Publications

Superhero Blockbusters: Seriality and Politics, Edinburgh University Press, 2022. 

Modernity and the Periodical Press: Trans-Atlantic Mass Culture and the Avantgardes, 1880-1920, with Ruth Mayer, Brill Publishers, 2023. 

In Progress. A Graduate Journal of North American Studies. General editor, with Kathleen Loock, since 2023. Online at: www.inprogress.uni-hannover.de/en/ 

Themed section on "New Approaches to Comics in Periodical Media," co-organized with Alex Beringer, American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography, vol. 32, no. 2, 2022, pp. 91-132.

"Marvel's The Punisher, the Privilege of Violence, and Digital-Era Superheroes between Intellectual Property and Cultural Commons." Literary Property in America: Claims, Creativity, Copyright, edited by Cedric Essi, Fenja Heisig, and Debora Stanca, forthcoming.

"Cinematic Populism: James McTeigue's V for Vendetta, Superhero Movies, the Guy Fawkes Mask, and the Popularization of Populist Ideology." Popkultur und Populismen? Interdisziplinäre und internationale Perspektiven, edited by Maria Anastasiadis and Charis Goer, transcript, forthcoming July 2024

"Fleeting, Fast, and Everywhere: Periodical Modernity. An Introduction." With Ruth Mayer. Modernity and the Periodical Press: Trans-Atlantic Mass Culture and the Avantgardes, 1880-1920, edited by Felix Brinker and Ruth Mayer, Brill, 2023, pp. 1-16

“Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland and the Times of Newspaper Comics, 1905-09.” Modernity and the Periodical Press: Trans-Atlantic Mass Culture and the Avantgardes, 1880-1920, edited by Felix Brinker and Ruth Mayer, Brill, 2023, pp. 230-251.

"Keywords for a Theory of Comics in Periodical Media & the Case of the New York Herald's Comics Supplement, 1903-1930." American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography, part of a themed section on "New Approaches to Comics in Periodical Media," vol. 32, no. 2, 2022, pp. 91-99.

“Reader Mobilization and the Courting of Fannish Consumption Practices in 1970s Marvel Superhero Comic Books.” Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, November 2020, pp. 245-273. 

"Opening Gambits: Cross-Media Self-Reflexivity and Audience Engagement in Serial Cinema, 1936-2008." With Ilka Brasch. Exploring Seriality on Screen: Audiovisual Narratives in Film and Television, edited by Ariane Hudelet und Anne Crémieux. Routledge, 2020.

“Conspiracy, Procedure, Continuity: Reopening The X-Files.” Television & New Media. Special Issue on American TV Series Revivals. Edited by Kathleen Loock, vol. 19, no. 4, 2018. 

Mit Christina Meyer, Lemma zu “Comics.” Handbuch Popkultur Hgs. Thomas Hecken and Marcus S. Kleiner. J.B. Metzler, 2017.

“Transmedia Storytelling in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' and the Logics of Convergence-Era Popular Seriality.” Make Ours Marvel: Media Convergence and a Comics Universe. Edited by Matt Yockey. University of Texas Press, 2017, pp. 207-233.

“On the Political Economy of the Contemporary (Superhero) Blockbuster Series.” Post-Cinema: Theorizing 21^st-Century Film. Edited by Shane Denson and Julia Leyda. REFRAME Books, 2016. 

“NBC's Hannibal and the Politics of Audience Engagement.” Transgressive Television.Politics and Crime in 21st-Century American TV Series. Edited by Birgit Däwes, Alexandra Ganser, and Nicole Poppenhagen. Winter, 2015, pp. 303-328.

“On the Formal Politics of Narratively Complex Television Series: Operational Self-Reflexivity and Audience Management in Fringe and Homeland.” Poetics of Politics: Textuality and Social Relevance in American Literature and Culture. Edited by Sebastian M. Herrmann, Carolin Alice Hoffmann, Katja Kanzler, Stefan Schubert, and Frank Usbeck. Winter, 2015, pp. 41-61. 

"Hidden Agendas, Endless Investigations, and the Dynamics of Complexity: The Conspiratorial Mode of Storytelling in Contemporary American Television Series." Aspeers, vol. 5, 2012, pp. 87-109.

"Unspeakable Conduct: Discretions, Imprudences, and the Impossible Bertha Dorset in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth." [inter]sections vol. 15, no. 4, Summer/Fall 2012, pp. 13-34.

"Editing a scholarly journal: Studentisches Publizieren als Seminarinhalt" [Editing a scholarly journal: Student publications as course content]. Interview with Felix Brinker and Kathleen Loock, TIB Blog - Leibniz Informationsszentrum Technick und Naturwissenschaften und Universitätsbibliothek, 30 May 2024, Leibniz University Hannover. 

"Superhelden kommen immer heil raus - Felix Brinker im Corsogespräch." ["Superheroes always prevail - Felix Brinker in Conversation with Corso"] (Radio Interview). Corso - Kunst und Pop, 27 June 2022, Deutschlandfunk. 

"Will the Superhero Blockbusters Just Keep Coming?" Zócalo Public Square, ASU Media, 6 July 2022.

Feichter, Benno. "Kinostars machen Fernsehen." ["Movie Stars make Television"] (Radio Interview). Kulturjournal, ORF Radio Österreich 1, 19 January 2015.

Santamaria, Barbara. "The Silent Metamorphosis behind the Anonymous Mask" [Expert cited in report]. Barbara Santamaria. Postgraduate Certificate Fashion and Lifestyle Journalism / London College of Fashion. November 2014. 

"Contemporary American Prime-Time Serials and the Logics of Conspiracy." Contribution to the section "Conspiracy Theories" at InMediaRes. 8.-12. April 2013. 

"Unspeakable Conduct: Discretions, Imprudences, and the Impossible Bertha Dorset in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth." [Inter]sections vol. 4, no. 15, 2012, pp. 13-34.

"Postcolonial Studies across the Disciplines. A Report on the 22nd ASNEL Conference at Leibniz University Hanover, 2.-4. Juni 2011." With Friederike Apelt and Ricarda Wenge. Conference report. Acolit vol. 68, July 2011, pp. 17-20.