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BREAKING Newsrockville, MD August 19, 2019
MEDIA KIT BREAKING NEWS Rockville, MD August 19, 2019 THE BOYS by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson Coming to GraphicAudio® A Movie in Your Mind® in Early 2020 GraphicAudio® is thrilled to announce a just inked deal with DYNAMITE COMICS to produce and publish all 6 Omnibus Volumes of THE BOYS directly from the comics and scripted and produced in their unique audio entertainment format. The creative team at GraphicAudio® plans to make the adaptations as faithful as possible to the Graphic Novel series. The series is set between 2006–2008 in a world where superheroes exist. However, most of the su- perheroes in the series' universe are corrupted by their celebrity status and often engage in reckless behavior, compromising the safety of the world. The story follows a small clandestine CIA squad, informally known as "The Boys", led by Butcher and also consisting of Mother's Milk, the French- man, the Female, and new addition "Wee" Hughie Campbell, who are charged with monitoring the superhero community, often leading to gruesome confrontations and dreadful results; in parallel, a key subplot follows Annie "Starlight" January, a young and naive superhero who joins the Seven, the most prestigious– and corrupted – superhero group in the world and The Boys' most powerful enemies. Amazon Prime released THE BOYS Season 1 last month. Joseph Rybandt, Executive Editor of Dynamite and Editor of The Boys says, “While I did not grow up anywhere near the Golden Age of Radio, I have loved the medium of radio and audio dramas almost my entire life. Podcasts make my commute bearable to this day. -
‚Every Day Is 9/11!•Ž: Re-Constructing Ground Zero In
JUCS 4 (1+2) pp. 241–261 Intellect Limited 2017 Journal of Urban Cultural Studies Volume 4 Numbers 1 & 2 © 2017 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. doi: 10.1386/jucs.4.1-2.241_1 MARTIN LUND Linnaeus University ‘Every day is 9/11!’: Re-constructing Ground Zero in three US comics ABSTRACT KEYWORDS This article analyses three comics series: writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Tony comics Harris’ Ex Machina (August 2004–August 2010); writer Brian Wood and artist Ground Zero Riccardo Burchielli’s DMZ (November 2005–February 2012); and writer Garth 9/11 Ennis and artist Darick Robertson’s The Boys (October 2006–November 2012). archifictions Taking literary critic Laura Frost’s concept of ‘archifictions’ as its starting point, the War on Terror article discusses how these series frame the September 11 attacks on New York and architecture their aftermath, but its primary concern is with their engagement with the larger social ramifications of 9/11 and with the War on Terror, and with how this engage- ment is rooted in and centred on Ground Zero. It argues that this rooting allows these comics’ creators to critique post-9/11 US culture and foreign policy, but that it also, ultimately, serves to disarm the critique that each series voices in favour of closure through recourse to recuperative architecture. The attacks on September 11 continue to be felt in US culture. Comics are no exception. Comics publishers, large and small, responded immediately and comics about the attacks or the War on Terror have been coming out ever since. Largely missing from these comics, however, is an engagement with Ground Zero; after depicting the Twin Towers struck or falling, artists and writers rarely give the area a second thought. -
COMIC BOOKS AS AMERICAN PROPAGANDA DURING WORLD WAR II a Master's Thesis Presented to College of Arts & Sciences Departmen
COMIC BOOKS AS AMERICAN PROPAGANDA DURING WORLD WAR II A Master’s Thesis Presented To College of Arts & Sciences Department of Communications and Humanities _______________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree _______________________________ SUNY Polytechnic Institute By David Dellecese May 2018 © 2018 David Dellecese Approval Page SUNY Polytechnic Institute DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND HUMANITIES INFORMATION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY MS PROGRAM Approved and recommended for acceptance as a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Information Design + Technology. _________________________ DATE ________________________________________ Kathryn Stam Thesis Advisor ________________________________________ Ryan Lizardi Second Reader ________________________________________ Russell Kahn Instructor 1 ABSTRACT American comic books were a relatively, but quite popular form of media during the years of World War II. Amid a limited media landscape that otherwise consisted of radio, film, newspaper, and magazines, comics served as a useful tool in engaging readers of all ages to get behind the war effort. The aims of this research was to examine a sampling of messages put forth by comic book publishers before and after American involvement in World War II in the form of fictional comic book stories. In this research, it is found that comic book storytelling/messaging reflected a theme of American isolation prior to U.S. involvement in the war, but changed its tone to become a strong proponent for American involvement post-the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This came in numerous forms, from vilification of America’s enemies in the stories of super heroics, the use of scrap, rubber, paper, or bond drives back on the homefront to provide resources on the frontlines, to a general sense of patriotism. -
John Constantine and the Homoaffective Question: an Analysis of LGBTI+ Representations in Superhero Comics and Animations
John Constantine and the homoaffective question: an analysis of LGBTI+ representations in superhero comics and animations JOHN CONSTANTINE AND THE HOMOAFFECTIVE QUESTION: AN ANALYSIS OF LGBTI+ REPRESENTATIONS IN SUPERHERO COMICS AND ANIMATIONS JOHN CONSTANTINE E A QUESTÃO HOMOAFETIVA: UMA ANÁLISE SOBRE REPRESENTAÇÕES LGBTI+ EM QUADRINHOS DE SUPER-HERÓIS E ANIMAÇÕES JOHN CONSTANTINE Y LA PREGUNTA HOMOAFFECTIVE: UN ANÁLISIS DE LAS REPRESENTACIONES LGBTI+ EN CÓMICS DE SUPERHÉROES Y ANIMACIONES Mário Jorge de PAIVA1 ABSTRACT: This article is an analysis of LGBTI + representations in comic books, superheroes, and children's animations. In particular, we will approach the character of DC Comics John Constantine, bisexual, because he is a hero of a major publisher, appearing alongside Batman, Superman etc. Our methodology is qualitative, based on a broad contribution containing: Michel Foucault, Sarane Alexandrian, James Green, João Trevisan, Dandara Cruz among others. Our conclusions involve seeing how there has really been a profound change over time. If before this type of question could not be addressed as much, or could not be addressed explicitly, today there is a greater opening for representations of LGBTI + characters. KEYWORDS: LGBTI+. Comics. Animations. John Constantine. Hellblazer. RESUMO: O presente artigo é uma análise das representações LGBTI+ em revistas de super-heróis e animações. Abordaremos mais a personagem da DC Comics John Constantine, bissexual, por ele ser um herói de uma grande editora, aparecendo junto ao Batman, Superman etc. Nossa metodologia é qualitativa, se pautando em uma análise inicial do campo de estudos e na sequência em uma análise mais aprofundada da própria personagem Constantine. Possuímos um aporte teórico que envolve, entre outros autores: Michel Foucault, Sarane Alexandrian e Dandara Cruz. -
The Portrayal of Women in American Superhero Comics By: Esmé Smith Junior Research Project Seminar
Hidden Heroines: The Portrayal of Women in American Superhero Comics By: Esmé Smith Junior Research Project Seminar Introduction The first comic books came out in the 1930s. Superhero comics quickly became one of the most popular genres. Today, they remain incredibly popular and influential. I have been interested in superhero comics for several years now, but one thing I often noticed was that women generally had much smaller roles than men and were also usually not as powerful. Female characters got significantly less time in the story devoted to them than men, and most superhero teams only had one woman, if they had any at all. Because there were so few female characters it was harder for me to find a way to relate to these stories and characters. If I wanted to read a comic that centered around a female hero I had to spend a lot more time looking for it than if I wanted to read about a male hero. Another thing that I noticed was that when people talk about the history of superhero comics, and the most important and influential superheroes, they almost only talk about male heroes. Wonder Woman was the only exception to this. This made me curious about other influential women in comics and their stories. Whenever I read about the history of comics I got plenty of information on how the portrayal of superheroes changed over time, but it always focused on male heroes, so I was interested in learning how women were portrayed in comics and how that has changed. -
What Superman Teaches Us About the American Dream and Changing Values Within the United States
TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN WAY: WHAT SUPERMAN TEACHES US ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM AND CHANGING VALUES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES Lauren N. Karp AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lauren N. Karp for the degree of Master of Arts in English presented on June 4, 2009 . Title: Truth, Justice, and the American Way: What Superman Teaches Us about the American Dream and Changing Values within the United States Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________________________ Evan Gottlieb This thesis is a study of the changes in the cultural definition of the American Dream. I have chosen to use Superman comics, from 1938 to the present day, as litmus tests for how we have societally interpreted our ideas of “success” and the “American Way.” This work is primarily a study in culture and social changes, using close reading of comic books to supply evidence. I argue that we can find three distinct periods where the definition of the American Dream has changed significantly—and the identity of Superman with it. I also hypothesize that we are entering an era with an entirely new definition of the American Dream, and thus Superman must similarly change to meet this new definition. Truth, Justice, and the American Way: What Superman Teaches Us about the American Dream and Changing Values within the United States by Lauren N. Karp A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Presented June 4, 2009 Commencement June 2010 Master of Arts thesis of Lauren N. Karp presented on June 4, 2009 APPROVED: ____________________________________________________________________ Major Professor, representing English ____________________________________________________________________ Chair of the Department of English ____________________________________________________________________ Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of Oregon State University libraries. -
Vigilantes, Incorporated: an Ideological Economy of the Superhero Blockbuster
VIGILANTES, INCORPORATED: AN IDEOLOGICAL ECONOMY OF THE SUPERHERO BLOCKBUSTER BY EZRA CLAVERIE DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English with a minor in Cinema Studies in the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016 Urbana, Illinois Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor José B. Capino, Chair Associate Professor Jim Hansen Associate Professor Lilya Kaganovsky Associate Professor Robert A. Rushing Professor Frank Grady,Department of English, University of Missouri, Saint Louis ii ABSTRACT Since 2000, the comic-book superhero blockbuster has become Hollywood’s most salient genre. “Heroes, Incorporated: A Political Economy of the Superhero Blockbuster” examines these seemingly reactionary fantasies of American power, analyzing their role in transmedia storytelling for a conglomerated and world-spanning entertainment industry. This dissertation argues that for all their apparent investment in the status quo and the hegemony of white men, superhero blockbusters actually reveal the disruptive and inhuman logic of capital, which drives both technological and cultural change. Although focused on the superhero film from 2000 to 2015, this project also considers the print and electronic media across which conglomerates extend their franchises. It thereby contributes to the materialist study of popular culture and transmedia adaptation, showing how 21st century Hollywood adapts old media for new platforms, technologies, and audiences. The first chapter traces the ideology of these films to their commercial roots, arguing that screen superheroes function as allegories of intellectual property. The hero’s “brand” identity signifies stability, even as the character’s corporate owners continually revise him (rarely her). -
When the New York Times Declared That Coca-Cola Was No Longer to Be Publically Persecuted, It Lacked the Foresight to Know That
Historia 2010 59 When the New York Times declared that Coca-Cola was no longer to Caped Culture: A Brief Historiography of Comic Books in America be publically persecuted, it lacked the foresight to know that it was already over its largest obstructions. The WCTU, Dr. Wiley, the IRS, and Wade Derek-Thomas Ellett imitators had fought with and lost to Coca-Cola. Because of these battles, Coca-Cola, armed with a new, tested formula, legal precedence, and an Wade Ellett wrote “Caped Culture” in the fall semester of 2008 for Dr. Jonathon experienced public relations team was stable, experienced, and prepared for Coit's History 5320, 20th Century American Cultural and Social History. Wade the future. Had it never had these confrontations it would have gone down hails from Mattoon, Illinois, and completed his Bachelor of Arts in History with a amongst nostrums like Lezajskie Lecznicze Wine Elixir and XXX Tonic Minor in Medieval Studies at EIU in 2006, and completed his Master of Arts Pills81 focusing on American Cultural History at EIU in the spring of 2010. Since On December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, graduating he has been researching potential PhD programs, reading a lot of Coca-Cola was engrained as a part of American society. During WWII, comics, and acting as an amateur superhero. Dwight Eisenhower told a congressional committee that more soldiers surveyed wanted Coca-Cola than beer. It was Coca-Cola that helped to _____________________________________________________________ remind the G.I.’s what they were fighting for.82 The next market for Coca- Cola would be the international one to which they had already secured a foothold by 1941, but more importantly, Coca-Cola was ready for whatever In 1989 Joseph Witek released Comic Books as History, a review of the comic lay ahead. -
Download John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell PDF
Download: John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell PDF Free [534.Book] Download John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell PDF By Garth Ennis John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell you can download free book and read John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell for free here. Do you want to search free download John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell or free read online? If yes you visit a website that really true. If you want to download this ebook, i provide downloads as a pdf, kindle, word, txt, ppt, rar and zip. Download pdf #John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at the Gates of Hell | #380538 in Books | Garth Ennis | 2014-06-10 | 2014-06-10 | Original language: English | PDF # 1 | 10.20 x .80 x 6.70l, 1.16 | File type: PDF | 384 pages | John Constantine Hellblazer Vol 8 Rake at the Gates of Hell | |9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| End of the Ennis era | By HughBrint |Despite 's synopsis, this also contains the Damnation's Flame arc, issues 72-77, so there's more here than they think. The stories within end the run of Hellblazer with Garth Ennis until he returns, briefly, for the Son Of Man arc. John's seemingly last stand with The First Of The Fallen is delivered with all of Ennis's visceral and gritty writ | About the Author | Irish-born writer Garth Ennis is the acclaimed author of the PREACHER graphic novel series, and also has written numerous JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER graphic novels, as well as THE AUTHORITY, THE BOYS, WAR STORIES, PRIDE AND JOY and other title John Constantine heads towards a final showdown with a revenge-crazed Satan during a raging race riot, and in addition to desperately trying to save his dwindling number of living friends, Constantine also has one final reunion with his lost love Kit. -
American Superhero Comics and the Shadow of 9/11
No More Tall Buildings: American Superhero Comics and the Shadow of 9/11 Mauricio Castro Synopsis This essay explores reactions to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 in superhero comics published by Marvel and DC Comics. It outlines how these publishers largely avoided engaging the meanings of the attacks and focused instead on their impact on American society and politics. It traces commonalities between storylines in Amazing Spider-Man, Ex Machina, and The Boys, contrasting them with the work of John Ney Rieber and John Cassaday on Captain America. It concludes that these corporate entities likely shied away from controversy that might have harmed their industry status and stunted the possibilities of their emerging multi-media presence. Biography Mauricio Castro received a BA from Vassar College and an MA in American history from Purdue University, where he is a Ph.D. candidate. His dissertation focuses on Miami‟s urban development following the arrival of the Cuban exiles in 1959. His academic interests include political economy, gender, nationalism, and popular culture. Essay The two pages which open issue number 36 of The Amazing Spider-Man (Volume 2) show the titular hero gripping his own head in horror and impotence as he looks down upon the burning wreckage of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Written by J. Michael Straczynski, illustrated by John Romita Jr., and published on November 14th of that same year, Amazing Spider-Man #36 was meant to directly address the events of the previous September through the eyes of Marvel Comic‟s everyman New Yorker, Peter Parker. -
Purgatori Vs. Vampirella Marc Andreyko – Christian Zanier April 2000 #1A #1A-BLUE Limited to 100 #1A-GOLD Limited to 300 #1PREMIUM Limited to 3,000 #1EURO
Purgatori: The Vampires Myth Brian Pulido – Jim Balent – Jason Jensen May 1996 – December 1996 Prelude #-1 Prelude #1MICRO PREMIUM Limited to 2,500 Prelude #1EURO Prelude #1EURO-GOLD #1A-RED EMBOSSED #1CHROME Limited to 10,000 #1ONYX Limited to 200 #1ARCHIVAL Limited to 25 #1OCTAGON Limited to 8 #1EURO #1EURO VARIANT #2A #2B #3 #1SCRIPT #1SCRIPT PREMIUM Limited to 250 TPB TPB w/ CD Limited to 2,000 Purgatori: The Dracula Gambit David Quinn – Brian LeBlanc July 1997 – August 1997 #1SKETCHBOOK #1A #1EURO-GOLD #1PREMIUM #1OMEGA Limited to 1 Purgatori David Quinn – Al Rio October 1998 – April 1999 #1PREVIEW BOOK Limited to 2,000 #1 #1PREMIUM #1OCTAGON Limited to 8 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 3 EURO ECLIPSE Volume 4 Purgatori: Goddess Rising Marc Andreyko – Mike Deodato, Jr. July 1999 – October 1999 #1PREVIEW BOOK Limited to 2,500 #1A #1PREMIUM Limited to 5,000 #1DF Limited to 3,000 #1JEWELLED Limited to 25 #2 #3 #4 Lady Death vs. Purgatori Len Kaminski – Romano Molenaar December 1999 #1A-BLUE #1A-GOLD Limited to 300 #1A-RED #1PREMIUM Limited to 3,000 #1DF Limited to 2,500 Purgatori vs. Vampirella Marc Andreyko – Christian Zanier April 2000 #1A #1A-BLUE Limited to 100 #1A-GOLD Limited to 300 #1PREMIUM Limited to 3,000 #1EURO Purgatori: Empire Len Kaminski – Ken Lashley May 2000 - July 2000 #0PREVIEW BOOK Limited to 2,500 #1A #1PREMIUM Limited to 3,000 #1DF Limited to 2,000 #1CBLDF Limited to 1,000 #2 #3 Purgatori vs. Chastity Steven Grant – Al Rio – Jason Jensen & John Merrifield3 July 2000 #1ALPHA #1OMEGA #1PREMIUM Limited to 3,000 #1DF Limited to 1,500 Untold Tales of Purgatori Steven Grant – Al Rio – Tie – Jason Jensen & John Merrifield November 2000 #1PREVIEW Limited to 666 #1A #1PREMIUM Limited to 3,333 Purgatori ½ Steven Grant – Al Rio – Mark Nicholas December 2000 #1ASHCAN Limited to 666 #1A #1PREMIUM TATTOO Limited to 3,000 #1CHROME MEGA Limited to 2,500 Purgatori vs. -
Crime and Punisher: How the Punisher Mediates Domestic Identity and American Ideologies in Foreign Policies Through Images of Masculinity and Vigilantism
Crime and Punisher: How the Punisher mediates domestic identity and American ideologies in foreign policies through images of masculinity and vigilantism Master’s thesis Carlijn Kruidhof 3473171 07/04/2016 Word count: 18,938 Master’s thesis Carlijn Kruidhof 07/04/2016 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Theories and myths ................................................................................................................................. 9 Phase 1: Reagan Presidency .................................................................................................................. 13 The good guy or the bad guy ............................................................................................................ 15 Failing institutions and vigilantism.................................................................................................... 18 Reagan hard body ............................................................................................................................. 19 Nostalgia ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Fear and fantasy ................................................................................................................................ 22 Domestic Identity .............................................................................................................................