Kill Shakespeare – This Bard contains graphic language! by Mauro Gentile

“…Today, adapting Shakespearean plays into comic books or graphic novels appears to be a well-established literary practice in contemporary storytelling. …”
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COMICS AS MEANS OF EXPRESSING ETHNOCULTURAL STEREOTYPES by T. M. Belova

“…This paper deals with the interaction of verbal and non-verbal components of the comics book and focuses on the analysis of linguistic means used by the authors to transmit their ideologic conception and to achieve comic and parody effect. …”
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Guoxue Comics: Visualising Philosophical Concepts and Cultural Values through Sequential Narratives by Xiyuan Tan

“…This article is a critical analysis of comic books for guoxue learning. Firstly, it investigates the current guoxue comic market and the most commonly adapted fields of guoxue literature and knowledge in comic books, namely traditional philosophy, traditional culture values and history. …”
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The manga market in Poland by Magdalena Ostrowska

“…The first publisher in Poland to start printing manga comic books was J. P. Fantastica. Today it is the largest and most important Polish publishing house printing manga, with four others in the market. …”
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'I want my sons to be like dad' LAHAD DATU HERO: His widow is to receive UUM degree on his behalf next week by Singh Randhawan, Sharanpal

“…MOST children grow up watching and reading about their superheroes on television and in comic books, but the widow of Lahad Datu hero Assistant Superintendent Zulkifli Mamat has something else in mind for her sons.Noor Aziah Noor, 29, wants her children, especially her 51-day-old son, Noor Aqib Syahid, to grow up watching recordings of their father and listening to stories of his bravery. …”
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Comics Legend of North Sumatera as a Creative and Innovative Students’ Business Opportunities by Fatimah Siregar, Rizki Ayu Ningtia, Nabila Br Simamora, Meily Manik, Manik, Dewi

“…The end result of the product is in the form of comic books and also the digital application.…”
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Lire des albums de bande dessinée sur écrans : L’interface d’Izneo by Olivier Stucky

“…This article deals with the publication and reading of digitized comic books through the interface of the Izneo platform. …”
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Chris Ware, une œuvre entre segmentation et agrégation by Côme Martin

“…In this article, I aim to explore the tension between fragmentation and aggregation in Chris Ware’s work, since it appears to offer, in an almost exhaustive way, the range of possibilities allowed by chaptering in comic books.…”
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Ti-Girl Power: American Utopianism in the Queer Superhero Text by Matt Yockey

“…As a Chicano and fan of Silver Age superhero comic books himself, Henandez also realizes this ethos for himself in the very creation of this work.…”
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La place de la bande dessinée non états-unienne dans une revue de bande dessinée états-unienne : The Comics Journal by Sophie Bonadè

“…If at the beginning the magazine gives an important place to mainstream comic books, over time its focus shifted towards US independent productions. …”
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La construction sociale de médias dangereux pour la jeunesse. Des paniques morales aux quasi-théories by Anne-Laure Wibrin

“…Based on two empirical examples (the French campaign against graphic novels from the 1930’s to the 1950’s and the British campaign against comic books shortly after world war II) we will see how pressure groups militated for years for laws prohibiting, censuring, controlling or regulating those objects. …”
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Une vision sexuée de l’Histoire contemporaine espagnole à travers deux œuvres d’Antonio Altarriba et Kim, El arte de volar et El ala rota by Vanessa Auroy

“…Las existencias de Petra y Antonio ponen de realce los actos, las palabras y los silencios de millones de españolas y españoles que vivieron y sufrieron la contienda y sus consecuencias.This paper will study how, through the biographical comic books dedicated to his mother and his father, Antonio Altarriba gives us a gender-specific view of life during the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship. …”
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The Task of Manga Translation: Akira in the West by Martin de la Iglesia

“…In the first US edition (Epic 1988–1995) the originally black and white manga was printed in colour and published in 38 issues, which were designed not unlike typical American comic books. The first German edition (Carlsen 1991–1996) marked the beginning of Carlsen’s manga publishing efforts. …”
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Arabo standard e ʿāmmiyya: esclusione e inclusione nei fumetti di ʿUmar Khūrī by Giulia Aiello

“…Linguistically, this new cultural product tends to favor the use of the vernacular (‘āmmiyya) as a written variety instead of standard Arabic (Høigilt 2017a, Høigilt 2019, De Blasio 2020, inter alia). However, in the comic books Ṣālūn Ṭāriq al-Khurāfī (The salon of Ṭāriq al-Khurāfī) and in its prequel Yūtūbiā (Utopia), both by the Lebanese author ‘Umar Khūrī, standard Arabic, used by some characters instead of the vernacular, also finds a place. …”
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The lonely nerd

“…Article topics in this issue include: conceptions and perceptions of lonely nerds, diversity of nerd representation in film, television theatre, gaming and comic books, along with explorations of alienation, non-conformity and societal acceptance. …”

Evoluzione e persistenza dell’iconografia di Primo Carnera nella cultura popolare italiana: mitopoiesi plebea e propaganda fascista by Roberto Mottadelli

“…The study has been carried out through the comparison of a selection of cartoons, caricatures and illustration from the popular press dedicated to Carnera, official portrayals of him during the fascist regime and comic books more or less expressely inspired by the figure of the boxer.…”
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Archiving Malaysian Popular Print Artefacts Through Digital Technology by Abd Rahman, Zainurul Aniza

“…Since Malaysia independence, not many of part of the domain of popular print such as magazines, newspapers, comic books, etc., are recorded or stored extensively in the national archives or libraries. …”
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Book review: Llegir la Imatge. Il·lustrar la Paraula. Reflexions al voltant del llibre il·lustrat i el còmic by Ana Isabel Martínez-Hernández

“…Drawing the word. Reflections on comic books and illustrated literature, in English), edited by Julia Haba-Osca and Robert Martínez-Carrasco (2020), is a compendium of short articles written in Catalan. …”
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The Turkism Idea in Kızıl Tuğ Novel by Ahmet İhsan KAYA

“…It acted as a source for comic books newly entering the Turkish Literature and as a Pioneer for Yeşilçam movies narrating heroic figures in The Turkish history the novel influenced the following history novelists in this respect. …”
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Literature Review: Penggunaan Komik dalam Pembelajaran Bahasa Asing untuk Pengembangan Media Ajar Bahasa Jepang Berfokus pada Bentuk dan Tampilan Komik by Via Luviana Dewanty, Dewi Kusrini, Renindra Atsilah Putri

“…However, there has yet any research related to comics development in the form of comic books; 2) In terms of process, both types of comics are formulated and developed by referring to a curriculum and learning plan so that the comics may assist students in understanding learning material; 3) Comic styles discussed in previous researches refer to American comic style, and thus less suitable to be used as Japanese language learning materials. …”
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