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Streetprint Manila is a research project that is part of a larger research endeavour called “Six Continents and Between”. Initiated by Prof. Gary Kelly of the University of Alberta, 6CAB seeks to investigate popular print culture across various geographical, sociocultural, and ethnolinguistic contexts. More specifically, it aims to look at reading patterns and preferences of the Filipino Everyman, or those whom we would largely consider members of the “masa” class.
Carlo Vergara’s Zsa-Zsa Zaturnah, a graphic novel about a homosexual man who becomes a voluptuous superheroine after ingesting an alien rock, is also a widely known text that has inspired scholarship and garnered cult status. It is critically acclaimed for its humour, but more so for its commentary on gender norms, deconstruction of the Filipino queer experience, and its new spin on the superhero(ine) genre.
