Daniel Stein
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Fanboy Auteurs in Comics
Great post, Maria. It seems to be no coincidence that Whedon has recently been involved with a number of comics-related productions. I'd say that the fanboy auteur (including the subtext you mention) has perhaps been the most significant author role/ ... -
It seems to me that comics
It seems to me that comics and film/television share a production process that involves many people in different functions and thus makes conventional/romantic notions of authorship problematic. Auteur theory, I'd say, is one way of getting the singu ... -
Social stupidity?
Thanks for this sensitive post! If I get your argumentation right, you are implying that the metaserial intelligence of current American TV series (especially so-called "quality television") is accompanied by a kind of "social stupidity&quo ... -
Disfigured By a Spork!
Thanks, Shane, for your insightfult comments, to which I absolutely agree. It's significant that the Batman in the Key of Awesome spoof answers "several versions" instead of "several times," which emphasizes not just the repetitiv ... -
Narratological Amateur Iconologists?
Thanks, Frank and Jason, for your perceptive commentary. I think you are right to point out that there is an important difference between a parody of a whole series and the parody of one specific iteration of a serial figure. I would, however, argue that ... -
Putting More Make-Up On
Thanks for this fabulous and inspiring post. I think that the Joker's taunt "I have taken off my makeup- let's see if you can take off yours" is instructive because it misrecognizes the actual logic of serial figures, which tend to app ... -
Continuity Violations
Your point about the Joker's self-reflexive understanding of the logic of proliferation makes sense. And you're also right about Vicky Vale's knowledge of Batman's civilian identity, which was one of Burton's "violations" ... -
Flatter Serial Characters
Thanks for this highly insightful post, which made me think about the shows in which viewer-inferred character interiority doesn't work as well or perhaps isn't intended to the same degree as it is in Breaking Bad. I'm thinking, for insta ...