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Comics and Comic Cons

2021
Non-geographical communities of comic book fans become most visible when they gather together at conventions. These events are an opportunity for fandoms to share values and experiences. But do they exist to serve pre-existing communities, or do they create a sense of community amongst the participants, regardless of their particular fandom(s)? In this
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Comic computing

Proceedings of the 29th ACM international conference on Design of communication, 2011
We describe a "Comic Computing" method that integrates comics with a user interface for a creation and communication environment. Comics are used to tell stories by combining visual elements and sentences in a way that makes the story visually fun and interesting, and for this reason they are a popular and familiar medium for many people.
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Comic vices and comic virtues

Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, 2010
AbstractIn the face of some people's naive enthusiasm about the benefits of humor, Victor Raskin (Is humor always good for you?, Oklahoma, 1997) has explored the question “Is humor always good for you?” Rod Martin (Psychological Bulletin 12: 504–519, 2001) has shown how some kinds of humor foster unhealthy attitudes.
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