Archive for August, 2007

Agatha Christie Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment (iF Magazine)

Posted by on August 23, 2007 * Comments(1)

From the BBC comes the rather unusual news that the works of famed mystery writer Agatha Christie will be adapted in a series of 83 – count ‘em, 83! – graphic novels, the first twelve of which will be released next month to coincide with Agatha Christie Week, September 9-15. –Tony Whitt [My officemate, Eden, […]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics    

‘Batgirl’ flap reopens debate over sexism in comic books (Nashua Telegraph)

Posted by on August 23, 2007 * Comments(2)

So why the sexism charge? Well, originally the book was solicited with the 1967 cover to “The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl” on the front, a standard shot of Batgirl running toward the reader with the Dynamic Duo reacting in the background. But when the book arrived, another cover had been selected – the first […]

category: Comics, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics    

Animator vs. Animation (alanbecker)

Posted by on August 14, 2007 * Comments(0)

[Flash animation of stick figure vs. cursor. From Toby. BK]

category: Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics, Technology    

Simulated Relationships Offer Insight Into Real Ones (Science Daily)

Posted by on August 11, 2007 * Comments(0)

Vicary and Fraley modeled their study on a 1979 Random House interactive fiction series, “Choose Your Own Adventure,” which allowed the reader to select from multiple options at critical points in the story. Each choice directed the reader to a new scenario. This approach appealed to the researchers because earlier studies of individual behavior in […]

category: Health, Popular Culture, Rhetoric and Poetics