Comics THORsday: 2016 Comic Book Selection
I can’t believe this is our last Comics THORsday of the year! 2016 has proven to be a very rocky year. Today I’m going to share my 2016 comic book selection …
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Comics THORsday: the Marvel Method
Welcome to another comics THORsday! We’re going to talk about the Marvel Method today. It is a model of comic production that some publishers use and that was introduced by Stan …
Read MoreComics THORsday: Comic Literacy, learning to read comics
Welcome to Comics THORsday! This time is a rather surprising topic for me: comic literacy, learning to read comics. Time ago I was approached by one of my friends who does …
Read MoreComics THORsday (on Friday): Superior Iron Man and Marketing
Welcome to Comics THORsday! This week… on Friday! Today we’re going to explore how superhero comics might hide critics on present society. And we’re going to do it exploring Marvel’s Superior …
Read MoreComics THORsday: comic book genres
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’re going to talk about the different genres that we can find in comic books. A genre is just a type of classification. Comics, like books …
Read MoreComics THORsday: Test Yourself
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’re taking a test. How much do you remember about what we’ve been talking about comics? If you want, you can check out the introduction to …
Read MoreComics THORsday: Modern Myths & Archetypes
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’re going to give a look at modern Myths & Archetypes. Modern mythology does exist, specially in American comics. From times immemorial, different societies have expressed …
Read MoreComics THORsday: Comics as Visual Language
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’re going to take a quick look at comics as a visual language. In a sense, we can understand comics as sequences of images working as …
Read MoreComics THORsday: Publishing Comics & Adapting Them To Other Cultures
Welcome to comics THORsday! Today we’ll take a look at comics from a publishing perspective. We’ll also take a look at what happens when publishing companies adapt their comics to different …
Read MoreComics THORsday: Introduction to Comics
Welcome to comics THORsday, an introduction to comics! Every THORsday we’ll explore comics: what are they, what are superhero comics, which is their history, what is the psychology of superheroes, and …
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