Mr. Pointy Awards / 2016
For Works Published in 2015

On behalf of the Whedon Studies Association, the Whedon Studies Award (the “Mr. Pointy”) Jury is pleased to announce the finalists and winner for the 2016 awards for outstanding short-form work (Short Mr. Pointy) in Whedon Studies. Works eligible for this year’s Long Mr. Pointy award were all published during 2015. These finalists represent the highest level of scholarship and original contributions to the field of Whedon Studies.

Short (article-length) Mr. Pointy finalists:
 
Bosseaux, Charlotte. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Dubbing, Film and Performance: Uncanny Encounters. New York:
     Peter Lang, 2015. 135-154.
Call, Lewis. "'That Weird, Unbearable Delight': Representations of Alternative Sexualities in Joss Whedon's Astonishing
     X-Men Comics." Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association 12.2-13.1 [40-41], Winter 2014/Spring 2015.
     Available online.
Calvert, Bronwen. "Inside Out: Motherhood as Demonic Possession in Angel." Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon
     Studies Association 12.2-13.1 [40-41], Winter 2014/Spring 2015. Available online.
Hautsch, Jessica. "'What the Geisha has gotten into you?': Colorblindness, Orientalist Stereotypes, and the Problem of
     Global Feminism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight." Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies
     Association 12.2-13.1 [40-41], Winter 2014/Spring 2015.
Kociemba, David, and Mary Ellen Iatropoulos. "Separate Worlds or One?: Canonicity, Medium and Authorship." The
​     Comics of Joss Whedon: Critical Essays. Ed. Valerie Estelle Frankel. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015. 31-50.

 
WINNER: Kociemba, David, and Mary Ellen Iatropoulos. "Separate Worlds or One?: Canonicity, Medium and Authorship." The Comics of Joss Whedon: Critical Essays. Ed. Valerie Estelle Frankel. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015. 31-50.
On behalf of the Whedon Studies Association, the Whedon Studies Award (the “Mr. Pointy”) Jury is pleased to announce the finalists and winner for the 2016 awards for outstanding work of manuscript length (Long Mr. Pointy) in Whedon Studies. Works eligible for this year’s Long Mr. Pointy award were all published during 2015. These finalists represent the highest level of scholarship and original contributions to the field of Whedon Studies.

Long (manuscript-length) Mr. Pointy finalists:
Goodrum, Michael and Philip Smith, eds. Firefly Revisited: Essays on Joss Whedon's Classic Series. Lanham, MD:
     Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Frankel, Valerie Estelle, ed. The Comics of Joss Whedon: Critical Essays. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015.
Melton, J. Gordon and Alysa Hornick. The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A
     Comprehensive Bibliography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015.

​WINNER: Goodrum, Michael and Philip Smith, eds. Firefly Revisited: Essays on Joss Whedon's Classic Series. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
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