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Dr Joan Ormrod

UK Romance Comics: Fantasy and Pop Music in the Teenage Wasteland
Developing my work in surfing, I examine the ways pop music was promoted in UK romance comics of the 1950s. Drawing upon Dr Mel Gibson's work into women comics readers, I explore how fan practices were developed within the 1950s and 60s comics. [More Details...]