What is so super about motion comics? by Tem Frank Andersen, Peter Vistisen

Subjects: “…Comic book superheroes, motion comics, animation, adaptation, transmedia storytelling…”
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Precarious Lines. Heroism and hyper-capability 90s Nightwing comics by Charlotte Johanne Fabricius

Subjects: “…superheroes, masculinity, able-bodiedness, comics, orientation…”
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The Transgressive Literacy of the Comic Maidservant in Tobias Smollett’s Humphry Clinker by Kathleen Tamayo Alves

“… Kathleen Alves' article The Transgressive Literacy of the Comic Maidservant in Tobias Smollett's 'Humphry Clinker' returns us to social tensions by discussing the "servant problem" in Tobias Smoellett's Humphry Clinker, where servants are revealed to not exist as external subjects but instead as attendants in the discursive formation of the modern family.  …”
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Why Batman was Bad: A Scandinavian debate about children’s consumption of comics and literature in the 1950s by Helle Strandgaard Jensen

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Bilden som gör förflutenhet: Den tecknade serien, medieekologi och minne i Maus och Vi kommer snart hem igen by Per Israelson

Subjects: “…comics theory…”
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Satiriska feministiska serier by Ylva Lindberg

Subjects: “…comic art…”
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Berättare i trikåer by Christian Mehrstam

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I bevægelse by Nina Christensen

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Humorn i stadens mångstämmiga rum by Massimo Ciaravolo

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”Det verkar vara en klurig fråga” by Hilde Dybvik, Inga Henriette Undheim

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Tecknade serier som feministisk aktivism by Anna Nordenstam, Margareta Wallin Wictorin

Subjects: “…comics…”
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Self-Sacrifice and the Transformation of the Hero by Dr Craig Smith

“…This article will consider certain themes within the self-sacrificing hero narrative in order to gain further insight into this phenomenon and will draw inspiration from Greek and Norse mythology as well as the Superhero genre within comics and film. Finally, this article will consider the cyclical nature of the hero’s journey and the importance of continual heroic rebirth in sustaining their legacy for new generations of comic book readers and film audiences. …”
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Att gestalta sjukdom by Christian Lenemark

“… Re-presenting Illness: Cancer in Graphic Pathographies In this article, the aim is to analyze how the often low-valued comic media is used to re-present experiences of serious illness, more specifically cancer. …”
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An Animated Adoration by Dale K. Andrews

“…Consumers of manga (comics), anime (cartoons), and video games increasingly search for alternative ways to forge a connection with their favorite characters. …”
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Hybrid books. Merged audiovisual literature for children by Ann Steiner

“…Hybrid books have not only ceaselessly interacted with book publishing but also with movies, TV shows, comic magazines, radio, drama, and music. Hybrid books for children are historically, as well as in the present, deeply embedded in the media industry rather than solely in book publishing. …”
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Superheroes or Group of Heroes? by Christoffer Bagger

“…Heroes have often been thought of as singular individuals standing apart from the rest of the world, and the current superheroes are no exception. Even though their comic book counterparts exist in complex social networks of supporting characters and related colorful heroes, cinematic adaptations often “kowtow” to single-hero worship (Burke 2008, 101), isolating the hero from a larger narrative world and networks of characters. …”
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Konsten som kraftkälla eller livsförnekelse by Niclas Johansson

“…The article argues that these stories fall into two major categories: the comic and utopian Künsterlinroman – exemplified by Hustru (Wife, 1978) and Det hemliga namnet (The Secret Name, 1999) – and the tragic and critical Künstlerinroman – exemplified by Konsten att dö (The Art of Dying, 2014). …”
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Det tidiga 1800-talets svenska novellistik by Barbro Ståhle Sjönell

“…The pre-existing subgenres included, for instance: adventures, satirical or comic stories, stories of family life, travel stories and historical short stories. …”
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The Visual, the Verbal, and the Very Young: A Metacognitive Approach to Picturebooks by Björn Sundmark

“…Both the verbal and visual dimensions of the text are analyzed with the help of picturebook and comic book theory (iconotext, sequentiality). The results show that early concept books are surprisingly abstract; they stimulate the child’s aesthetic-affective response by using clear colours and easily discernible shapes. …”
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Komiske og historiske pantomimer rundt 1800 by Ellen Karoline Gjervan

“…In this article I examine the pantomimes these troupes performed in Norway: comical and historical pantomime. The aim of this examination is to provide a broader understanding of the two kinds of pantomimes presented by itinerant troupes in Norway around 1800. …”
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