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Science and comics: from popularization to the discipline of Comics Studies
Історія науки і техніки, 2022 Modern scientific communication traditionally uses visual narratives, such as comics, for education, presentation of scientific achievements to a mass audience, and as an object of research.
Oksana Hudoshnyk, Oleksandr P. Krupskyi
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L'image de la Guerre civile espagnole dans la bande dessinée entre 1936 et 1975-II
Cahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine, 2023 This paper is the second of two that present a quick overview of the representation of Spanish Civil War in comics from the beginning of the conflict in 1936 up to Franco's death in 1975.
Michel Matly
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Problems and Strategies in Comics Translation
International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present, 2022 Comics are illustrated stories that have been an alternative entertainment for many people of all ages. They can be fictional stories such as myths, legends, fairy tales, science fiction, and folklore.
Shinta Dwikanti Larasati, Ira Rasikawati
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Women’s Comics in Russia: Initiated by Manga
Russian Japanology Review, 2022 In the USSR, like in many other countries, comics were mostly seen as light reading material and published in children’s magazines. When a comics market formed in Russia during the 1990s, it consisted mainly of translated American and European children’s
Y. A. Magera, Y. B. Tarasyuk
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Days of Future Past: Why Race Matters in Metadata
Genealogy, 2022 While marginalized as a juvenile medium, comics serve as an archive of our collective experience. Emerging with the modern city and deeply affected by race, class, and gender norms, comics are a means to understand the changes linked to identity and ...
Julian Carlos Chambliss +3 more
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With, Against or Beyond Print? Digital Comics in Search of a Specific Status
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2017 What are digital comics? The answers to this question are diverse and often contradictory. Since digital comics were first published in the 1990s, it has not always been possible to gather them under a common denominator, apart from what already defines (
Côme Martin
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Grassroots Comics in India: Activism through Diffusion of Innovations
New Area Studies, 2021 World Comics India (WCI) is an innovative movement in India that is empowering people with few resources to create and disseminate grassroots comics that address the concerns of one village or even a particular neighborhood.
Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith
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Zoroastriannism in Comics [PDF]
Kultura Popularna, 2020 The article focuses on the representations of Zoroastrianism––an ancient religion originating from Iran that has survived until the present day—in comics. The religion is rarely represented in popular culture, including comics, and the article will reflect on two of the most important examples: Zarathushtra (1974) and Silent Was Zarathustra (2014). The
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New Nordic comics—a question of promotion?
Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 2016 Throughout history, the cultures of the Nordic countries have at certain points been seen through a lense that stresses regional commonality, most recently with terms like “New Nordic Cooking” or “Nordic Noir.” In this article, we examine the possibility
Rikke Platz Cortsen, Ralf Kauranen
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Of Auction Records and Non-Fungible Tokens: On the New Valences of Superhero Comics
Arts, 2023 This article examines a recent form of marketing superhero comics that has garnered extensive media attention and has been promoted as the next big step in comics production: the decision by companies like Marvel Comics and DC Comics to offer selections ...
Daniel Stein +2 more
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