Focal vocabulary related to comics
Anime: [from the Japanese abbreviation “animation,”] Japanese animated hand-drawn or computer-made films. Anthropomorphism: [from the Greek, “anthropos” (man/ human) + “morphe” (shape/ form)]….
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Economic independence of women to change Hollywood gender stereotypes
The structure of the family is changing across the US, according to The New York Times. Women’s economic independence is not only changing…
Were Viking females like Lady Sif?
Norse migrants to England in the latter ninth century were supposed to be mostly males. However, a recent study suggests that the ratio…
Teaching through comics: Marvel Comics agaisnt bullies
Comics can be a great medium through which you can send messages to the audience. They have been use as propaganda in many…
DIY: fans creating for fans, the Loki Movie
What happens when the mainstream makers do not deliver what fans want? Very simple: they do it themselves. The “do it yourself” (DIY)…
New Spider-Woman #1 variant cover is showing her butt!
Women have been reduced to sexual objects, or mere objects, in media narratives in order to stress male characters journeys. Marvel has been…
Valor: Fairy tale comic anthology about courageous heroines
Valor is a comic anthology with fairy tales plenty of female heroines. Tales have been re-imagined or scripted from zero. The aim is…
Superhero partners: Mary Marvel
Mary Marvel is a female superhero from the 40s, the sister of Captain Marvel, a comic book originally published by Fawcett Comics (now…
Breaking taboo in Japan
First of all: what is a taboo? A taboo refers to a social norm from a certain community, culture or sub-culture, that is…
Iwojima x Marvel’s Infinity: popular culture subconscious triggers
Images compel us far more than discourses. Even similar images can trigger our subconscious mind. In it we can find more than just…
Marvel wades in: the new Thor is a woman
In 1999 comics writer Gail Simone posted a list called “Women in Refrigerators,” in which she numbered female lead and supporting characters who…
Focal vocabulary related to Loki’s Army fan fiction
AU: (acronym) alternative universe Archive: (noun) a website that publishes fan fiction stories from many different authors. Beta/beta reader: (noun, compound noun) an…
