Archives by Tag 'Comics'
Superheroes of the Round Table: Comics Connections to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Tweet Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true–knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a [...]
Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal
Tweet In many ways, twentieth-century America was the land of superheroes and science fiction. From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, these pop-culture juggernauts, with their “powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men,” thrilled readers and audiences—and simultaneously embodied a host of our dreams and fears about modern life [...]
Ice Cream & Sadness: More Comics from Cyanide & Happiness
Tweet Cyanide & Happiness is back! You hold in your grubby mitts the second collection from the hit online comic that was created by a quartet of depraved, inappropriate twentysomethings from all four corners of the world, and which has been compared to Family Circus by both the seeing and mentally impaired communities. Bigger, bolder, [...]
Disguised as Clark Kent: Jews, Comics, and the Creation of the Superhero
Tweet Fingeroth reveals the Jewish element in many of our favourite comic book heroes. In “Disguised as Clark Kent”, Danny Fingeroth – a long-time executive in the comics business who wrote and edited “Spider-Man” as well as other famous lines for Marvel – reflects on the phenomenon of the heavily Jewish elements that, consciously or [...]
Graphic Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics
Simpsons Comics Barn Burner
Tweet Simpsons Comics Barn Burner, brought to you by Matt Groening, the creator of The Simpsons, takes the blue–ribbon prize for being one jimdandy of a good time. Get ready for the dadburndest, rootin’–tootin’–est riot of cotton–pickin’ Simpsons comics EVER! First, Bart takes his life in his hands when he rats out the school bullies. [...]
Heroes with Hardons – The Big Book of Class Comics
Tweet Long gone are the times when comic heroes in the shape of ducks and mice inspired our fantasy; nowadays it needs a little more: The comic anthology Heroes with Hardons offers us this more – even a whole lot more! The superheroes in this book are not only masculine, strong and fearless; they also [...]
Gung Ho!: How to Draw Fantastic Military Comics
Tweet War offers compelling subject matter for artists: life-or-death battles, conflict, bravery. For sixty years, war comics have attracted the biggest names in the industry, including Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Harvey Kurtzman, and Wally Wood. Gung Ho! How to Draw Fantastic Military Comics offers an introduction to war comics, then goes on to page after [...]
Kirby: King of Comics
Tweet Jack Kirby created or co-created some of comic books’ most popular characters including Captain America, The X-Men, The Hulk, The Fantastic Four, The Mighty Thor, Darkseid, and The New Gods. More significantly, he created much of the visual language for fantasy and adventure comics. There were comics before Kirby, but for the most part [...]
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium
Tweet When Art Spiegelman’s Maus-a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of “serious” comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals continue to explore the history, aesthetics, and semiotics of the comics medium. Yet those who [...]