Empirical Research on the Interpretation & Influence of the Comic Arts

Henderson State University 1100 Henderson St. #7604 Arkadelphia, AR  71999

Faculty Researchers

Dr. Travis Langley, Professor of Psychology
 
Dr. Randy Duncan, Professor of Communication

Students

HSU Comics Club The Workday Comic staff
Comics as Communication class  ♥  Comics & Psychology class
♠  Psychology in Literature students  ♦

 

Recent Comics Research Presentations

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2008

Comics Arts Conference (Comic-Con)

 

Duncan, R., & Langley, T. (2008, July). Capes and Tights, Caps and Gowns. Panel to be presented at the Comics Arts Conference, Comic-Con International. San Diego, California.

The Workday Comic: Not Just One Third of a 24-Hour Comic, by N. Langley & N. Smith.

The ERIICA Project: Empirical Research on the Interpretation and Influence of the Comic Arts, by J. Poole.

Who Wants to Analyze a Superhero? by M. Head, R. O'Nale, & E. Ash.

Home Is Where the Hulk Is: Comic Book Convention Bolsters Fans' Self-Esteem, by T. Sepe, T. Cash, & K. Hill

Desperately Seeking Blair Butler, by C. L. Cate, A. Langley, & J. Poole.

Respondent D. Fingeroth.     

 

Proposed posters:

Ash, E. Enslaved by the Freedom to Live: A Look at the Motives of the Martian Manhunter.

Cash, T. Time-Tossed Patriots: The Winter Soldier's Discontent.

Cate, C. L. Hello Kitty, Good-Bye Batman.

Head, M. Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts with More Flair: The God Complex and Issues of Narcissism and Deindividuation in Ohba & Obata's "Death Note".

Langley, N. Beside Himself: The Minds of Jamie Madrox.

O'Nale, R. Desolation and Isolation in the Protagonists of Warren Ellis.

Poole, J. Minimizing the Maxx.

Sepe, T. Devil's Deal: Trading Fear for Guilt.

Shurtleff, J. Living without Life: Who Are the Walking Dead?

Ward, N. The Replacement Hero.

 

Arkansas Academy of Science

 

Cate, C. L, Langley, N., Poole, J, & Langley, T. (2008, April). Home Is Where the Hulk Is: Comic Book Convention Bolsters Fans’ Self Esteem. Presented at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Science. Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

 

O’Nale, R., Ash, E., Head, M., Sepe, T., Muasau, S., & Langley, T. (2008, April). The ERIICA Project: Empirical Research on the Interpretation & Influence of the Comic Arts. Presented at the annual meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Science. Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

 

Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference

 

Poole, J., & Langley, T. (2008, April). How Heavy Is That Cape? Challenges in Empirical Assessment of Comics' Influence and Fans' Behavior. Panel presented at Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference. Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Ethnographic Study of Popular Culture in Comic Arts, by N. Langley.

Who Wants to Analyze a Superhero? by E. Ash, M. Head, & R. O’Nale.

Home Is Where the Hulk Is: Comic Book Convention Bolsters Fans' Self-Esteem, by T. Sepe, J. Shurtleff, T. Cash, & N. Ward.

Fickleness and Fascination: Findings from Interviews with Fans, Professionals, and Professional Fans, by C. L. Cate, N. Langley, & J. Poole.

Batman Behind Bars: Simultaneous vs. Sequential Assessment of Inmates' and Students' Life Views, by S. Muasau.

 

Posters presented at AURC (2008, April):

Ash. E. Alienation and Identification: Survivor Guilt's Impact on a Shapeshifting Telepathic Extraterrestrial.

Cash, T. New America, New Captain.

Head, M. Power Corrupts, Absolute Power Corrupts with More Flair: The God Complex and Issues of Narcissism and Deindividuation in Ohba & Obata's "Death Note".

Langley, N. Beside Himself: The Minds of Jamie Madrox.

Leach, A. This Cat Only Has Two Lives – That’s All She Needs: A Psychological Analysis of Catwoman.

Poole. J. For Her I Can be a HERO!!! A Psychological Analysis of The Maxx.

Schimenti, D. Forged in Hellfire: An Analysis of Todd McFarlane's Spawn.

Sepe, T. Devil's Deal: Trading Fear for Guilt.

Shurtleff, J. Living without Life: Who Are the Walking Dead?

Vincent, B. The Punisher's War: With Them or Himself?

Ward, N. The Replacement Hero.

Comics Arts Conference (WonderCon)

Langley, T. (2008, February). How Heavy Is That Cape? Challenges in Empirical Assessment of Comics' Influence and Fans' Behavior. Panel presented at the Comics Arts Conference, WonderCon. San Francisco, California.
Who Wants to Analyze a Superhero? by N. Langley & J. Poole.

There's No Place Like Oz: Comic Book Convention Bolsters Fans' Self-Esteem, by T. Sepe & M. Head.

Waiting for No One, Part 1: Identifying the Rewards, by A. Langley & K. Hill.

Waiting for No One, Part 2: Temporal Distortion and Goal Devaluation, by C. L. Cate & J. Shurtleff.

Overview, by R. O'Nale.

Langley, N. (2008, February). The Workday Comic: Day One. Presented at the Comics Arts Conference, WonderCon. San Francisco, California.

Langley, T. (2008, February). The Shadow of the Bat: A Multi-Modal Psychological Assessment of Bruce (Batman) Wayne. Presented in The Psychology of Super-Heroes session at the Comics Arts Conference, WonderCon. San Francisco, California.

O'Nale, R. O. (2008, February). Eisner, Kirby, Barks . . . Al Hartley? Presented at the Comics Arts Conference, WonderCon. San Francisco, California.

2007

Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference

Langley, N., & Duncan, R. (2007, April). The Workday Comic: Adapting the 24-Hour Comic to an Academic Setting. Presented at the annual Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference. Arkadelphia, Arkansas.

Comics Arts Conference (Comic-Con)

Langley, N., Andrada, M., Catalfu, C., Combs, W. S., Geranios, P., Moran, J. K., & Stover, K. (2007, July). The Culture of Popular Things: Ethnographic Examinations of Comic-Con 2007, panel discussion led by M. J. Smith with respondent M. Pustz. Presented at the annual Comics Arts Conference, Comic-Con International. San Diego, California. (HSU student Langley participated in this Wittenberg University panel.)

 

Langley, T. (2007, July). Freedom versus Security: The Basic Human Dilemma from 9/11 to Marvel’s Civil War. Presented at the Comics Arts Conference. Comic-Con International. San Diego, California.

Comic Arts Conference (WonderCon)

Duncan, R. (2007, March). Presentation on Jack Kirby in The Duck Man and The King panel presented at the Comic Arts Conference, WonderCon. San Francisco, California.

O'Nale, R. (2007, March). Presentation on exceptionalism in Reconsidering Superheroics panel presented at the Comic Arts Conference, WonderCon. San Francisco, California.

(Yes, it was the Comic Arts Conference that time, not Comics plural.)

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