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Jacobs, Dale. "Marveling at
The Man Called Nova: Comics as Sponsors of Multimodal Literacy." CCC 59.2
(2007): 180-205.
Abstract:
This essay theorizes the ways
in which comics, and Marvel Comics in particular, acted as sponsors of
multimodal literacy for the author. In doing so, the essay demonstrates the
possibilities that exist in examining comics more closely and in thinking about
how literacy sponsorship happens in multimodal texts.
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