The Politics of Circularity in Todd Phillips’s Joker (2019) by Guillaume Mouleux

“…The point of this essay is to establish how circularity allows the film to deliver both macro- and micro-political statements, not only addressing issues relevant to society as a whole but also asserting against all odds the film’s place in the official canon of DC Comics. Paradoxically, the process of circularity also contributes to blur the message, resulting in major misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the film in the public sphere.…”
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The Cutting Edge of Comics: Destructive Technologies in Morrison and Quitely’s We3 by Isabelle Licari-Guillaume

“…In We3, a 2004-5 miniseries published by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely dramatize the motif of tearing within a narrative that features extreme violence and the destruction of bodies. …”
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