The Phantom Comics And The New Left

Author : Robert Aman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030398002

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The Phantom Comics and the New Left by Robert Aman Pdf

This book is about the Phantom in Sweden, or, more correctly, about Sweden in the Phantom. Robert Aman uncovers how a peripheral American superhero – created in 1936 by Lee Falk – that has been accused of both racism and sexism has become a national concern in a country that several researchers have labelled the most antiracist and gender equal in the world. When a group of Swedish creators began their official production of licensed scripts based on The Phantomcomic in 1972, the character was redefined through the prism of New Left ideology. The plots of these comics, besides aiming to entertain, also sought to affirm for readers the righteousness and validity of an ideological doctrine that, at the time, was dominant among the Swedish public and influential in the country’s foreign policy. Ultimately, Aman demonstrates how the Swedish Phantom embodies values and a political point of view that reflect how Sweden sees itself and its role in the world.

Author : Harriet E.H. Earle,Martin Lund
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000872132

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Identity and History in Non-Anglophone Comics by Harriet E.H. Earle,Martin Lund Pdf

This book explores the historical and cultural significance of comics in languages other than English, examining the geographic and linguistic spheres which these comics inhabit and their contributions to comic studies and academia. The volume brings together texts across a wide range of genres, styles, and geographic locations, including the Netherlands, Colombia, Greece, Mexico, Poland, Finland, Portugal, Ireland, and the Czech Republic, among others. These works have remained out of reach for speakers of languages other than the original and do not receive the scholarly attention they deserve due to their lack of English translations. This book highlights the richness and diversity these works add to the corpus of comic art and comic studies that Anglophone comics scholars can access to broaden the collective perspective of the field and forge links across regions, genres, and comic traditions. Part of the Global Perspectives in Comics Studies series, this volume spans continents and languages. It will be of interest to researchers and students of comics studies, literature, cultural studies, popular culture, art and design, illustration, history, film studies, and sociology.

Author : Robert Aman,Lars Wallner
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031051944

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Teaching with Comics by Robert Aman,Lars Wallner Pdf

This edited collection analyses the use of comics in primary and secondary education. The editors and contributors draw together global research to examine how comics can be used for critical inquiry within schools, and how they can be used within specific disciplines. As comics are beginning to be recognised more widely as an important resource for teaching, with a huge breadth of topics and styles, this interdisciplinary book unites a variety of research to analyse how learning is 'done' with and through comics. The book will be of interest to educational practitioners and school teachers, as well as students and scholars of comic studies, education and social sciences more broadly.

Author : Tobias Hübinette,Catrin Lundström,Peter Wikström
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000885583

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Race in Sweden by Tobias Hübinette,Catrin Lundström,Peter Wikström Pdf

Race in Sweden is an introduction to, and a critical investigation of, the Swedish relationship to race in the post-war and contemporary eras. This relationship is fundamentally shaped by an ideology of colourblindness, with any kind of race talk being taboo in public discourse and everyday language use, and in practice forbidden in official and institutional language. A study of a country which was until recently strikingly white but has become extremely diverse, yet where the legacy of Swedish whiteness co-exists with a radical, colourblind, antiracist ideology, Race in Sweden will appeal to scholars across the social sciences and humanities with interests in race and ethnicity, whiteness and Nordic studies. Chapters 2 and 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Author : Alan Cowsill,Alex Irvine,Matthew K. Manning,Michael Mcavennie,Melanie Scott,Daniel Wallace
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781465496089

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DC Comics Year By Year, New Edition by Alan Cowsill,Alex Irvine,Matthew K. Manning,Michael Mcavennie,Melanie Scott,Daniel Wallace Pdf

The most comprehensive guide to the history of DC Comics ever published In 1938, Superman led the charge. The world's first Super Hero was soon followed by his Justice League teammates Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Aquaman, Shazam! and Green Lantern. These heroes, and their Super-Villainous foes such as Lex Luthor and The Joker, became the foundation of DC Comics. You can trace these characters' evolution, and learn about the company and creators who made them the enduring pop culture icons they are today in DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle - the most comprehensive, chronological history of DC Comics ever published. Fully updated, this best-selling, visually stunning book details the debuts and careers of every major hero and villain in the DC Universe. It also chronicles the company's fascinating 85-year history, highlighting its publishing milestones and expansion into movies and television, alongside the real-world events that shaped the times. Created in full collaboration with DC Comics and written by leading comics historians Matthew K. Manning, Daniel Wallace, Mike McAvennie, Alex Irvine, Alan Cowsill and Melanie Scott, the new edition brings the DC Comics story right up to date, covering recent landmark events such as Rebirth, Dark Nights: Metal, Doomsday Clock and Heroes in Crisis. DC Comics Year By Year: A Visual Chronicle is guaranteed to keep fans enthralled for hours on end. (TM) & © DC Comics. (s19)

Author : Helle Strandgaard Jensen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789027265746

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From Superman to Social Realism by Helle Strandgaard Jensen Pdf

Can children’s media be a source of education and empowerment? Or is the commercial media market a threat to their sense of social and democratic values? Such questions about the appropriateness of children’s media consumption have recurred in public debates throughout the twentieth century. From Superman to Social Realism provides an exciting new approach to the study of children’s media and childhood history, drawing on theories of cross-media consumption and transnational history. Based on extensive Scandinavian source material, it explores public debates about children’s media between 1945 and 1985. Readers are taken on a fascinating journey through debates about superheroes in the 1950s, politicization of children’s media in the 1960s, and about television and social realism in the 1980s. Arguments are firmly contextualized in Scandinavian childhood and welfare state history, an approach that demonstrates why professional and political groups have perceived children’s media as the key to the enculturation of future generations.

Author : Kevin Patrick
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781609385002

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The Phantom Unmasked by Kevin Patrick Pdf

Before Superman, before Batman, there was—the Phantom! Making its debut as an American newspaper comic strip in 1936, The Phantom was the forerunner of the comic-book superhero genre that today animates vast billion-dollar franchises spanning print, film, television, video games, and licensed merchandise. But you’ve probably never heard of it—you probably think Superman inaugurated the genre. That’s because, despite its American origins, The Phantom comic strip has enjoyed far greater popularity with international audiences, most notably in Australia, Sweden, and India, where it has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and comic books. The paradox of the character’s relative obscurity in the United States, offset by his phenomenal success in these three markedly different countries, is the subject of The Phantom Unmasked. By tracing the publication history of The Phantom in magazines and comic books across international markets since the mid-1930s, author Kevin Patrick delves into the largely unexplored prehistory of modern media licensing industries. He also explores the interconnections between the cultural, political, economic, and historical factors that fueled the character’s international popularity. The Phantom Unmasked offers readers a nuanced study of the complex cultural flow of American comic books around the world. Equally important, to provide a rare glimpse of international comics fandom, Patrick surveyed the Phantom’s “phans”—as they call themselves—and lets them explain how and why they came to love the world’s first masked superhero.

Author : Toby Burrows,Grant Stone
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 1560246642

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Comics in Australia and New Zealand by Toby Burrows,Grant Stone Pdf

Here is an entertaining and informative look at the comics industry in Australia and New Zealand. Covering all facets of the industry, authors show the vitality and diversity of the comics industry in these countries. Comics in Australia and New Zealand is a serious study that is fun to read and will delight individuals interested in the colorful world of comics. The only book of its kind in print, Comics in Australia and New Zealand covers the major aspects of the comics industry. Contributors discuss the history of Australian comics, the work of private collectors and major public collections, sales and marketing, publishers and artists, and comics in New Zealand. The book also examines comic book themes, such as heroes vs. villains or the Australian outback, and how comic books and strips provide interesting evidence of changing social attitudes and of Australian efforts to discover a national identity. Comics in Australia and New Zealand is a lively and readable educational guide for both the casual comic reader and the professional collector. Librarians, academics and students interested in popular culture and Australiana, and individuals who just like comics will find this book an enjoyable and informative read.

Author : Anonim
Publisher :
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Giantsize Phantom 1 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Giantsize Phantom 7 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lee Falk,Bill Harris
Publisher : Hermes Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-14
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613450055

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The Phantom by Lee Falk,Bill Harris Pdf

The Phantom: The Complete Series—Volume One, Gold Key collects eight issues of slamming crime-busting global action from the Ghost Who Walks! This first volume collects eight adventures from the Gold Key comic book run, with stories by Bill Harris and Bill Lignante that are put forth with George Wilson’s masterful painted covers. These comics were originally produced in the 1960s, and have been digitally remastered to modern perfection for a new audience…or as a reminder to the old one.

Author : Irving Howe
Publisher : New York : McCall Publishing Company
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015002332693

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Beyond the New Left by Irving Howe Pdf

Author : Maggie Gray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319665085

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Alan Moore, Out from the Underground by Maggie Gray Pdf

This book explores Alan Moore’s career as a cartoonist, as shaped by his transdisciplinary practice as a poet, illustrator, musician and playwright as well as his involvement in the Northampton Arts Lab and the hippie counterculture in which it took place. It traces Moore’s trajectory out from the underground comix scene of the 1970s and into a commercial music press rocked by the arrival of punk. In doing so it uncovers how performance has shaped Moore’s approach to comics and their political potential. Drawing on the work of Bertolt Brecht, who similarly fused political dissent with experimental popular art, this book considers what looking strangely at Alan Moore as cartoonist tells us about comics, their visual and material form, and the performance and politics of their reading and making.

Author : Gerry Conway
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T0826300115001

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The Phantom Stranger (1969-) #11 by Gerry Conway Pdf

A strange triangle shape in the sky has appeared over various cities of the world, and people are suddenly snapping into violent and antisocial behavior before vanishing without a trace.

Author : Matt Alt
Publisher : Crown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781984826718

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Pure Invention by Matt Alt Pdf

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination. “A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.”—W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives. In the 1970s and ’80s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, gliding on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota. Then a catastrophic 1990 stock-market crash ushered in the “lost decades” of deep recession and social dysfunction. The end of the boom should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that’s precisely when its cultural clout soared—when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of us. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and multimedia empires like Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and dizzyingly fun, these products gave us new tools for coping with trying times. They also transformed us as we consumed them—connecting as well as isolating us in new ways, opening vistas of imagination and pathways to revolution. Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japan’s pop-media complex remade global culture.