Comics
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‘Be Not Afraid’: A Structured Horror Narrative Examining Faith and Isolation in Rural America
‘Be Not Afraid’ is a North American horror comic by Jude Ellison S. Doyle and Lisandro Estherren, scheduled for release…
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‘Blood Type’: EC Comics Shifts to Serialized Horror With a New Editorial and Visual Format
‘Blood Type,’ scheduled for release on June 18, 2025 by EC Comics, introduces the publisher’s first serialized horror series, led…
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Exquisite Corpses: A Surrealist Horror Comic That Skewers Violence, Power, and Spectacle
‘Exquisite Corpses’ reimagines the Surrealist parlor game as a visceral horror narrative. With rotating creative teams and a critique of…
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The Best Star Wars Comics for Fans of the Original Trilogy
The Star Wars movies are just the beginning of an expansive universe that unfolds further in comic books, particularly for…
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The Shadows of Gotham: Unveiling the Psyche and Historical Origins of Batman
Born in 1939 amidst societal upheaval, Batman transcends heroism to become a cultural enigma. Drawing from gothic and pulp influences,…
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Hellspawn Unveiled: The Macabre Gothic Supernatural Elements in Spawn Comics
Spawn redefines the superhero myth, embodying the gothic antihero—damned and torn between celestial and infernal forces—while fusing themes of vengeance,…
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The Deadly Allure: Lady Death’s Macabre Fusion of Gothic Sexuality and Mortality
Lady Death embodies the paradox of beauty and mortality, drawing readers in with her pale, ethereal allure while challenging them…
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Gothic Horror: A Haunting Journey Through Comics and Graphic Novels
Gothic horror has an enduring history in comic books and graphic novels that is worth exploring, from the early days…
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The Popular Culture Stigma and the Case of Comic Books
This reassessment of stigma is applied and developed further through a study of comic books, showing the various ways stigma…
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Spawn: The Creator and Creature Collective Redemption
This article analyses the comic book series Spawn, by the Canadian Todd McFarlane, in order to further understand this character…
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Recognition and Hybridity of Art or Comics as Literature?
Not all comics are art. What about the comics that are art? What sort of art are they? In particular,…
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Vertigo Digital Aesthetic Redefinition of Comic Books
Not only comics publishing but also perceptions of it have changed radically, and the comic book has become through Vertigo…
