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The Invisibles: Becoming And Being A Reader In A Fan-Dominated Community, Lucia Cedeira Serantes
The Invisibles: Becoming And Being A Reader In A Fan-Dominated Community, Lucia Cedeira Serantes
Publications and Research
The study of comics consumption has regularly focused on the study of teens and young people. However, the association between the fan experience and comics has colonized the experience of reading comics, especially in mainstream culture, leaving almost no room for the possibility of other recognizable experiences: if you are committed to reading comics, inevitably you are, will become, or are expected to be, a fan. However, Gabilliet (2010), Pustz (1999), Parsons (1991), and Barker (1989) point at the presence and need for more research about what they labelled as “casual readers,” or the bulk of the comics readership.
This …
Graphic Novels, Comics, Manga, & Anime, Stacy Creel
Graphic Novels, Comics, Manga, & Anime, Stacy Creel
SLIS Connecting
Student reviews of graphic novels, comics, manga, or anime were produced in LIS 670, an introduction to history and development of graphic novels, manga, comic books, and anime, and their role in libraries and information settings. Students modeled their reviews after VOYA’s Graphically Speaking by Kat Kan.
Drawing With Milo, Jarod Roselló
Drawing With Milo, Jarod Roselló
Occasional Paper Series
Having illustrated his essay in the style of a comic or graphic novel, Roselló captures the dynamics of his negotiations with young Milo, including his own self-doubt, through both language and image.
“Holy Agency, Batgirl!”: Evaluating Young Adult Superheroines’ Agency In Gotham Academy And Ms. Marvel, Catherine Clark
“Holy Agency, Batgirl!”: Evaluating Young Adult Superheroines’ Agency In Gotham Academy And Ms. Marvel, Catherine Clark
Communication Honors Theses
This study utilizes textual analysis to understand the representation of two female protagonists’, Kamala Khan and Olive Silverlock, agency within the first volume of Ms. Marvel and Gotham Academy. Crossing comic worlds, this study seeks to determine whether or not these representations align with any waves of feminism, or continue postfeminist dialogue within media. Panel by panel, word by word, expression by expression, this researcher notes, categorizes, and analyzes these protagonists’ words marked as text, behaviors performed, and expressions shown through artistic representation on the page.
Situated on a cross-roads between postfeminism and the potential fourth wave of feminism, …
Ms. Marvel: Changing Muslim Representation In The Comic World, Casey L. Trattner
Ms. Marvel: Changing Muslim Representation In The Comic World, Casey L. Trattner
What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World
Examines the representation of Muslim women in the comic book world, and how Kamala Khan (the titular Ms. Marvel) along with some other characters usher in a new wave of how Muslim women are depicted in comics.