Category: G.I. Joe

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“Pizza Dog” and The Innovative Storytelling of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s “Hawkeye” #11

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Over the past few semesters I’ve taught various comics in my courses. Last fall, I used EC Comics from the 1950s in my composition class, and when students read these books they encountered what I would call “traditional” comics that relied heavily of distinct panels and layouts in conjunction with both narrative text and speech bubbles. Some of these stories broke with convention, having panels that … Read More “Pizza Dog” and The Innovative Storytelling of Matt Fraction and David Aja’s “Hawkeye” #11

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Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

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Last January, I picked up the G.I. Joe Compendium Volume 1, which contains the first fifty issues of the series from March 1982 to May 1986. As a kid, I didn’t collect comics, but when I saw a G.I. Joe comic or a Transformers comic on the rack at a grocery store, I’d pick it up. The compendium has been the first time I’ve read … Read More Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

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