State Protection and Identification in Hellboy: of reformed devils and other Others in the Pentagon by Maaheen Ahmed

“…This article explores possible implications of the Hellboy comic book series for constructions of individual and national identity in the American context, accounting for the factors of globalization and 9/11 as well as precedents in the comics medium. …”
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“El que quiere leer que lea”. La revista Pucará (1985-1991) by Pablo Turnes

“…In 1985 during the period called “democratic transition”, in the Argentinian province of Tucumán begins the publishing of a comic book called Pucará. Pucará adopted then a specific position to justify its inscription in the history of Argentinian comics, read and reinterpreted in a nationalistic and military key. …”
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La bande dessinée pour construire une mémoire des « mille jours » de l’Unité populaire au Chili by Elsa Marsande

“…The richness of the comic book format makes it possible to portray Chile from 1971 to 1973, from the implementation to the failure of the project led by Salvador Allende. …”
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Provoquer des archives et invoquer la mémoire by Marys Renné Hertiman

“…Starting from the presupposed non-existence of the comic book heritage and the unveiling of the backstage of a project of memorialization, this article returns to the components of the organic practice of the archive.…”
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La parole de l’autre. La communication extra-terrestre dans la série « Valérian » de Christin et Mézières by Franck Thibault

“…Since Les Mauvais Rêves in 1968, and then the first comic book La Cité des eaux mouvantes in 1970, the “Valérian agent spatio-temporel” comic series by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin has developped along its 23 issues into a science fiction classic, and even, according to Stan Barets, “a classic of comics and a masterpiece of science fiction”. …”
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Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano (1899-1901) y Episodios Mexicanos (1981-1982) : ficciones históricas ilustradas, ¿sólo para niños ? by Marie Lecouvey, Helia Bonilla

“…In these two comic book series catering to children and teenagers, Mexican national history is made more appealing through the use of fiction and visual illustrations. …”
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L’Art de voler et L’Aile brisée, d’Antonio Altarriba et Kim, sont-ils des récits mémoriels historiques en bande dessinée ? by Isabelle Delorme

“…Historical graphic memoir is a new comic book genre that emerged after the publication of Art Spiegelman's Maus at the turn of the 1990s. …”
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Mélancolie spartiate. 300 ou la réactivation du mythe de Léonidas pour mobiliser la société contre le déclin de l’Occident by Vivien Barrière, Jean Hedin

“…Even more than the original comic book, the film, made in the USA of G.W. Bush, still traumatized by the attacks of 11 September 2001 and obsessed by his desire for revenge, is a genuine attempt to mobilize American society, and more broadly Western societies, against the existential threat posed by the conquering East to Westerners who are losing ground. …”
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Translation of Songs in The Comics: Les Aventures de Tintin by Nesibe Erkalan Çakır, Yasin Murat Demir

“…In this context, the songs in the comic book series Les Aventures de Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin), whose original language is French, were analysed according to Hurtado Albir's "fidelity approach in translation". …”
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L’âme des machines dans The Ghost in the Shell by Bounthavy Suvilay

“…But by using the medium of comic book, his message was profoundly changed. The comics are an art of the ellipse in which the reader fills the gap between the cases and creates the diegetic universe. …”
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Neil Gaiman’s Use of Antiquity in Television Series: American Gods and Calliope by Elżbieta Olechowska, Marta Pszczolińska

“… American Gods (Starz 2017–2021) and The Sandman (Netflix 2022– ), two highly watchable audiovisual series are adaptations of Neil Gaiman’s popular novel (2001) and of his earlier comic book series (1989–1996). They are both inspired by classical and Norse mythologies and reflect the evolution of culturally and socially important themes that occurred between the publication of their literary models and the airing of the television series. …”
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La science-fiction au prisme de l’intime : étude des séries Lupus et Aâma de Frederik Peeters (2002-2014) by Alain Boillat

“…The generic expectations created by the comic books of Peeters are discussed in particular on the basis of the cover images and the first panels of the albums. …”
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The Circulation of Icons in Planetary - Pictures, Popular Culture and Materiality by Nicolas LABARRE, Laura PERNA, Errol RIVERA

“…Planetary, a comic book series published in the United States between 1999 and 2009, provides a striking example of the use of intericonicity as a structuring device in an erudite popular culture opus. …”
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Le temps des morts-vivants : formes sérielles et potentiel critique des séries télévisées zombies by Clémentine Hougue

“….), based on the eponymous comic book, as well as its two spin-offs (Fear The Walking Dead, AMC, 2015-2021 and The Walking Dead : World Beyond, AMC, 2020), but also Z Nation (Syfy, 2014-2018) and its spin-off Black Summer (Netflix, 2019-2021), and the British miniseries Dead Set (E4, 2008). …”
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Holy Terror!: Islamophobia and Intermediality in Frank Miller’s Graphic Novel by Frank Mehring

“…Holy Terror references news media, films and television series, 9/11 photography, familiar comic book heroes, and, of course, Miller’s own oeuvre. …”
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A TEI Customization for Writing TEI Customizations by Syd Bauman

“…And there are several well known examples of (2), including TEI Lite, TEI Tite, TEI Simple Print, Comic Book Markup Language, Digital Humanities Quarterly, TEI-in-Libraries, and the markup language for this journal.1 Of all these various uses of the TEI ODD language, the most common (by far) is to create a customized TEI for use in a particular project. …”
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Interviews with multimedia comics creators—how Hannah Berry, Lance Dann and Tom McNally use audio drama to move their work into new areas of storytelling by Alex Fitch

“…These practitioners have moved from the practice of making comics into audio production or have lent their experience in comic creation to making related podcast dramas.In the first interview, former comic book writer Tom McNally, editor and publisher of the comics anthology Semiotic Cohesion [2006-2008], which promoted work by comic creators from South Africa to a wider audience, talks about his comedic fantasy audio drama Saga of the European King. …”
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Słowo - obraz - pamięć w labiryntach komiksu by Grażyna Gajewska

“…The comic book is a product of mass culture. It got deeply rooted in American and Western European popular culture in the 1970s. …”
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Opowiedz mi "Miasto narysowane". O translinearnej możliwości poznawania Lublina z bliska by Jakub Jankowski

“…The aim of the exercise proposed in this article is to closely read five comic books about Lublin, looking for translinear connections between them. …”
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Zwyczajni niezwyczajni. Codzienność superbohaterów w komiksach spod znaku Ultimate Marvel by Michał Wolski

“…Depictions of food consumption in comic books are quite numerous but they rarely stick in the minds of readers, especially when they serve as the background for the unfolding story. …”
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