Natalie Sheppard

Recent M.A. graduate, taking advantage of my time off to read, write, travel, and chill with my cat. I like Comics and Russian literature. Sometimes I write about that stuff.

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Comics 38	Dante and Swamp Thing’s Journey Through Purgatory Roughly one year ago, I wrote an article about the similarities between Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing and... Natalie Sheppard Apr 5, 2015
Comics 22	Dante and Swamp Thing’s Journey Through “Inferno” I took a class last semester during which we read the entirety of Dante's Divine Comedy. It was the first... Natalie Sheppard Apr 13, 2014

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The Dystopia We Know in Welcome to Night Vale and Kakos Industry

Welcome to Night Vale and Kakos Industries are both podcasts styled off of town or company announcements in fictional places. Both also feature strong elements of dystopia, but in both podcasts these elements are embraced and normalized. It's also interesting to note that in both podcasts, traditionally positive imagery is subverted and made evil, such as the "smiling god" in WTNV. This article would focus on what this means for things we believe to be dystopian or utopian and good or evil.

This would be a fascinating topic - it might be worth looking at how they're podcasts influences the way they communicate these subversions of good and evil too. – Hannah Spencer 10 years ago
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Russian Influences on The Grisha Trilogy

Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy is set in a fantasy world loosely but obviously based on Russia. I'd like to write a detailed article about how exactly Russia influenced the world of Ravka, aside from the obvious aesthetic similarities, I'd like to look at the use of symbols to establish that connection, as well as the history and culture Bardugo was influenced by in constructing her actual story.

I might be good to discuss the Grisha trilogy's relationship to modern literature and pop culture. How does it in to certain genre or thematic guidelines to attract wider audiences? – Thomas Munday 10 years ago
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Apr 13, 2015 Natalie Sheppard Understandable, but Swamp Thing is widely regarded as genius.	Dante and Swamp Thing's Journey Through Purgatory
Apr 13, 2015 Natalie Sheppard I will!	Dante and Swamp Thing's Journey Through Purgatory
Apr 8, 2015 Natalie Sheppard Swamp Thing is definitely one of the most intriguing characters in DC’s arsenal.	Dante and Swamp Thing's Journey Through Purgatory
Apr 8, 2015 Natalie Sheppard You’re welcome! I find that even when comics are “just” those things, they can still tell us a lot about our cultural values.	Dante and Swamp Thing's Journey Through Purgatory
Apr 8, 2015 Natalie Sheppard The 80s produced some of my favorite and least favorite comics, it seems everything was either really good or just terrible. As opposed to the 90s when everything was just awful.	Dante and Swamp Thing's Journey Through Purgatory
Apr 7, 2015 Natalie Sheppard Loved the article, and though I haven’t read the book I can’t help but think someone like Tarantino might do great things with it.	Blood Meridian: What Makes a Book “Unfilmable?”
Apr 7, 2015 Natalie Sheppard Sandman was actually inspired in part by Moore’s Swamp Thing, so that’s an apt observation.	Dante and Swamp Thing's Journey Through Purgatory
Apr 3, 2015 Natalie Sheppard The batfamily and rogue’s gallery are honestly the best part of the batman universe. Robin has always been vastly more interesting (to me, anyway) than Bruce himself. Well done.	The History of Robin: The Significance of Superhero Sidekicks

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