DC Comics must move beyond its traditional business model if it really wants to attract new readers.
Read more »
Posts Tagged ‘ comics ’
ABC
academia
advertising
Amazon
Apple
BBC
CBS
digital media
Disney
distribution
DVD
Facebook
Fall Premieres
fandom
FCC
feminism
film
gaming
gender
Google
HBO
Hollywood
independent film
industry
internet
Lost
Mad Men
media history
media studies
music
NBC
Netflix
piracy
politics
premieres
race/ethnicity
radio
reality television
social media
streaming
television
TV
Twitter
video games
YouTube
DC Comics’ Halfhearted Appeal to an Alternate Readership
Marvel, Wired? Daredevil and Visual Branding in the MCU
How far are Marvel Studios’ film and television franchises visually coded for homogeneity? How insistently, that is to say, is brand identity maintained at the levels of design, cinematography, editing and post-production processing?
Read more »
Devilish Partners: Daredevil, Netflix, and Exclusive Original Programming
Marvel’s Daredevil launched April 10 on Netflix, marking a new milestone for Netflix’s original content strategy and the expansion of Marvel Television into the streaming space.
Read more »
Guardians of the Galaxy and The Marvel Method
With Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel continues to construct a sequential tapestry by drawing upon comics' sense of interconnectivity and hyperdiegetic expansion.
Read more »
The Guardians of Good Taste: Critics and the “Fanboy” Menace
Why do critics claim that only "fanboys" can make sense of Guardians of the Galaxy?
Read more »
I, Reboot (Part II)
This second installment of "I, Reboot" dives into the origins of the reboot-as-narrative-analogy and distinguishes "reboot" from "ret-con."
Read more »
The Comics Arms Race and the Failure of Diversity
Retailer incentives like variant covers are nothing new, but are being emphasized strongly in today’s market.
Read more »
In Memoriam: Joe Simon, Co-Creator of Captain America
Joe Simon may not have had the name recognition of some of his contemporaries, but his impact on the comic book medium was profound.
Read more »
Captain America and the Representation of Entertainment
The USO sequence in Captain America: The First Avenger speaks to the influence of a cynical modern eye and a gendered dismissal of historical realism, comic book necessity, and the possibility of media effects.
Read more »
DC Comics Goes All In
Is the comics industry doomed or simply too insular?
Read more »
The State of Reality TV: How Joel McHale and Chelsea Handler Saved My Life
Much as with the celebrated film Showgirls, a lot of reality TV is unintentionally funny, and the comic framings of both shows aim to make you laugh at even the most serious moments.
Read more »
News Media and the Comic Book Narrative
Why do news media circulate comic book spoilers before special issues hit the stands?
Read more »
Your Friendly Neighborhood Araña: The State of Latinidad in Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics has quietly responded to the increased presence of Latinos in America with a corresponding, if tentative, increase in the number of Latino Marvel characters, as epitomized by this week's debut of a new Spider-Girl series starring Puerto Rican Anya Sofia Corazon.
Read more »
What Are You Missing? Sept 26-Oct 9
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
Read more »
Changes in Antenna Editors
Welcome to our six new Antenna rotating editors, Evan Elkins, Kit Hughes, Myles McNutt, Nora Seitz, Jennifer Smith, and Adrian Sullivan!
Read more »
