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Science fiction parody in Don Rosa’s ”Attack of the Hideous Space-Varmints"

2016

This article concentrates on the comic “Attack of the Hideous Space Varmints” (1997) by Disney artist Don Rosa. The comic deals with Earthlings who invade the territory of one-eyed aliens. The aim is to study Rosa’s comic from a parodic perspective: how Rosa uses science fiction tropes characteristic to the 1950s cinema and comics and ridicules them. My methods consist of close reading followed by formalist comic analysis. While doing so, I also utilize the concept of metalepsis. The analysis will be supported by theoretical works on science fiction and the postmodern view of parody. One important source is Kimmo Ahonen’s recent doctoral dissertation concerning invasion films that offers ba…

Journalistinen komiikka : teoreettisia ja käytännöllisiä avauksia

2012

Naurettavan vakavaa : Yhdysvallat Jari Elsilän pilapiirroksissa

2007