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Justin Wigard

Postdoctoral Fellow, Distant Viewing Lab, University of Richmond

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Justin Wigard, PhD (pronounced “Why-Guard”) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in
the Distant Viewing Lab at University of Richmond, where he works and teaches in
the areas of popular culture, game studies, comic studies, children’s
literature, and digital humanities.

He is co-editor of Attack of the New B Movies: Essays on SYFY Original Films
(McFarland Press, 2023), the first academic treatment of SYFY Channel’s original
films, including Sharknado (2013), 2 Lava 2 Lantula (2016), Frankenfish (2004),
and more.

> Since its inception in 1992, the Sci-Fi Channel (later rebranded as SYFY) has
> aired more than 500 network-produced or commissioned films. Campy and
> prolific, the network churned out one low-budget film after another, finally
> finding its zenith in the 2013 release of Sharknado. With unpretentious charm
> and a hearty helping of commodified nostalgia, the Sharknado franchise briefly
> ruled the cultural consciousness and temporarily transformed SYFY’s original
> films from cult fringe to appointment television. Naturally, the network
> followed up with a steady stream of sequels and spin-offs,
> including Lavalantula and its sequel, 2 Lava 2 Lantula!
> 
> 
> This collection of essays is the first to devote critical attention to SYFY’s
> original film canon, both pre- and post-Sharknado. In addition to unpacking
> the cultural, historical and critical underpinnings of the monsters at the
> heart of SYFY’s classic creature features, the contributors offer a variety of
> approaches to understanding and interrogating these films within the broader
> contexts of ecocriticism, monster theory, post-9/11 criticism, and
> neocolonialism. Providing a further entry point for future scholarship, an
> appendix details a thorough filmography of SYFY’s original films from 1992 to
> 2022.

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His article on visual parody and pulp signifiers in Calvin and Hobbes was
awarded a 2021 Honorable Mention for Best Article from the Comics Studies
Society. He has further published on popular representations of race,
representation, gender, and sexuality in visual forms, including the Hallmark
Channel’s Garage Sale Mystery film series; professional wrestling and Street
Fighter; chronotopal representations of feminism in Marvel’s Jessica Jones;
monstrous motherhood in Neil Gaiman’s Coraline; and the transmission of ludemes
across video games in the Jurassic Park and X-Men: The Animated Series
properties.

Justin’s dissertation, Level 101: A Video Game About Video Games, is a video
game that he has developed which explores, explains, and interrogates the medium
through a methodology of play.

He can be reached at:

email: jwigard@richmond.edu

twitter: @justinwigard

Image: Typical Wigard attire — red flannel, messy hair, shaggy beard, thick
black glasses.







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