Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, Volume 10, Issue 1 (2019)

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Editorials

Editorial
Editorial for issue 10(1)
David Huxley
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 30 Aug 2019
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Articles

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The identity politics of Elfquest at 40: moving beyond race, class and gender?
Robert A. Saunders
Pages: 3-27
Published online: 13 Dec 2017
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Can comic books influence consumer awareness and attitude towards rape victims and perpetrators in India? The case of Priya’s Shakti
Dhiman Chattopadhyay
Pages: 28-46
Published online: 21 Dec 2017
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‘I will not be a 17 year old virgin’: female virginity and sexual scripting in graphic narratives for teenagers
Christine N. Stamper & Mollie V. Blackburn
Pages: 47-66
Published online: 09 Feb 2018
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The cultural pages of comics: cross-cultural variation in page layouts
Neil Cohn, Jessika Axnér, Michaela Diercks, Rebecca Yeh & Kaitlin Pederson
Pages: 67-86
Published online: 24 Dec 2017
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Scripted voices: script’s role in creating Japanese manga dialogue
Wes Robertson
Pages: 87-105
Published online: 01 Feb 2018
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Cracking the Filipino sequence: two factors that shaped contemporary Philippine komiks
Denise Angela De Vera & Marie Rose Arong
Pages: 106-121
Published online: 06 Jan 2018
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Discordant discourses: history and journalism in the graphic novels of Joe Sacco
Joshua Kavaloski
Pages: 122-139
Published online: 05 Feb 2018
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Malthus meets Green Lantern: comic book representation of Malthusian concerns
Adam Veitch & Laszlo Kulcsar
Pages: 140-154
Published online: 09 Feb 2018
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Remembering the Holocaust in American superhero comics
Joanne Pettitt
Pages: 155-166
Published online: 12 Feb 2018
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Tasting is knowing: the aesthetics and politics of disgust in John Layman’s and Rob Guillory’s Chew
Jeanette Roan
Pages: 167-183
Published online: 27 Nov 2017
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The comics of Hergé: when the lines are not so clear
edited by Joe Sutliff Sanders, Jackson, MS, University Press of Mississippi, 2016, 213 pp., US$60.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9781496807267
John Michael Vohlidka
Pages: 184-185
Published online: 30 Nov 2017
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Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the ends of heroism
Dru Jeffries
Pages: 185-187
Published online: 20 Nov 2017
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Openness of comics: generating meaning with flexible structures
Openness of comics: generating meaning within flexible structures, by Maaheen Ahmed, Jackson, MS, University Press of Mississippi, 2016, 224 pp., US$60.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-496-80593-5
Elizabeth Benjamin
Pages: 188-189
Published online: 27 Nov 2017
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The comic book story of video games: the incredible history of the electronic gaming revolution
by Jonathan Hennessey, Emeryville, CA, Ten Speed Press, 2017, 185 pp., US$18.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-0-399-57890-8
Nicholas Diak
Pages: 189-191
Published online: 03 Dec 2017
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We have no idea: a guide to the unknown universe
by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson, New York, Riverhead Books, 2017, 354 pp., US $28.00 (hardcover), ISBN 987-0-735-21663-1
Christina Fawcett
Pages: 191-193
Published online: 21 Nov 2017
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The Hernandez Brothers: love, rockets, and alternative comics
by Enrique García, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017, xiii + 175 pp., US $26.95 (paperback), ISBN 978-0822964926
Mark Sullivan
Pages: 193-194
Published online: 28 Nov 2017
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