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Hypersexualized avatars; or, how to bring old media questions to new media worlds Oct 21, 2011

I keep running into this question, such that it feels like it is making a resurgence: concerns about the sexualization of avatars, in both comics, graphic novels, and video games. Here is a pointed discussion on Racalicious about a video … Continue reading

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The Digitization of Comic Books… only without the heroes and villains Jun 29, 2011

Venturing again into an example I do not know enough about, I wanted to recommend this Wired article on how the comics industry has been managing the shift to digital formats and distribution. The title, “The iPad Could Revolutionize the … Continue reading

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