Arktische Superhelden: Strukturelle Parodie in Simon Schwartz’ Packeis

• Published in: Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies
• Main Author: Haenlein, Felix
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 2020
• Subjects: Literature and Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; North Pole; Henson; Arktis*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/seminar.56.3-4.03; https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/seminar.56.3-4.03

This close reading of Packeis demonstrates how the graphic novel does not attempt to correct the injustices that occurred to North Pole researcher Matthew Henson simply by retelling his version of the story. Instead, the comic structurally parodies the processes of those who have informed the discou...