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Beers Fägersten, Kristy. "Why Humour?." Comics Studies x Gender Studies. Schnittmengen von Forschung, Lehre und Praxis – Intersections of Research, Teaching, and Practice. Eds. Marina Rauchenbacher, Katharina Serles and Naomi Lobnig. Comicstudien. Berlin u. Boston: de Gruyter, 2025. 155–66. Added by: joachim (28/08/2025, 11:03) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English DOI: 10.1515/9783110775754-020 BibTeX citation key: BeersFagersten2025 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Gender, Humor, Sweden Creators: Beers Fägersten, Lobnig, Rauchenbacher, Serles Publisher: de Gruyter (Berlin u. Boston) Collection: Comics Studies x Gender Studies. Schnittmengen von Forschung, Lehre und Praxis – Intersections of Research, Teaching, and Practice |
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The focus of this book is comics, while this chapter in particular focuses on the connection between comics and humor. While it might seem self-evident to some that comics are (or can be) comical, many comics scholars are keen to disabuse the general public of this very notion as the generic term comics continues to be used to refer even to serious, tragic, or violent works in a range of genres such as history, fantasy, and autobiography. As the field of comics studies expands and is taken ever more seriously, the kind of comic art studied seems to move ever further away from humorous comics. As a result, the comic of comics studies is vulnerable to diminishing in relevance. By addressing the question “Why humor?” this chapter aims to assert the importance of including humorous comics in serious comics studies, addressing the role of humor at the intersection of comics and gender, and considering what any expectations of humor imposed by the comics medium mean for comical vs. non-comical storytelling. This chapter explores verbal humor in particular as a strategy for highlighting critical issues of gender in comics, demonstrating how theories of humor can be applied to the linguistic analysis of such comics. The intersection of gender and humor is exemplified in a selection of single-panel comics by three prominent feminist creators from Sweden.
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