Comic Books Still a Viable Entertainment Medium

Share: Since the format was invented in the early 1930s, comic books have been an important medium in American entertainment and demand for comics remains high. According to Diamond Comics Distributors, the nation’s largest comic book distributor in North America, the company distributed over $517 million worth of comics, magazines and trade paperbacks last year, up 9 percent from the previous year. It isn’t just comic books themselves that are drawing people’s attention. Movies adapted from comic books generate millions of dollars at the box …

Women in Film: Underrepresented and Oversexualized

Share: A recent study, amongst a series of four performed in the last decade, shows a decrease of women represented in film, along with a simultaneous increased pervasiveness of sexualization and objectification of women and girls. The study report, entitled ”Gender Inequality in 500 Popular Films”, was conducted by four professors of the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California (USC), and focused on gender in 100 top grossing films from the years 2007 to 2012. The USC study’s emphasis was on …