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...]

Wonder Woman:Transformation, Place and the Body
A discursive study of the ways culture, society and history influence the representations of the body in the comics and media. Wonder Woman is one of the three major superheroes in DC Comics, and possibly the most recognizable of any female costumed hero. [More Details...]