Spreading fun: Comic zombies, Joker viruses and COVID-19 jokes
This article examines the interplay between humour, science and pandemics in culture.
Asking what comic scenarios of infectious diseases look like in different media, the article …
Asking what comic scenarios of infectious diseases look like in different media, the article …
FROM CALIGARI TO JOKER: the clown prince of crime's psychopathic science
From the very beginning of his adventures in the DC universe, the Joker has been
associated with science, particularly (bio) chemistry and microbiology. Exploring some …
associated with science, particularly (bio) chemistry and microbiology. Exploring some …
The Dionysian clown in movies: the Homicidal Joker in the Dark Knight (2008), Batman the Killing Joke (2016) and Joker (2019)
H Belkhiri - Comedy Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The Clown, as a comic archetype, has been demonically possessed by killer clown culture.
The latter had produced, all whilst subverting the erotic Greek clowning of satyr plays …
The latter had produced, all whilst subverting the erotic Greek clowning of satyr plays …
Laughing Gas and Involuntary Laughter in The Chimes
L Liu - The Explicator, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Charles Dickens employs laughing gas in The Chimes (1844) in an analogy to describe the
smile of his working-class protagonist, Toby (“Trotty”) Veck. When Toby's daughter, Meg …
smile of his working-class protagonist, Toby (“Trotty”) Veck. When Toby's daughter, Meg …
Batman and the World of Tomorrow: Yesterday's Technological Future in the Animated Film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
AS Jürgens - Animation, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Examining facets of modernist visions of our technological future and of theatricalized city
and stage spaces in the 1993 animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, this article …
and stage spaces in the 1993 animated film Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, this article …