19 research outputs found
Maps to Arkham
No full textBlurb from Publisher: Prepare to embark on an extraordinary voyage through the enigmatic realm of H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham in this innovative chapbook. Crafted through a unique blend of artistic expression and technology, this daring work introduces readers to a captivating fusion of maps—concrete poems created by Lovecraft’s texts—and fragments of original poetry.
This isn’t your typical homage to Lovecraft; it’s a profound investigation into the mysteries surrounding his most infamous fictional city. While it offers insights into the city’s mythos, it also fearlessly challenges and satirizes the legacy of the renowned writer. Rather than celebrating Lovecraft, this exceptional sequence of poems delves into his idiosyncrasies, unconventional love life, and career failures, shedding new light on his persona and the world he created.
Maps to Arkham is a must-read for anyone intrigued by Lovecraftian lore and those who crave a fresh perspective on the enigmatic author himself
Reminiscencja "Azylu Arkham" Granta Morrisona i Dave'a McKeana
No full textThe author of the article "The Neurotic Knight. Reminiscing on Grant Morrison's and Dave McKean's Arkham Asylum" wishes to present modern reflections on the genesis of one of the most popular comic books about Batman. To this end, he recalls the diegesis of the cultural work, which takes into account the originality of the story, the perception of the graphic novel, as well as directly references the thoughts of the authors, Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. Particular focus is put on the therapeutic function of the comic, a theme which was discussed in the scholarship of i.a. Janina Scarlet. The character of Batman and his antagonists were portrayed in Arkham Asylum in a groundbreaking, very symbolic way, which at the same time imbued the reader with a sense of dread. Thirty years after the publication, the author of the article reminisces on Morrison's and McKean's work, drawing upon modern research methods and pop- cultural references alike
City - hero - idea : postmodern identities in "Batman : Arkham City"
No full textArtykuł jest próbą zwrócenia uwagi na postmodernistyczne tendencje towarzyszące kreowaniu przestrzeni w grach wideo. Analiza miasta Arkham (Batman: Arkham City, 2011) jako wirtualnego przykładu miasta-idei pozwala na zbadanie, w jaki sposób w jego strukturze manifestują się ponowoczesne mechanizmy tożsamościowe oraz w jaki sposób korespondują one z przestrzenią dzisiejszego miasta. Szczególny nacisk zostaje położony zarówno na podobieństwa warstwy architektoniczno-estetycznej gry i struktur miejskich, jak i na wzajemne oddziaływanie jednostki oraz otaczającego ją środowiska.The aim of the article is to present how space in the modern video game is under the significant influence of postmodern tendencies. The analysis of Arkham City (Batman: Arkham City, 2011), as an example of a virtual city-idea, allows the author to explore the contemporary identity strategies which are hidden in the city structure. Moreover, the scrutiny of these strategies has been placed in the wider context of the experience of the present-day city. Its emphasis is on not only the aesthetic/architectonic parallels, but also the mutual influence of the individual and his living space
'His madness held no affinity': reimagining Arkham Asylum
No full textThe Gothic madhouse present in H. P. Lovecraft’s fiction is not a dimly lit padded cell situated in a former manor house. Rather, Lovecraft gives little description to his mental hospitals, which is curious given the many narrators who end up in such institutions. Twenty-first century popular culture, on the other hand, enjoys a fascination with the madhouse as a physical space associated with criminality, monstrosity, and themes of imprisonment. Though the figures encountered within Batman’s Arkham may be inspired by the horror of Lovecraft’s Weird tales, it is striking that the solitary name of a fictional landscape proves so enduring beyond, and in addition to, the mythos of its original author. As a means of exposing the negative portrayals of mental illness inherent within twenty-first century reimagining’s of Arkham Asylum, namely its portrayal throughout the Batman media franchise, this article compares the depiction of asylums in two fictions by Lovecraft: “Beyond the Wall of Sleep” (1919), and “The Thing on the Doorstep” (1933) alongside Grant Morrison and Dave McKean’s Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (1989), and Dan Slott’s serial Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2004). I argue that a wilful misremembering of historical madhouse regimes occurs within modern and contemporary appropriations of Lovecraft’s asylum setting. Unlike the Batman comics, Lovecraft’s tales show the sinister and hidden machinations of the asylum without depicting it as a violent, haunted, or necessarily horrific space
The Solar Pons omnibus
No full textThe Solar Pons Omnibus is a collection of detective fiction stories by author August Derleth. The set collects all of the Solar Pons stories of August Derleth. The stories are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are arranged by their internal chronology, rather than by the date of their release. The stories had earlier appeared under the Arkham House imprint of Mycroft & Moran
Abu Daun Bambu Sebagai Bahan Subtitusi Semen Terhadap Kinerja Beton Normal
No full textHasil pembakaran daun bambu akan menghasilkan abu yang mengandung silika (SiO2) yaitu suatu bahan yang juga ada pada semen. Silika berfungsi sebagai pengikat material penyusun beton. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui karakteristik beton yang optimal dengan variasi penambahan abu daun bambu. Beton dirancang dengan mutu beton fc’20 MPa dengan variasi penambahan abu daun bambu 0%, 8%, 12%, dan 16% dari campuran semen. Pengujian kuat tekan beton dilakukan pada umur 7 dan 28 hari berbentuk silinder ukuran 10 cm x 20 cm dan pengujian kuat lentur beton dilakukan pada umur 28 hari berbentuk balok ukuran 15 cm x 15 cm x 60 cm. Dari hasil pengujian diperoleh bahwa beton yang optimal terdapat pada variasi penambahan abu daun bambu 8% dengan kuat tekan dan kuat lentur beton sebesar 11,51 MPa dan 2,12 MP
Abu Daun Bambu Sebagai Bahan Subtitusi Semen Terhadap Kinerja Beton Normal
No full textHasil pembakaran daun bambu akan menghasilkan abu yang mengandung silika (SiO2) yaitu suatu bahan yang juga ada pada semen. Silika berfungsi sebagai pengikat material penyusun beton. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mengetahui karakteristik beton yang optimal dengan variasi penambahan abu daun bambu. Beton dirancang dengan mutu beton fc’20 MPa dengan variasi penambahan abu daun bambu 0%, 8%, 12%, dan 16% dari campuran semen. Pengujian kuat tekan beton dilakukan pada umur 7 dan 28 hari berbentuk silinder ukuran 10 cm x 20 cm dan pengujian kuat lentur beton dilakukan pada umur 28 hari berbentuk balok ukuran 15 cm x 15 cm x 60 cm. Dari hasil pengujian diperoleh bahwa beton yang optimal terdapat pada variasi penambahan abu daun bambu 8% dengan kuat tekan dan kuat lentur beton sebesar 11,51 MPa dan 2,12 MPa
Batgirl
No full text"A part of DC Rebirth! Barbara Gordon looks to add a new bullet point to her already impressive BATGIRL resume: travel agent. Having just (barely!) survived the Battle of Burnside and verging on an Arkham-worthy breakdown, the star pulls a Kerouac and gets on the road to find herself. Follow Babs on her worldwide quest in BATGIRL VOL. 1, with New York Times best-selling author Hope Larson and award-winning artist Raphael Albuquerque leading the way!"-
Batman and the Joker analyzed following Derrida and Bajtín
No full textSe aplica el acercamiento textual derridiano al género del cómic junto al lenguaje fílmico. Con el fin de realizar el análisis se toman los cómics The Killing Joke de Alan Moore (1988) y Arkham Asylum: A serious house on a serious Earth de Grant Morrison (1989), y dentro del género fílmico The Dark Knight (2009), dirigida por el cineasta Christopher Nolan. Posterior-mente se agrega una lectura complementaria desde la visión de Bajtín (2003), a partir de la cual se puede extrapolar la noción del Joker como heredero de la tradición rabelesca, que François Rabelais ya había desarrollado en sus clásicos Gargantúa (1534) y Pantagruel (1532).The author applies Derrida’s textual approach to the comic gender in connec-tion to film language. To do the analysis are taken into account the comics The Killing Joke (Allan Moore, 1988), and Arkham Asylum: A serious house on a serious Earth (Grant Morrison, 1989), as well as the movie The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2009). A complementary reading from the vision of Bajtín (2003) lets extrapolate the notion of Joker as heir of the Rabelesque tradition, developed by François Rabelais in his classic stories Gargantua(1534) and Pantagruel (1532).Universidad Nacional, Costa RicaEscuela de Ecuménica y Ciencias de la Religió
PUTUSAN PERADILAN KASUS FIRST TRAVEL NO 3096 K/PID.SUS/2018, PERSPEKTIF MAQĀṢID ASY-SYARĪ‘AH
No full textFirst Travel's valuable assets seizure by the goverment leaves its own
problems because the government literally does not suffer any losses at all. The
state did not suffer losses, but assets were confiscated, and First Travel victims
(prospective Umrah pilgrims) also did not get anything. The Supreme Court as
the highest institution of a court hierarchy is expected to be able to give a fair
decision, but in fact, the justice had not been perceived by the victims. The author
feels the need to examine more deeply the judicial decision of the First Travel
case No. 3096 K/Pid.Sus/2018. Three main discussions in this research are the
analysis of the delivery of the sense of justice in criminal decisions at the level of
cassation in the perspective of maqāṣid ash-syarī'ah. In addition, the seizure of
valuable assets by the state will also be analyzed more deeply to explain whether
it is true to protect the property of the victims or vice versa in the maqāṣid ashsyarī‘
ah frame. Finally, how is the application of maqāṣid ash-syarī‘ah theory in
providing practical solutions to the decision of the First Travel case.
This is a library research, with descriptive-analytical by a normative
approach. The data were collected by using literature study technique, and the
analysis was done descriptively and qualitatively. The data is arranged according
to the chronology of the First Travel case, then the case decisions and judges'
arguments are analyzed referring to the legal logic made using maqāṣid ashsyarī'ah
teory. The maqāṣid ash-syarī‘ah developed by Jasser Auda, classified
maqāṣid into three levels; General Maqāṣid (al-maqāṣid al-‘āmmah), Special al-
Maqāṣid (maqāṣid al-‘alkhāṣṣah), Partial Maqāṣid (al-maqāṣid al-juz’iyyah).
The results of the reaseacrh show that justice for the decision of the First
Travel case from the maqāṣid ash-syarī‘ah perspective has not been realized
properly. This is due to the fact that the value of justice is not maintained at a
special level and the transfer of property rights is not properly maintained at a
partial level. Property protection is not protected because the decision has not
been able to guarantee the return of property to the entitled party. And have not
been able to cope with the protection of assets when there is an injury to the
Umrah contract. The solution so that prospective pilgrims can leave is for the
government to provide a bailout for Umrah departures. As for overcoming the
problem of housing in Indonesia by making applications such as SIPATUH
specifically for Umrah, the important point is the mechanism of cooperation with
Islamic Banks. Payments to the PPIU can only be carried out when the PPIU
provides definite proof of departure to the congregation and the bank and the
congregation automatically confirms to the bank. This cooperation makes money
safer, so that it can realize the protection of assets (ḥifẓ al-māl), safeguard the
value of justice in assets (ḥifẓ al-'adālah al-māliyyah), and make transfers of
property rights (ḥifẓ al-intiqāl al-ḥuqūq al-māliyyah). To be perfect
