Tuesday, June 2, 2015


These book frame comments would follow the reprinting of the First Trio of papers, and are listed in the table of contents as Comments: Follow-up and Hero Cycle. The hero cycle article in this month's posting was never printed even in scifi fandom (title is from a Cordwainer Smith story btw). It is mildly embarrassing to post it, as an edge of bitterness comes through in some spots.  In 2009 a modified version including the diagram was presented at an undergraduate conference at Arizona State University in Tempe, at the invitation of English major Jenny Brundage.  In 2010 it was presented at the Coppercon 30 science fiction convention in Mesa (thanks to programming director Nyki Robertson). The cycle idea and diagram also was presented  in a Phoenix College class on comic book writing (taught by Hershman John), in a presentation on antivillains by myself and fellow student Sarah Price. Later it was applied to the Wonder Woman graphic novel used as a textbook in the class.  That was also not published immediately but just sat in my notes. Then I saw a panel discussion at the 2011 Phoenix Comicon with Kathleen Dunley promoting the website The Comics Grid. I thought they would be interested in the idea and wrote it up to fit their criteria. They eventually accepted it (2012), and it is the first entry of this blog for June 2014.