Feb 5, 2014 | fan culture, Refractory, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 22
This article appreciates the Michael Richards episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s online video series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (Crackle, 2012-).[1] I claim the episode is distinguished among the series by its unexpectedly poignant images of Richards giving...
Feb 5, 2014 | Animation, Comics, fan culture, Other, Uncategorized, Volume 22
Abstract: The socio/cultural history and partnership of toy advertisement and children’s television is rich and well documented (Schneider 1989, Kunkel 1988, Seiter 1993). In this article I discuss the influence of policy in girl’s cartoon programming as...
Feb 5, 2014 | Film, Games, Television, Uncategorized, Volume 22
Abstract: This paper attempts to examine three films by director David Cronenberg, Videodrome, Naked Lunch, and eXistenZ in an effort to understand his ideas regarding the transformative nature of information on the body and mind. As a filmmaker, Cronenberg is unique...
Dec 29, 2012 | Film, Television, Uncategorized
In the closing scenes of Catherine Hardwicke’s recent teen film Red Riding Hood (2011), heroine Valerie, armed with a dagger, journeys into the forest to hunt and kill the big bad wolf. After slaying the beast in a bloody battle, Valerie does not return home to be...
Dec 29, 2012 | Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Film, Older Media, Uncategorized
An animated gif uses the Graphics Interchange Format to create movement from still images. The outcome is a short clip with jerky motion that has been described, quite aptly, as a “digital flip book”.[1] The device has been around since the 1980s, but due to its...
Jul 18, 2010 | Comics, Digital Media/Internet, fan culture, Film, Games, Uncategorized, Volume 17
ed. Angela Ndalianis Contents 1. From Cult Texts to Authored Languages: Fan Discourse and the Performances of Authorship – Karolina Agata Kazimierczak 2. The Pinball Problem – Daniel Reynolds 3. The Invisible Medium: Comics Studies in Australia –...
