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 can operate in popular culture.
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Spawn: The Creator and Creature Collective Redemption
This article analyses the comic book series Spawn, by the Canadian Todd McFarlane.
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, are comics a form of literature?
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 a graphic novel in artistry.
The Batman Descent Into Darkness in Gothic Fiction
The figure of the comic book hero Batman has been repeatedly associated to Gothic imagery and themes in many of its incarnations.
When Folktales Meets Contemporary Comic Books
Folktales and myths of the past are to be found in comic books, where the folklorist must dwell if he wishes to avoid becoming antiquated.
The ‘Spellbound’ Of The Lost Gothic Comics Books
Comic books brought problematic cultural worth, and it was never more apparent than in the 1970s comic book industry in the United Kingdom.
Spawn, The Soldier Of Hell: The Center Of The Mandala
Spawn symbolizes and reflects the putrefying process of a sociocultural body and represents an effort to give birth to a new system of beliefs and values.
Batman Origins And The Legends Of The Dark Knight
Batman has become a fixture in the popular consciousness of the United States of America since his first publication in ‘Detective Comics’ #27 in 1939.
The Phenomenal Lovecraftian Prestige in Hellboy’s Abstraction
The overall tone throughout the Hellboy series is one of impending doom, nevertheless, Hellboy is told that he is destined to bring about Armageddon.
The Phenomenal World Of Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Sandman’
The world of ‘The Sandman’ is without a doubt fantastic and otherworldly, filled with characteristics of both horror and dark fantasy genres.
An Academic ‘Hunting For The Dark Knight,’ Batman
Batman, one of the most intriguing comic book characters, is also subject of an Academic Thesis on his political theories, psychological mindset and cultural analysis.
‘Baltimore: The Red Kingdom’ twists the knife
Shrewdly written by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden, artfully illustrated by celebrated award-winning artist Peter Bergting, skillfully coloured by Michelle Madsen and lettered by Clem Robins, this dramatic graphic novel is a horror milestone without precedent.
Neil Gaiman uncovering three decades of ‘Violent Cases’
‘Violent Cases’ is the introductory alliance between Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, whose partnership has evolved over the following decades into one of the most noteworthy in the medium’s history, a tale of childhood, gangsters and that ever elusive thing called memory.
The Artistic Rise and Fall of Ten Grand
The quintessential texture of the comic book was rooted in Ben Templesmith’s brave, obscure, perplexing grotesqueries, while Joseph Michael Straczynski’s scripting grants a perfect tension for Ben Templesmith’s discrete brand of noir supernaturalism.
