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How Do Southern, Racial, And Sexual Identities Mix?, Frank Bramlett
How Do Southern, Racial, And Sexual Identities Mix?, Frank Bramlett
English Faculty Publications
This weekend, I have the great fortune to participate in Comics Studies in the US South, a symposium held at the University of South Carolina. My talk explores the juncture of linguistic production, race and ethnicity, and sexuality in characters that are presented as Southern. It isn’t my intention to make a broad survey of comics but instead to examine two in particular, Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast, by Greg Fox, and Stuck Rubber Baby, by Howard Cruse.
The first comic, Kyle’s Bed & Breakfast, is not a comic about the South. It is set in Northport, …
Are Comics Predictive, Or Do They Simply Follow The Society They’Re Produced In?, Frank Bramlett
Are Comics Predictive, Or Do They Simply Follow The Society They’Re Produced In?, Frank Bramlett
English Faculty Publications
In early August 2013, Alyssa Rosenberg posted an article about a panel discussion she attended, which was a press tour to promote a new documentary about the history of comics in the U.S. One of the panelists was Gerry Conway, who made the claim that “comics follow society. They don’t lead society.” This was in the context of a discussion about the nature of superhero comics and representations of male and female characters.
Rosenberg’s article explores the disappointment she feels with the restrictive, underdeveloped representation of women in superhero comics. I think we can also ask similar questions about representations …