Tag: Superman

• Comics Adaptations Causing Fractured Fandom

  

  We are now full swing into the summer blockbuster season for Hollywood, and let’s take a tally of movies that are currently out or soon to arrive that originate from the pages of comic books.  Captain America: The Winter Soldier.  The Amazing Spider-Man 2.  X-Men: Days of Future Past.  Hercules.  Guardians of the Galaxy.  Teenage […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  June 11, 2014

  Anime/Manga, Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Fandom

  Adaptation, Adaptation theory, Adaptations, Avengers, Batman, Blair Davis, Captain America, Comic books, comic strips, Comics, DePaul University, Doctor Who, faithfulness, Fandom, fans, fidelity, fractured fandom, Game of Thrones, Green Arrow, Guardians of the Galaxy, Johnny Storm, Michael B. Jordan, Popular Culture Association, Sin City, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Joker, Wonder Woman, X-Men

• Making Sense of Superheroes: Awareness of superhero genre conventions around the world

  

  Report by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, Roskilde University (March 6, 2009) of the Quantitative Results (This paper was presented at the Danish scifi convention Fantasticon to discuss the nature of superheroes.) A series of quantitative and qualitative questions were asked of individuals around the world on: whether or not certain characteristics defined superheroes; creating their own […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  March 12, 2014

  Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Superheroes

  anime, Batman, Blade, Captain America, DC Comics, Globalization, Hellboy, Hercules, Iron Man, legends, manga, Marvel Comics, Power Rangers, Sailor Moon, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, Tarzan, The Hulk, The Incredibles, The X-Men, Thor, Wolverine, Wonder Woman

• The Morality of Superheroes

  

  Previously I have discussed the definition of superheroes, the international nature of superheroes, and the ability to consider superheroes from different legends and religions.  In this post I share my thoughts on the ethical and moral nature of superheroes, on how we could consider them to be role models for our modern lives.  The further […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 30, 2013

  Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Ant-Man, Batman, Black Canary, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Cyborg, DC Comics, Enlightenment, ethics, Fantastic Four, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Iron Man, Marvel Comics, morality, Plastic Man, Red Tornado, role models, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, The Avengers, The Flash, The Hulk, Thor, Vision, Wonder Woman, X-Men

• Superheroes of Religions, Legends

  As originally first reported for the Clearance Bin Review, and as a preparation for the panel I am on this Wednesday night, November 6th, at Dominican University, I wrap up my three part series on superheroes (part 1 and part 2) with this entry, in which I attempt to answer this question: do religious figures and the heroes of […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  November 4, 2013

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Superheroes

  Batman, Beowulf, Captain Marvel, El Cid, Greek heroes, Iron Man, Jesus Christ, Lord Rama, Moses, Paul Bunyan, Perseus, Ramayana, Robin Hood, Roman heroes, samurai, Siddhartha, Superheroes, Superman, Yoshitsune

• What is a Superhero, Anyway?

  

  On November 6th, I will be part of a panel on superheroes, morality and the modern world at Dominican University.  As a lead up to that event, I thought I rerun a series of articles that first appeared on Clearance Bin Review and that would delve into a topic that is at the heart of […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  October 15, 2013

  Audience/Reception Studies, Comics Studies, Superheroes

  Dark Horse, DC, definition, Hellboy, Mandrake the Magician, Marvel, morality, Nite Owl, Peter Coogan, Robin Hood, Superheroes, Superman, supervillains, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Incredibles, The Phantom, The Shadow, The Tick, Underdog, Zorro

• The Problem with Vigilantes

  I have to rant.  About Zimmerman.  About superheroes.  About our culture. I was at the gym this morning, on the treadmill, and the wall-mounted televisions were set to a channel called Cozi TV, a channel that is all about syndication and showing you the television programming you grew up on — the kind of stuff […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  July 14, 2013

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Superheroes

  divine retribution, Florida, George Zimmerman, justice, karma, laws, Man of Steel, Phoenix Jones, pulp hero, superhero, Superman, The Lone Ranger, The Man Without A Name, Trayvon Martin, vigilante, vigilantism, Western