[ecrea] Call for Chapters: Spider-Man, Spider-Women, and Webspinners: Critical Perspectives

>Call for Essays:  Spider-Man, Spider-Women, and 
>Webspinners: Critical Perspectives
>
>Edited by Robert G. Weiner and Robert Moses Peaslee
>
>When Stan Lee and Steve Ditko first penned a 
>short story about a young man named Peter Parker 
>who gets bit by a radioactive spider and becomes 
>the hero known as Spider-Man, little did they 
>know they would be creating the most popular 
>super-hero in history (next to Batman).  Like 
>most "happy accidents," the creation of 
>Spider-Man almost did not happen.  It was 
>initially a throw away a story in a magazine that was getting cancelled anyway.
>
>Stan Lee and Steve Ditko had hit upon a 
>character that was different from all the others 
>and one that everyone could relate to. Peter 
>Parker (Spider-Man's alter ego) was a teenager 
>who had money/girl/family problems that he 
>continued to struggle with even though he 
>had  "amazing" powers. He was in high school and 
>had to learn some hard lessons of life. When 
>Parker first got his powers, he used them to 
>make money and get fame. But when he failed to 
>stop a burglar who would eventually kill his 
>Uncle Ben in a robbery attempt, he learned that 
>"with great power, comes great responsibility." 
>Since Stan Lee wrote those words in 1962, they 
>have become the most quoted comic book words in 
>history and have served as a cautionary note 
>pertinent far beyond the boundaries of the comic or film frame.
>
>Since 1962, there have been no less than 10 
>different titles featuring Spider-Man, 5 
>different animated series, a live action series, 
>animated movies, a live action series in Japan, 
>and 3 very successful movies grossing a total of 
>$2.4 billion and breaking box office records
>
>The editors are seeking articles of around 
>4-6,000 words discussing the phenomena of 
>Spider-Man or its off-shoots related to the 
>comics, films, animated series, games, television series, history etc.
>
>Some possible topics to be addressed include (but are not limited to):
>
>·      The real meaning of "with great power 
>comes great responsibility" and Uncle Ben's life and influence on Peter Parker
>·      Dr. Octopus almost marrying Aunt May
>·      May Day Parker, Spider-Girl and the alternate universe
>·      Spider-Girl as a fan driven title
>·      J. Jonah Jameson and his hatred of Spider-Man
>·      Spider-Woman the first female off shoot
>·      The various Spider-Girls
>·      How did Amazing Fantasy 15 change the world?
>·      The Death of Aunt May
>·      The Clone Saga
>·      The various Spidey costumes: Black, Red/Blue/Maroon
>·      Venom and Carnage: Why did these 
>particular villains become the most popular of all Spidey villains?
>·      Spider-Man's role in Civil War
>·      The Gwen Stacy affair
>·      Spider-Man's uneasy relationship with the police
>·      The Green Goblin (Norman Osborne) and his 
>love/hate relationship with Peter Parker
>·      The various Goblins: Green 
>Goblin1&2/Hobgoblin/Demigoblin (What ties them together? Differences?)
>·      The artistic style of Steve Ditko
>·      The roots of Spider-Man (The old pulp hero The Spider)
>·      The writing of Gerry Conway
>·      The art of John Romita Sr. and John Romita Jr. on Spider-Man
>·      The New Fantastic Four-Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Hulk, and Wolverine
>·      The relationship between Madame Web and Spider-Man
>·      Spider-Man's role in the New Avengers
>·      The work of J. Michael Straczynski on the title
>·      How did Todd McFarlane change the 
>Spider-Man world both through his art and writing?
>·      The first Marvel/DC crossover-Spider-Man meets Superman
>·      Why was the live action Spider-Man television series a big flop?
>·      Spider-Man 2099-A different kind of Spider-Man
>·      Comparisons between Nicholas Hammond and Tobey McGuire as Peter Parker
>·      What kind of creative licenses did the 
>movies take that differ from the sequential art stories? How were they similar?
>·      Zombie Spider-Man
>·      Mary Jane comics and novels: teen romance in the Spider-Man world
>·      Spider-Man as an ideal children's hero
>·      Spider-Man fan films and fiction
>·      Spider-Man as an ethical gauge for human behavior
>·       One of the first Super-Hero record 
>albums: Spiderman: Rock Reflections of a Superhero
>·      The Scarlet Spider-who is he? What is his role in the Spidey universe?
>·      The Ultimate Spider-Man: What are the 
>similarities and differences between the 
>Ultimate version of the writing of Brian Michael Bendis on Ultimate Spider-Man
>·      Spidey Super Stories: An experiment in reading for children
>·      Spider-Man overseas?  Why do the 
>Europeans love Spider-Man as much as the 
>Americans? What is his universal appeal?
>·      Mattie Franklin (Spider-Woman 3) and her 
>relationship to J. Jonah Jameson as a surrogate father
>·      Peter Parker's sister?
>·      The Red Skull and the killing of Peter-Parker's parents
>·       Spider-related groups and societies: Spider Society; Webcorps
>·       Kraven the Hunter and his desire to be like the Spider
>·       J.M. DeMatties and the death of Kraven the Hunter
>·      The Vulture: A senior citizen as a villain
>·      The relationship between Captain America and Spider-Man
>·      Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends an 
>animated series featuring Firestar and Ice-Man
>·      The Spider-Man family of heroes
>·      John Jameson and the Man-Wolf
>·      The Transformers: Spidey meets a Hasbro trademark
>·      The upcoming Spider-Man movie reboot
>·      Spider-Man as a barometer of the various 
>historical periods in which he appears.
>·      The psychoanalytic aspects of Spider-Man, Peter, Mary Jane, etc.
>·      Spider-Man, Marvel, and the structure of the entertainment industry
>·      Spider-Man as ideology or counter-ideology
>·      Spider-Man, -Woman fandom and audience practice
>·      Spider-Man online
>·      Spider-Man as an urban (or particularly a New York) dweller
>
>Please send 200 word abstracts by November 1st 2010 to:
>
>Rob Weiner
>(Rob.weiner /at/ ttu.edu)
>
>Final papers will be due December 1st 2010. 
>Please note the submission of an essay does NOT 
>necessarily mean publication in the volume.  The 
>editors are striving to put together as tight a 
>collection as possible with many diverse 
>viewpoints covering all aspects of Spider-Man's career.
>
>Authors are also expected to follow the editor's 
>style guide and be willing to have their work edited.
>Thank you
>
>Robert Moses Peaslee
>Department of Electronic Media and Communications
>Texas Tech University
>
>Rob Weiner
>Texas Tech University Library
>
>Editors
>

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