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Myth, Metatext, Continuity and Cataclysm in Dc Comics’ Crisis on Infinite Earths
WORLDS WILL LIVE, WORLDS WILL DIE: MYTH, METATEXT, CONTINUITY AND CATACLYSM IN DC COMICS’ CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS Adam C. Murdough A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS August 2006 Committee: Angela Nelson, Advisor Marilyn Motz Jeremy Wallach ii ABSTRACT Angela Nelson, Advisor In 1985-86, DC Comics launched an extensive campaign to revamp and revise its most important superhero characters for a new era. In many cases, this involved streamlining, retouching, or completely overhauling the characters’ fictional back-stories, while similarly renovating the shared fictional context in which their adventures take place, “the DC Universe.” To accomplish this act of revisionist history, DC resorted to a text-based performative gesture, Crisis on Infinite Earths. This thesis analyzes the impact of this singular text and the phenomena it inspired on the comic-book industry and the DC Comics fan community. The first chapter explains the nature and importance of the convention of “continuity” (i.e., intertextual diegetic storytelling, unfolding progressively over time) in superhero comics, identifying superhero fans’ attachment to continuity as a source of reading pleasure and cultural expressivity as the key factor informing the creation of the Crisis on Infinite Earths text. The second chapter consists of an eschatological reading of the text itself, in which it is argued that Crisis on Infinite Earths combines self-reflexive metafiction with the ideologically inflected symbolic language of apocalypse myth to provide DC Comics fans with a textual "rite of transition," to win their acceptance for DC’s mid-1980s project of self- rehistoricization and renewal. -
2019-05-06 Catalog P
Pulp-related books and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for May and June 2019 Dianne and I had a wonderful time in Chicago, attending the Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention in April. It’s a fine show that you should try to attend. Upcoming conventions include Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas on June 7 – 8, and the Edgar Rice Burroughs Chain of Friendship, planned for the weekend of June 13 – 15. It will take place in Oakbrook, Illinois. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there will be a spring edition of Ray Walsh’s Classicon. Currently, William Patrick Maynard and I are writing about the programming that will be featured at PulpFest 2019. We’ll be posting about the panels and presentations through June 10. On June 17, we’ll write about this year’s author signings, something new we’re planning for the convention. Check things out at www.pulpfest.com. Laurie Powers biography of LOVE STORY MAGAZINE editor Daisy Bacon is currently scheduled for release around the end of 2019. I will be carrying this book. It’s entitled QUEEN OF THE PULPS. Please reserve your copy today. Recently, I was contacted about carrying the Armchair Fiction line of books. I’ve contacted the publisher and will certainly be able to stock their books. Founded in 2011, they are dedicated to the restoration of classic genre fiction. Their forté is early science fiction, but they also publish mystery, horror, and westerns. They have a strong line of lost race novels. Their books are illustrated with art from the pulps and such. -
Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero This Page Intentionally Left Blank Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero Critical Essays
Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero This page intentionally left blank Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero Critical Essays Edited by ROBERT G. WEINER Foreword by JOHN SHELTON LAWRENCE Afterword by J.M. DEMATTEIS McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London ALSO BY ROBERT G. WEINER Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications: An Annotated Guide to Comics, Prose Novels, Children’s Books, Articles, Criticism and Reference Works, 1965–2005 (McFarland, 2008) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Captain America and the struggle of the superhero : critical essays / edited by Robert G. Weiner ; foreword by John Shelton Lawrence ; afterword by J.M. DeMatteis. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7864-3703-0 softcover : 50# alkaline paper ¡. America, Captain (Fictitious character) I. Weiner, Robert G., 1966– PN6728.C35C37 2009 741.5'973—dc22 2009000604 British Library cataloguing data are available ©2009 Robert G. Weiner. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Cover images ©2009 Shutterstock Manufactured in the United States of America McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 6¡¡, Je›erson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com Dedicated to My parents (thanks for your love, and for putting up with me), and Larry and Vicki Weiner (thanks for your love, and I wish you all the happiness in the world). JLF, TAG, DW, SCD, “Lizzie” F, C Joyce M, and AH (thanks for your friend- ship, and for being there). -
Alter Ego #78 Trial Cover
Roy Thomas ’Merry Mar vel Comics Fan zine No. 50 July 2005 $ In5th.e9U5SA Sub-Mariner, Thing, Thor, & Vision TM & ©2005 Marvel Characters, Inc.; Conan TM & ©2005 Conan Properties, Inc.; Red Sonja TM & ©2005 Red Sonja Properties, Inc.; Caricature ©2005 Estate of Alfredo Alcala Vol. 3, No. 50 / July 2005 ™ Editor Roy Thomas Roy Thomas Associate Editors Shamelessly Celebrates Bill Schelly 50 Issues of A/E , Vol. 3— Jim Amash & 40 Years Since Design & Layout Christopher Day Modeling With Millie #44! Consulting Editor John Morrow FCA Editor P.C. Hamerlinck Comic Crypt Editor Michael T. Gilbert Editors Emeritus Jerry Bails (founder) Ronn Foss, Biljo White, Contents Mike Friedrich Production Assistant Writer/Editorial: Make Mine Marvel! . 2 Eric Nolen-Weathington “Roy The Boy” In The Marvel Age Of Comics . 4 Cover Artists Jim Amash interviews Roy Thomas about being Stan Lee’s “left-hand man” Alfredo Alcala, John Buscema, in the 1960s & early ’70s. & Jack Kirby Jerry Ordway DC Comics 196 5––And The Rest Of Roy’s Cover Colorist Color-Splashed Career . Flip Us! Alfredo Alcala (portrait), Tom Ziuko About Our Cover: A kaleidoscopically collaborative combination of And Special Thanks to: three great comic artists Roy worked with and admired in the 1960s and Alfredo Alcala, Jr. Allen Logan ’70s: Alfredo Alcala , John Buscema , and Jack Kirby . The painted Christian Voltan Linda Long caricature by Alfredo was given to him as a birthday gift in 1981 and Alcala Don Mangus showed Rascally Roy as Conan, the Marvel-licensed hero on which the Estelita Alcala Sam Maronie Heidi Amash Mike Mikulovsky two had labored together until 1980, when R.T. -
Copyright by Jason Todd Craft 2004 the Dissertation Committee for Jason Todd Craft Certifies That This Is the Approved Version of the Following Dissertation
Copyright by Jason Todd Craft 2004 The Dissertation Committee for Jason Todd Craft Certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: Fiction Networks: The Emergence of Proprietary, Persistent, Large- Scale Popular Fictions Committee: Adam Z. Newton, Co-Supervisor John M. Slatin, Co-Supervisor Brian A. Bremen David J. Phillips Clay Spinuzzi Margaret A. Syverson Fiction Networks: The Emergence of Proprietary, Persistent, Large- Scale Popular Fictions by Jason Todd Craft, B.A., M.A. Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The University of Texas at Austin December, 2004 Dedication For my family Acknowledgements Many thanks to my dissertation supervisors, Dr. Adam Zachary Newton and Dr. John Slatin; to Dr. Margaret Syverson, who has supported this work from its earliest stages; and, to Dr. Brian Bremen, Dr. David Phillips, and Dr. Clay Spinuzzi, all of whom have actively engaged with this dissertation in progress, and have given me immensely helpful feedback. This dissertation has benefited from the attention and feedback of many generous readers, including David Barndollar, Victoria Davis, Aimee Kendall, Eric Lupfer, and Doug Norman. Thanks also to Ben Armintor, Kari Banta, Sarah Paetsch, Michael Smith, Kevin Thomas, Matthew Tucker and many others for productive conversations about branding and marketing, comics universes, popular entertainment, and persistent world gaming. Some of my most useful, and most entertaining, discussions about the subject matter in this dissertation have been with my brother, Adam Craft. I also want to thank my parents, Donna Cox and John Craft, and my partner, Michael Craigue, for their help and support. -
Arthur Suydam: “Heroes Are What We Aspire to Be”
Ro yThomas’’ BXa-Ttrta ilor od usinary Comiics Fanziine DARK NIGHTS & STEEL $6.95 IN THE GOLDEN & SILVER AGES In the USA No. 59 June 2006 SUYDAM • ADAMS • MOLDOFF SIEGEL • PLASTINO PLUS: MANNING • MATERA & MORE!!! Batman TM & ©2006 DC Comics Vol. 3, No. 59 / June 2006 ™ Editor Roy Thomas Associate Editors Bill Schelly Jim Amash Design & Layout Christopher Day Consulting Editor John Morrow FCA Editor P.C. Hamerlinck Comic Crypt Editor Michael T. Gilbert Editors Emeritus Jerry Bails (founder) Contents Ronn Foss, Biljo White, Mike Friedrich Writer/Editorial: Dark Nights & Steel . 2 Production Assistant Arthur Suydam: “Heroes Are What We Aspire To Be” . 3 Eric Nolen-Weathington Interview with the artist of Cholly and Flytrap and Marvel Zombies covers, by Renee Witterstaetter. Cover Painting “Maybe I Was Just Loyal” . 14 Arthur Suydam 1950s/60s Batman artist Shelly Moldoff tells Shel Dorf about Bob Kane & other phenomena. And Special Thanks to: “My Attitude Was, They’re Not Bosses, They’re Editors” . 25 Neal Adams Richard Martines Golden/Silver Age Superman artist Al Plastino talks to Jim Kealy & Eddy Zeno about his long Heidi Amash Fran Matera and illustrious career. Michael Ambrose Sheldon Moldoff Bill Bailey Frank Motler Jerry Siegel’s European Comics! . 36 Tim Barnes Brian K. Morris When Superman’s co-creator fought for truth, justice, and the European way—by Alberto Becattini. Dennis Beaulieu Karl Nelson Alberto Becattini Jerry Ordway “If You Can’t Improve Something 200%, Then Go With The Thing John Benson Jake Oster That You Have” . 40 Dominic Bongo Joe Petrilak Modern legend Neal Adams on the late 1960s at DC Comics. -
Rosemary Ellen Guiley
vamps_fm[fof]_final pass 2/2/09 10:06 AM Page i The Encyclopedia of VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, and OTHER MONSTERS vamps_fm[fof]_final pass 2/2/09 10:06 AM Page ii The Encyclopedia of VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, and OTHER MONSTERS Rosemary Ellen Guiley FOREWORD BY Jeanne Keyes Youngson, President and Founder of the Vampire Empire The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters Copyright © 2005 by Visionary Living, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Guiley, Rosemary. The encyclopedia of vampires, werewolves, and other monsters / Rosemary Ellen Guiley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8160-4684-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4381-3001-9 (e-book) 1. Vampires—Encyclopedias. 2. Werewolves—Encyclopedias. 3. Monsters—Encyclopedias. I. Title. BF1556.G86 2004 133.4’23—dc22 2003026592 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.factsonfile.com Printed in the United States of America VB FOF 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper. -
Alter Ego #78 Trial Cover
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Open the Vault of TV Horror-Hosts, with & Fiendish Friends
Trick or Treat, kiddies! Ben Cooper Halloween Fall 2018 Costumes No. 2 $8.95 Welcome to Open the vault of Horrible Hall… The TV horror-hosts, Groovie with Goolies & fiendish friends this crazy Dinosaur Land Take a Look at Superhero View- Masters® Super Collector’s Legion of Lunch 0 Boxes 9 4 1 0 0 8 5 6 Tune in to the Sixties’ most bewitching, munsterific sitcoms! 2 8 Featuring Andy Mangels • Scott Saavedra • Mark Voger • and the Oddball World of Scott Shaw! 1 Elvira © Queen “B” Productions. Marvel heroes © Marvel. Groovie Goolies © respective copyright holder. View-Master © Mattel. All Rights Reserved. The crazy cool culture we grew up with Columns and Special Features Departments 3 2 Scott Saavedra's Retrotorial CONTENTS Secret Sanctum Issue #2 | Fall 2018 Bewitching, Munsterific Sitcoms of the Sixties 20 Too Much TV Quiz 11 Retro Interview 44 And Now, A Word From Ira J. Cooper – Ben Cooper 51 Our Sponsor… Halloween Costumes 51 23 Retro Toys Retro Television Sindy, the British Barbie Haunting the Airwaves – TV Horror Hosts 11 56 RetroFad 27 Mood Rings Retro Interview Elvira, Mistress of the Dark 57 57 Retro Collectibles 31 Superhero View-Masters® Andy Mangels’ Retro Saturday Mornings Groovie Goolies 67 27 Retro Travel Geppi's Entertainment 45 Museum The Oddball World of Scott Shaw! Dinosaur Land 73 Super Collector Collecting Lunch Boxes, by Terry Collins Mood: Awesome! 80 ReJECTED 56 RetroFan fantasy cover RetroFan™ #2, Fall 2018. Published quarterly by TwoMorrows Publishing, 10407 Bedfordtown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614. Michael Eury, Editor. John Morrow, Publisher. Editorial Office: RetroFan, c/o Michael Eury, Editor, 118 Edgewood Avenue NE, Concord, NC 28025. -
Why Wonder Woman Matters
Why Wonder Woman Matters When I was a kid, being a hero seemed like the easiest thing in the world to be- A Blue Beetle quote from the DC Comics publication The OMAC Project. Introduction The superhero is one of modern American culture’s most popular and pervasive myths. Though the primary medium, the comic book, is often derided as juvenile or material fit for illiterates the superhero narrative maintains a persistent presence in popular culture through films, television, posters and other mediums. There is a great power in the myth of the superhero. The question “Why does Wonder Woman matter?” could be answered simply. Wonder Woman matters because she is a member of this pantheon of modern American gods. Wonder Woman, along with her cohorts Batman and Superman represent societal ideals and provide colorful reminders of how powerful these ideals can be.1 This answer is compelling, but it ignores Wonder Woman’s often turbulent publication history. In contrast with titles starring Batman or Superman, Wonder Woman comic books have often sold poorly. Further, Wonder Woman does not have quite the presence that Batman and Superman both share in popular culture.2 Any other character under similar circumstances—poor sales, lack of direction and near constant revisions—would have been killed off or quietly faded into the background. Yet, Wonder Woman continues to persist as an important figure both within her comic universe and in our popular consciousness. “Why does Wonder Woman matter?” To answer this question an understanding of the superhero and their primary medium, the comic book, is required, Wonder Woman is a comic book character, and her existence in the popular consciousness largely depends on how she is presented within the conventions of the comic book superhero narrative. -
Lbr-2016-17-021
SMALL BUSINESS COMMISSION CITYAND COUNTYOF SAN FRANCISCO M ARK DWIGHT, PRESIDENT EDWIN M. LEE, M AYOR REGINA D ICK-E NDRIZZI, D IRECTOR Legacy Business Registry Staff Report HEARING DATE NOVEMBER 28, 2016 CARTOON ART MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA Application No.: LBR-2016-17-021 Business Name: Cartoon Art Museum of California Business Address: 275 5th Street, Suite 303 District: District 6 Applicant: Summerlea Kashar, Executive Director Nomination Date: October 3, 2016 Nominated By: Mayor Edwin Lee Staff Contact: Richard Kurylo [email protected] BUSINESS DESCRIPTION The Cartoon Art Museum of California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit museum located in the South of Market neighborhood that preserves and exhibits the history and continuation of cartoon art and related artworks. The museum was founded by a group of cartoon enthusiasts in 1984 who began organizing exhibitions of artwork from their own collections and often set up these exhibitions in other local museums or corporate spaces before establishing themselves as an organization. The museum showcases a variety of cartoon art forms including editorials, comic books, graphic novels, anime, and weekend cartoons. The Cartoon Art Museum is not only known for its exhibition content but also its dedication to preserving and documenting this unique and accessible art form. Their continued mission is to “ignite imaginations and foster the next generation of visual storytellers by celebrating the history of cartoon art, its role in society, and its universal appeal.” The museum is the longest running museum of original cartoon art in the United States that is committed to the preservation and exhibition of this art. -
Hawkman in the Bronze Age!
HAWKMAN IN THE BRONZE AGE! July 2017 No.97 ™ $8.95 Hawkman TM & © DC Comics. All Rights Reserved. BIRD PEOPLE ISSUE: Hawkworld! Hawk and Dove! Nightwing! Penguin! Blue Falcon! Condorman! featuring Dixon • Howell • Isabella • Kesel • Liefeld McDaniel • Starlin • Truman & more! 1 82658 00097 4 Volume 1, Number 97 July 2017 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Michael Eury PUBLISHER John Morrow Comics’ Bronze Age and Beyond! DESIGNER Rich Fowlks COVER ARTIST George Pérez (Commissioned illustration from the collection of Aric Shapiro.) COVER COLORIST Glenn Whitmore COVER DESIGNER Michael Kronenberg PROOFREADER Rob Smentek SPECIAL THANKS Alter Ego Karl Kesel Jim Amash Rob Liefeld Mike Baron Tom Lyle Alan Brennert Andy Mangels Marc Buxton Scott McDaniel John Byrne Dan Mishkin BACK SEAT DRIVER: Editorial by Michael Eury ............................2 Oswald Cobblepot Graham Nolan Greg Crosby Dennis O’Neil FLASHBACK: Hawkman in the Bronze Age ...............................3 DC Comics John Ostrander Joel Davidson George Pérez From guest-shots to a Shadow War, the Winged Wonder’s ’70s and ’80s appearances Teresa R. Davidson Todd Reis Chuck Dixon Bob Rozakis ONE-HIT WONDERS: DC Comics Presents #37: Hawkgirl’s First Solo Flight .......21 Justin Francoeur Brenda Rubin A gander at the Superman/Hawkgirl team-up by Jim Starlin and Roy Thomas (DCinthe80s.com) Bart Sears José Luís García-López Aric Shapiro Hawkman TM & © DC Comics. Joe Giella Steve Skeates PRO2PRO ROUNDTABLE: Exploring Hawkworld ...........................23 Mike Gold Anthony Snyder The post-Crisis version of Hawkman, with Timothy Truman, Mike Gold, John Ostrander, and Grand Comics Jim Starlin Graham Nolan Database Bryan D. Stroud Alan Grant Roy Thomas Robert Greenberger Steven Thompson BRING ON THE BAD GUYS: The Penguin, Gotham’s Gentleman of Crime .......31 Mike Grell Titans Tower Numerous creators survey the history of the Man of a Thousand Umbrellas Greg Guler (titanstower.com) Jack C.