Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes
Alexandra Page Alberda,
Julia Round
Abstract:This editorial introduces the special collection Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes. The collection brings together papers demonstrating differing perspectives, especially in how comics artists employ different genres, tropes, and symbolism, particularly relating to the Gothic. The articles in this collection draw attention to the flexibility of the comics medium, demonstrating its suitability to convey affect and to frame deeply personal stories wi… Show more
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