Le genre des monstres dans American Horror Story, trouble dans l’horreur

Television schedules are rife with Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. The re-launched Doctor Who and its prime-time Saturday night stablemate, Merlin spearhead the rise of contemporary British Telefantasy (Being Human, Misfits et al.). Meanwhile, their American equivalents attract audiences of millions, extensive media attention and, since Peter Dinklage’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning performance in Game of Thrones, widespread critical acclaim through mainstream industry awards. Histories of “quality” television are awash with examples of American Telefantasy that have left an indelible impression on popular cultural (and even socio-political) imaginaries; Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, and Battlestar Galactica all being enduringly popular examples. As American television networks prepare to launch their all-important “Fall” schedules, ushering in a new year of programming, it is evident that Telefantasy will continue to garner its fair share of TV viewers’ attention – whether due to hotly-anticipated debuts (666 Park Avenue, Arrow, The Neighbors, Revolution), finales (Fringe), provocative content (American Horror Story, True Blood, The Walking Dead, or a general capacity to entertain, bewitch or amuse (Community), Falling Skies, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, Supernatural).

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Legenda o nieświętym Wrocławiu Łukasza Orbitowskiego

Literatura i Kultura Popularna ◽

10.19195/0867-7441.22.6 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

pp. 91-100

Author(s):

Kamila Augustyn

Keyword(s):

Crime Drama ◽

Horror Story ◽

The City ◽

The Way

Legend of NotHoly Wrocław by Łukasz OrbitowskiThis article aims to show how Luke Orbitowski shapes the image of the city in his novel Święty Wrocław “Holy Wroclaw”. Analysis of tokens that build the image of the city, their meaning, the way of reference abstract or real and astriking emotional impression allows the reader to specify the function of the city, and answer the question about what differs presented visions of Wroclaw in the horror story novel by Orbitowski and the crime drama in the style of noir by Marek Krajewski.

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Interview with Hannah Berry

European Comic Art ◽

10.3167/eca.2021.140105 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 69-88

Author(s):

Ann Miller

Keyword(s):

United Kingdom ◽

Graphic Novels ◽

Financial Hardship ◽

The Political ◽

Fake News ◽

Current Role ◽

Political Research ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Horror Story ◽

Conditions Of Work

In this interview, the Brighton-based comics artist Hannah Berry discuses her current role as Comics Laureate, which has included the commissioning of a survey into the conditions of work of comics artists in the United Kingdom and has demonstrated the financial hardship that most of them endure. She also talks about the importance of mentoring, organising work around childcare, and how she came to produce a weekly strip for the New Statesman. The interview then focuses on Berry’s three published graphic novels, touching on the influence of films, the tension between storytelling and play with the codes of the medium, the use of gutters and text as elements in a horror story, comics as a corrective to fake news, and the political research that underlies satire.

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