A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
A Critical Forum on Media and Culture
Mohammed Rashid explores methods of private queer activism through the material comic strip, Dhee, in challenging the dominant gender and sexual norms in Bangladesh.
Read moreRyan Banfi considers the representations of characters with disabilities in Netflix’s new series Locke & Key.
Read moreLooking at the most recent issues of the “New Super-Man” comic series, Woo analyzes and codes the paratextual promotional material to assess the relative value of fans to the comics industry.
Read moreBenjamin Woo discusses rising tensions over diversity and identity politics within the comics world. Following Gamergate, a “Comicsgate” mentality emerged and continues to affect the industry and its fans.
Read moreBenjamin Woo questions the positioning of Comics Studies within academia. Bound to both Media Studies and Literature, is either equipped to study the many facets of this interdisciplinary field?
Read moreA look into Marvel’s film franchises and which heroes appeal to markets.
Read moreComics to Film (And Halfway Back Again): A DVD Essay
by: Drew Morton / UCLA
By constructing visual essays, cinema and media studies scholars dip their hands into processes they think and write so much about.