Category Archives: comics

Arlen Schumer’s ComiColumn: Winslow Mortimer Eulogy

January 7th, 2012 | Posted in Arlen Schumer, comics

The comic cover art for this post was created by the unsung yet top Batman/Superman cover artist of DC for over 10 years, largely the entire ’50s, Win Mortimer! My eulogy for Mortimer, delivered at his funeral on (or about) January 10, 1998; he was 78 years old. I worked with Win at Neal Adams’ […]

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Arlen Schumer’s ComiColumn: In Defense of Dots

January 5th, 2012 | Posted in Arlen Schumer, comics

4CP: Four Color Press features an article by John Hilgar titled “In Defense of Dots: The lost art of comic books.” This article is BRILLIANT!!!! As the author/designer of the coffeetable comic book history book The Silver Age of Comic Book Art, I’m all about those dots vs. current printing modes; here’s what I wrote […]

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Jeffrey Kripal Interview on Mutants & Mystics: Comics, Sci-Fi and the Paranormal

November 25th, 2011 | Posted in comics, Jeffrey Kripal, paranormal, science fiction

Jeffrey Kripal has returned to discuss his latest book addressing the esoteric and the paranormal in popular culture. In this case his new book is Mutants & Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal (University of Chicago Press, 2011). From the book’s description: In many ways, twentieth-century America was the land of superheroes and […]

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ComiColumn by Arlen Schumer: The Auteur Theory of comics

November 16th, 2011 | Posted in Arlen Schumer, comics

TheoFantastique is pleased to announce a new contributor, and feature. Comic artist and historian Arlen Schumer, who has contributed here previously on The Twilight Zone, will be contributing essays known as the ComiColumn. Arlen’s website provides some background on his work and talents: Arlen Schumer is an award-winning comic book-style illustrator for the advertising and […]

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Popular Culture Association: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture

September 16th, 2011 | Posted in call for papers, comics, graphic novels, pop culture

                Call for Papers: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture-SWTXPCA 2012 Please make plans to attend our 33rd Annual Conference February 8-11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hyatt Regency Albuquerque 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA 87102 Tel: +1 […]

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TheoFantastique Podcast 2.4 – Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels

July 25th, 2011 | Posted in comics, religion

From the back cover of Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels, edited by A. David Lewis and Christine Hoff Kraemer (Continuum International Publishing, 2010): Although they were once considered a medium suitable only for children’s literature, comic books have increasingly become a vehicle for serious social commentary and, specifically, for innovative religious […]

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’68: Zombie Horror Comic Preview by Image Comics

April 18th, 2011 | Posted in apocalypticism, comics, zombie

A new horror comic series with a focus on zombies titled ’68 is debuting from Image Comics. USA Today recently ran an article which discusses the series based upon the premise of a zombie apocalypse breaking out in connection with the Vietnam War. ’68 Exclusive Preview

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Jeffrey Kripal – Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred

March 2nd, 2011 | Posted in comics, Jeffrey Kripal, paranormal, UFOs, Western esotericism

In my research on the paranormal I was fortunate to come across the work of Jeffrey J. Kripal. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He is the author of a number of books, which are mentioned below, including Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the […]

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Field Study in Fan Culture at Comic-Con 2011

December 3rd, 2010 | Posted in comics, fan cultures

This is a great time for scholars, or scholars in training, to be involved in studies in various aspects of popular culture. Here’s a recent educational opportunity I came across that involves field study at Comic-Con. This is my kind of study program: Earn academic credit while studying the dynamics of marketing and fan culture at […]

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The Horror! The Horror!: Controversial Horror Comics of the 1950s

November 16th, 2010 | Posted in 1950s, comics, horror

“THIS BOOK CONTAINS: MURDER! MAYHEM! ROBBERY! RAPE! CANNIBALISM! CARNAGE! NECROPHILIA! SEX! SADISM! MASOCHISM … and virtually every other form of crime, degeneracy, bestiality, and horror!” The words above appear in a report from the mid-1950s titled “Comic Books and Juvenile Delinquency” from the Committee on the Judiciary’s investigation of juvenile delinquency in the United States. […]

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