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31: Paper Girls Show Notes

SHOW NOTES

First Segment

    • The Root of “Nostalgia”
  • “Nostos” Greek for homecoming
  • “Algos” Greek for pain
      • Coined by Johannes Hofer
        • Swiss Doctor 1688 (1678, 1668?)
      • Classified as a disease
      • Pre. Johannes Hofer
        • “El mal de corazón”
      • Possible causes
        • Lenient education
        • Masterbation
        • Eating unusual food
        • Being from the mountains
        • Love (especially the “happy kind”)
    • Modern Nostalgia
      • Nostalgia as a longing
      • A reaction to tumultuous change and revolution
      • Svetlana Boym
      • Nostalgia as a sign of change
    • Brian K Vaughan
  • Paper Girls as a Vaughan exploration

Second Segment

  • The Creators
    • Brian K Vaughan – Write
      • Xmen, Captain America, Dr. Strange, Runaways, Spiderman, Batman Young Justice, Swamp Thing, Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina, The Last Man, Saga
      • Lost
      • Eisner Awards
    • Cliff Chiang – Artist
      • Green Arrow/Black Canary, Wonder Woman, Nightwing, Supergirl
    • Matt Wilson – Colorist
      • Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing, Young Avengers, The Wicked and The Divin
    • Jared K. Fletcher – Letterist
      • Zen Intergalactic Ninja, Xmen, Spider Gwen, Wonder Woman, Thanos, Luke Cage, Hell Break, Ex Machina
  • Announced in January 2015 at the Image Expo
  • Chiang’s Intro to Paper Girls
  • Growing up in 2016 vs Growing up in 1988
  • Vaughan’s Childhood in Cleveland
  • Girls Not Being Defined by the Males Around Them
  • A Mixture of Stand by Me and War of the Worlds
    • Real Kids
    • Honest About the Time Period
  • Planning Ahead
  • Work For Hire v Creator Owned
    • Working for Marvel and DC v Image
  • Stats

Third Segment

  • Not Sure Where the Story is Going
  • Trades vs Monthly Comics
  • Men Creators Writing About Girls
  • Blanket Nostalgia In Culture