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By Ryan Banfi Introduction1 Chris Ware’s comics center on themes of isolation and alienation. Ware often addresses his anxieties in his graphic novels by depicting…| ImageTexT
By Reeta Kangas Abstract During wartime, propaganda has a significant role in raising the fighting morale of the nation as well as in stirring up…| ImageTexT
By Harry Jiandang Tan (谈建党) Abstract This article analyses a significant series of cartoons published in Australia since the 1870s that targeted relationships between Chinese…| ImageTexT
By Eli Lerner Abstract Scholars exploring the history of the comic book industry in the United States frequently operate under the assumption that there was…| ImageTexT
By Hyunjung Kim Ha, Robin. The Fox Maidens. HarperAlley, 2024. Robin Ha’s The Fox Maidens reimagines the Korean folklore myth through a feminist lens,…| ImageTexT
By Patrick Callahan Holt, Jordan. Theseus. Carthage Press, 2021–2023. 2 vols. Adapting material from Ancient Greek myth for a modern audience is not new in…| ImageTexT
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Ryan Banfi holds a PhD in Cinema Studies from the Martin Scorsese Cinema Studies Department at NYU. He is a Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar on the Games and Culture editorial board. Ryan’s writing has been published in Design Issues, Critical Inquiry, Contexts, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Television & New Media, New Review of Film and Television Studies,The International Journal of James Bond Studies, Games and Culture, Game Studies, Mediapolis, Flow Online Journal, Studies in E...| ImageTexT
By Anni Lappela Abstract This article focuses on Arctic urban spatiality and corporeality in Yuliya Nikitina’s graphic novel Polunochnaia zemlia (2017, “Northern Land”). Bodily experiences…| ImageTexT
By Justin F. Martin Abstract Scholarship on superhero comics and other superhero media consistently highlights the important role of justice considerations in the acts and…| ImageTexT