' including precursors of the comic but the main emphasis will be on twentieth and twenty-first century examples, reflecting the increasing interest in the modern forms of the comic, its production and cultural consumption.
Editorial Biographies
David Huxley is a Senior Lecturer on the Film and Media Studies BA Hons at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has written widely on comics, including, ‘Naked Aggression: Comic Books and the Vietnam War' in J Walsh (ed) Tell MeLies About Vietnam, Open University Press, 1988, ‘Viz: Class, Gender and Sexuality' in S Wagg (ed) Because I Tell a Joke or Two, Routledge, 1997, and Nasty Tales: Drugs, Sex and Rock'n'Roll in British Underground Comics, Critical Vision Books, 2000. He has also written and drawn for a wide range of comics, including Ally Sloper (1976), Comic Tales (1981), Heavy Metal (1982), Pssst (1982) and Oink (1987-1988).
Joan Ormrod is a Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies BA Hons at Manchester Metropolitan University, teaching a range of units such as Graphic Novels and Comics, Fantasy in Popular Culture and Science Fiction. Her publications and conference presentations reflect her research interests in subcultural audiences, comics and cult films. In 2009 she co-edited a book, On the Edge: Leisure, Consumption and the Representation of Adventure Sports. She has published articles on cult films in Scope, and surfing subcultures in History of Sport, presented papers at comics conferences and co-hosted a conference on comics with David Huxley in September 2007. In a previous life she published a number of scripts with Marvel UK.
Editorial Board
EDITORS
David Huxley, Faculty of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Joan Ormrod, Faculty of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
CONSULTING EDITOR
Roger Sabin, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Rob Weiner
Associate Humanities Librarian
Texas Tech University Libraries
Box 40002
Lubbock
Texas 79403-0002
USA
EDITORIAL BOARD
Jörn Ahrens, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
Bart Beaty, Calgary University, Canada
Jaqueline Berndt, Kyoto Seika University , Japan
Will Brooker, Kingston University, UK
Scott Bukatman, Stanford University, USA
Peter Coogan, Washington University, USA
Paul Dawson, Manchester University, UK
Melany Gibson, University of Northumbria , UK
Paul Gravett, Author, UK
Charles Hatfield, California State University, USA
Pascal Lefevre, Belgium
Andrew Lesk, University of Toronto, Canada
Angela Ndalianis, University of Melbourne, Australia
Lance Rickman, Essex University, UK
Derek Royal, Western Illinois University, USA
Gareth Schott, Waikato University, New Zealand
Mathew Screech, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Marni Stanley, Vancouver University, Canada
Fredrik Strömberg, Malmo University, Sweden
Joseph Witek, Stetson University, Florida, USA
Robert G. Weiner, Texas Tech University, USA
IJOCA 12.2-3
The latest issue of The International Journal of Comic Art arrived this weekend. At 711 pages, this issue is double-sized. The complete contents do not yet appear at the journal's website, but the following articles should be of general interest:
Phillip Troutman, "The Discourse of Comics Scholarship: A Rhetorical Analysis of Research Article Introductions."
Ross Murray, "Referencing Comics: A Comprehensive Citation Guide."
Bill Kartalopoulos, "Taking and Making Liberties: Narratives of Comics History."
Phillip Troutman, "The Discourse of Comics Scholarship: A Rhetorical Analysis of Research Article Introductions."
Ross Murray, "Referencing Comics: A Comprehensive Citation Guide."
Bill Kartalopoulos, "Taking and Making Liberties: Narratives of Comics History."
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