Keyword

comic characters

Description: Comic characters are fictional figures portrayed in comic books or other comic works and examined in literary, cultural, and psychological contexts.

Primary topic: Comics and Graphic Narratives (25%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1114461

OpenAlex ID: keywords/comic-characters

Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms

1993 · William J. Hynes, William G. Doty · 138

The People of Aristophanes

1952 · F. W. Walbank, Victor Ehrenberg · Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism · 105

Marvel Universe looks almost like a real social network

2002 · Alberich, R., Miro-Julia, J., et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 100

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The secret history of Wonder Woman

2015 · Choice Reviews Online · 93

Linguistic Characterization of Old Men in Terence

1979 · Robert Maltby · Classical Philology · 89

The People of Aristophanes. A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy

1944 · Charles T. Murphy, Victor Ehrenberg · The Classical World · 86

The World encyclopedia of comics

1999 · Choice Reviews Online · 80

Aristophanes and Athens: An Introduction to the Plays

1998 · Matthew P. Benjamin, Douglas M. MacDowell · The Classical World · 80

Il linguaggio dei personaggi nelle commedie di Menandro

1939 · L. A. Post, Sergio Zini · The Classical World · 73

Menander's Characters: Their Names, Roles and Masks

1970 · W. Thomas MacCary · Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association · 68

The Spirituality of Comedy: Comic Heroism in a Tragic World

1995 · M. Conrad Hyers · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 65

The Many Faces of the Superworld

2000 · Neil Lambert, Peter West · 64

Wonderwoman and Superman

1992 · John Harris, Max Charlesworth · 64

Ally Sloper: The First Comics Superstar?

2003 · Roger Sabin · University of the Arts London Research Online (University of the Arts London) · 59

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Teaching Chemistry Lab Safety through Comics

2006 · Pasquale Di Raddo · Journal of Chemical Education · 56

How to become a superhero

2007 · Pablo M Gleiser · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment · 55

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The Essential Guide to World Comics

2005 · Tim Pilcher, Brad Brooks · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 54

The Braggart in Renaissance Comedy: A Study in Comparative Drama from Aristophanes to Shakespeare.

1955 · Virgil B. Heltzel, Daniel C. Boughner · Shakespeare Quarterly · 54

An Analysis of Embodiment Among Six Superheroes in Dc Comics

2013 · Edward Avery-Natale · Social Thought and Research · 49

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The encyclopedia of American comics

1991 · Choice Reviews Online · 47

The People of Aristophanes

2009 · Michael Silk · 45

Clowns, Fools and Picaros

2007 · David Robb · BRILL eBooks · 42

Trends in Use of Alcohol and other Substances on Television

1979 · Bradley S. Greenberg, Carlos Fernandez-Collado, et al. · Journal of Drug Education · 42

The learned monk as a comic figure: on reading a Buddhist Vinaya as Indian literature

2007 · Gregory Schopen · Journal of Indian Philosophy · 41

Narrative Humor (I): Enter Perspective

2010 · Jeroen Vandaele · Poetics Today · 39

Works count: 4,842

Citation count: 4,209