True Lies: Do We Really Want Our Icons to Come to Life – Louise Krasniewicz

Aug 22, 2008 | Comics, Film, Volume 08

Louise Krasniewicz takes a comic book journey into the life and times of Arnold Schwarzenegger… Writing an academic paper as if it were a comic book goes against everything we are taught about what makes for a good argument, a coherent theoretical stance, or a...

The Amazing Spider-Man, slinging a web between disparate age groups – Matt Knight

Jan 15, 2007 | Comics

By Matt Knight Spider-Man has remained popular for more than 40 years and as new generations discover comics and associated media, producers of Spider-Man related properties find themselves having to cater for disparate age groups. This paper considers how Spider-Man...

El Santo: Wrestler, Saint and Superhero – Gabrielle Murray

Dec 4, 2006 | Comics, Film, Older Media, Volume 10

Abstract:In Santo, el Enmascarado de Plata Álvaron A. Fernández Reyes notes that within the immense cultural productions of modern Mexico, the ritual and myths that revolve around the heroic figure of Santo, are peculiarly diverse, embodying the creation of new...

THE SUPERHERO: Conscience of the King – Rod Marsden

Oct 2, 2005 | Comics

Superheroes are often used as symbols, by the artist and writer, for either the way they feel about a situation, or of their country and the direction it is going in. Thus, superheroes can be our guide to how certain people, living in countries such as the USA , the...

Volume 6, 2004

Jun 17, 2004 | Comics, Contents Page Only, Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Television, Volume 06

Editor, Djoymi Baker CONTENTS 1. Fandom and Space: An Introduction [Editorial] – Djoymi Baker 2. Of Mounties and Gay Marriage: Canadian Television, American Fans, and the Virtual Heterotopia – Rhiannon Bury 3. Between Consumerism and Resistance, Outreach...

Daredevil… a Man Without Fear! – Julian Nesci

Dec 4, 2003 | Comics, Volume 11

A childhood accident stole his sight, but, incredibly, it endowed young Matt Murdock with radar vision and heightened senses. Armed only with his athletic prowess, billy club, and indomitable courage, Matt battles justice as a crimson-clad gladiator! …Still...