Riverdale : a comic book turned hit TV show, a comic strip turned murder mystery, a town that is both nowhere and everywhere.

The past 20 years have seen the rise of the once-humble television series to new heights of popular success and critical estimation. Given this rise, this book asks if and how contemporary scripted television and web series can be read as a form of literature.

We invite abstracts for an edited collection investigating the theoretical, empirical and instructional aspects of what can be envisioned as visual pedagogies, offering classic, creative, and contemporary re-workings of these paradigms. The book will be divided into three complementary sections with an editor in charge of each.

Edited by Jonathan Cohn and Phil Scepanski Abstracts/Proposals (300 words) due December 10th.

The edited collection, Familial Influences on Superheroes , will examine the role that the family plays on the development of the superhero as portrayed in radio, comics, graphic novels, television series, and feature films.  Many superheroes have experienced the trauma of losing (a) parent(s), which sets them apart from others.

Calls for Chapter Proposals: Transmedia Storytelling in Asia and Pacific Region.

Edited by Alyson R. Buckman, Juliette C. Kitchens, and Katherine A. Troyer Co-editors Alyson R. Buckman, Juliette C. Kitchens, and Katherine A. Troyer invite proposals or completed, previously unpublished essays for a scholarly anthology on the representation of trauma, memory, and disability in the works of Joss Whedon.

Call for Papers:#Resist: Protest and Resistance Media in Brexit Britain and Trump-era USA (edited volume, Rowman and Littlefield) Editors: Dr Giuliana Monteverde and Dr Victoria McCollum (Ulster University) We invite abstracts for chapters that explore protest and resistance in relation to Brexit Britain and the Trump-era United States.

Call for chapter proposals Moments in Television: Complexity/Simplicity ; Epic/Everyday ; Sound/Image ; Substance/Style Deadline for chapter proposals 19th November 2018   Part of The Television Series, Manchester University Press Series editors: Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock

The “quality” and “post-quality” television moments of the early twenty-first century have resulted in a number of television shows that engage with gender in interesting ways, some advancing critiques of feminism or post-feminism ( UnReal, The Handmaid’s Tale ), others offering new ways of thinking about genderqueer and transitioning individuals ( Transparent, RuPaul’s Drag Race ), and still others thinking about gender at the