Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes

Authors: Alberda, A.P. and Round, J.

Journal: Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship

Volume: 13

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-9

eISSN: 2048-0792

DOI: 10.16995/CG.11257

Abstract:

This editorial introduces the special collection Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes. The collection brings together papers demonstrating differing perspectives, especially in how comics artists employ different genres, tropes, and symbolism, particularly relating to the Gothic. The articles in this collection draw attention to the flexibility of the comics medium, demonstrating its suitability to convey affect and to frame deeply personal stories within a wider social context. It also reflects upon the growing scholarly field of Graphic Medicine and suggests a need to diversify the works and creators studied, as well as broader analyses of the comics creation, engagement, and community.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39563/

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Editorial: Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes.

Authors: Alberda, A. and Round, J.

Journal: The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship

Volume: 13

Publisher: Open Library of Humanities

ISSN: 2048-0792

DOI: 10.16995/cg.11257

Abstract:

This editorial introduces the special collection Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes. The collection brings together papers demonstrating differing perspectives, especially in how comics artists employ different genres, tropes, and symbolism, particularly relating to the Gothic. The articles in this collection draw attention to the flexibility of the comics medium, demonstrating its suitability to convey affect and to frame deeply personal stories within a wider social context. It also reflects upon the growing scholarly field of Graphic Medicine and suggests a need to diversify the works and creators studied, as well as broader analyses of the comics creation, engagement, and community.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39563/

Source: Manual

Preferred by: Julia Round

Editorial: Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes

Authors: Alberda, A.P. and Round, J.

Editors: Alberda, A.

Journal: The Comics Grid

Volume: 13

Issue: 1

Pages: 1-9

Publisher: Open Library of Humanities

ISSN: 2048-0792

Abstract:

This editorial introduces the special collection Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes. The collection brings together papers demonstrating differing perspectives, especially in how comics artists employ different genres, tropes, and symbolism, particularly relating to the Gothic. The articles in this collection draw attention to the flexibility of the comics medium, demonstrating its suitability to convey affect and to frame deeply personal stories within a wider social context. It also reflects upon the growing scholarly field of Graphic Medicine and suggests a need to diversify the works and creators studied, as well as broader analyses of the comics creation, engagement, and community.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39563/

https://www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/11257/

Source: BURO EPrints