Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies, University of Oregon
Erin Hanna is an Assistant Professor in Department of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon where she teaches classes on media industries, television studies, and fandom. Her book, Only at Comic-Con: Hollywood, Fans, and the Limits of Exclusivity (Rutgers University Press), examines the connection between exclusivity and the proliferation of Hollywood promotion over the history of the San Diego Comic-Con.
Comic-Con@Home: Virtual comics event declared a failure by industry critics, but fans loved it
Sep 09, 2020 06:35 am UTC| Entertainment
With the vast majority of North Americas thousand-plus fan conventions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual conventions (called cons) have been a bright spot for fans in an otherwise bleak year. Although...
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