Genres #34-36

[Jim Van Dore]

Genres #34-36 - Period, Adaptation, and Undergrounds have been voted down.

This concludes the consideration of the current Official Genre List.  The genres we are currently recommending, their definitions, etc. are posted below.

I will start a new thread for the remaining items on our agenda.

1. Adventure

A.    This genre consists of works characterized by an emphasis on physical and often violent action, exotic locales and danger.

2. This genre includes
3. See also Superhero, Science Fiction, Western, War, Crime, Jungle, Sword and Sorcery, Espionage, Martial Arts, Sports, Animal, Car, Aviation, Frontier
4. Examples include Bob Morane, Indiana Jones, Tintin, Captain Easy, Terry and the Pirates 
1. Drama
1. This genre consists of works containing events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results on a human level.
2. This genre includes Melodrama and Soap Opera.
3. See also Romance, Medical, and Fashion
4. Examples include Box Office Poison, Love & Rockets, Mary Worth, A Tale of Two Cities
2. Humor
1. This genre consists of works that are primarily comical or amusing
2. This genre includes Domestic and Situational Comedies
3. See also Children, Anthropomorphic, Military, Teen, and Celebrity
4. Examples include Mutt and Jeff, The Simpsons
3. Non-Fiction
1. This genre consists of works purporting to present factual information.
2. This genre includes
3. See also Math & Science, Nature, History, Autobiographical, Biographical
4. Examples include Ripley's Believe It or Not

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5. Erotica
1. This genre consists of works with sexually explicit content whose primary purpose is to inspire sexual arousal
2. Example keywords include Hardcore, Softcore, Gay
3. Examples include Tijuana Bibles, Little Annie Fannie, Sally Forth, Dragon Pink
6. Satire-Parody
1. This genre consists of works using irony, sarcasm, ridicule and the like to comment, denounce, or deride social conventions, human relationships, or other literary works (including other comics).
2. Example keywords include Pastiche, Social Commentary
3. Examples include:  Mad’s Spy Vs. Spy, Cerebus, Sid the Sexist, Fighting American, normalman
7. Superhero
1. This genre consists of works featuring the adventures of costumed
   crime fighters, who may also battle alien or supernatural menaces,
   similarly costumed and/or powered criminals, or other antagonists bent
   on conquest, often with the aid of specialized and/or superhuman
   abilities or unique weapons and gadgetry.  Also include stories of
   non-costumed characters who otherwise fit the definition, particularly
   if they are often referred to in story as super-heroes, and also to
   stories featuring super-villains.
2. Example keywords include Team and Pulp
3. Examples include:  Superman, The Phantom, Marvelman
8. Science Fiction
1. This genre consists of works featuring advanced scientific,
   futuristic, or extra-terrestrial elements.
2. Example keywords include Cyberpunk, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic
3. Examples include Buck Rogers, Star Wars, Dr. Who
9. Western-Frontier
1. This genre consists of works primarily set in the American frontier during the 19th or early 20th century and often featuring cowboys, Indians, ranchers, etc., and other period stories in a similar style, set in other times and places.
2. Example keywords include Native Americans
3. Examples include Red Ryder, Lucky Luke, Jonah Hex
10. War
1. This genre consists of works featuring armed forces in combat, or related, activities during wartime.
2. Example keywords include Revolutionary War, World War II, Navy, Army, and Frogmen
3. Examples include Sgt. Rock, Willie and Joe, and Charley’s War
11. Military
1. This genre consists of works featuring armed force outside of combat, or related, situations.
2. Example keywords include Army and Coast Guard
3. Examples include Sad Sack and Steve Canyon
12. Crime
1. This genre consists of works featuring realistic stories centering on the commission of a crime or crimes and those who commit the crime or crimes.
2. Example keywords include Gangsters and Prohibition
3. Examples include Stray Bullets, A True Crime Story, and Torpedo
13. Detective-Mystery
1. This genre consists of works featuring realistic stories centering on the solving of a crime or mystery and those who solve the crime or mystery.
2. Example keywords include Private Investigator and Whodunnit?
3. Examples include Charlie Chan, Roy Raymond, and P.C. 49
14. Jungle
1. This genre consists of works featuring stories primarily set in the world’s jungles, rainforests, or other equatorial wildernesses.
2. Example keywords include Africa
3. Examples include Tarzan, Nyoka, and Saber - King of the Jungle
15. Sword and Sorcery
1. This genre consists of works featuring stories of epic or heroic fantasy, violent conflicts, often with elements of romance, and usually elements of the supernatural
2. Example keywords include Enchanted Swords and Post-Apocalyptic
3. Examples include Conan, Axa, and Elric.
16. Martial Arts
1. This genre consists of works featuring stories centered on characters who use the fighting styles developed in East Asia and similar fighting styles.
2. Example keywords include Kung Fu, Karate, and Judo
3. Examples include Master of Kung Fu, Street Fighter, and Jimmy Chang
17. Sports
1. This genre consists of works featuring athletic activities.
2. Example keywords include Baseball, Olympics, and Tennis
3. Examples include Joe Palooka, Strange Sports Stories, and Roy of the Rovers
18. Animal
1. This genre consists of works featuring animals essentially acting like real animals.
2. Example keywords include Dog, Horse, and Cat
3. Examples include Lassie, Rex the Wonder Dog, and Inubaka
19. Car
1. This genre consists of works featuring automobiles, race cars, trucks, etc.
2. Example keywords include Hot Rod, NASCAR, Trucks
3. Examples include Hot Wheels, Speed Racer, Michel Vaillant
20. Aviation
1. This genre consists of works centered on flying planes or other flying machines
2. Example keywords include Jets
3. Examples include Airboy, Steve Canyon
21. Anthropomorphic
1. This genre consists of works featuring characters acting like humans which are not human.
2. Example keywords include Disney and Furry Animals
3. Examples include Donald Duck, Corky the Cat, Cerebus, and Milk and Cheese
22. Children
1. This genre consists of works featuring children (approximately age 12 or younger) as the primary protagonists, often having to act more reasonably and resourcefully than their age, in the absence of adult figures.
2. An example keyword term is Kid Gang
3. Examples include Little Lulu, Peanuts, and Dennis the Menace
23. Teen
1. This genre consists of works featuring teenagers (approximately 13-19 years of age) as the primary protagonists, particularly in stories that deal with their coming of age or maturing into the beginnings of adulthood
2. Example keywords include Pop Music and High School
3. Examples include Dick Cole, Archie, and Kare Kano
24. Domestic
1. This genre consists of works centered on life in and around the home
2. Example keywords include Family and Sitcom
3. Examples include Blondie and The Simpsons
25. Romance
1. This genre consists of works centered on love and related personal relationships
2. Example keywords include Soap Opera, Dating, and Wedding
3. Examples include Reach for Happiness, Johnny Love, and Dance ‘Til Tomorrow
26. Medical
1. This genre consists of works centered on medicine and the medical profession
2. Example keywords include Nurses and Doctors
3. Examples include Rex Morgan, MD; Linda Carter, Student Nurse; and Black Jack
27. Fashion
1. This genre consists of works centered on fashion and the fashion industry
2. Example keywords include Models
3. Examples include Katy Keene, Barbie, and Cloth Road
28. Biography
1. This genre consists of non-fictional works depicting the actual events and experiences of a real person’s life or real persons’ lives
2. Example keywords include Memoir and Autobiography
3. Examples include American Splendor, Political Power, and Wonder Women of History
29. Nature
1. This genre consists of works relating information about the environment and the natural world
2. Example keywords include Ecology
3. Examples include Nature’s Notebook and Ma Nature’s Curiosity Shop
30. Math & Science
1. This genre consists of works relating information about the mathematical disciplines or the hard sciences
2. Example keywords include Astronomy and Algebra
3. Examples include Science Says You’re Wrong If…, The TRS-80 Computer Whiz-Kids
31. History
1. This genre consists of works relating actual events from history
2. Example keywords include American History and World War II
3. Examples include Hop Harrigan’s History of Aviation and Picture Stories from American History
32. Horror-Suspense
1. This genre consists of works intended to terrify, frighten, shock, mystify, or otherwise hold the reader in tension or dread.  Stories in this genre are often concluded with an ironic plot twist.
2. Example keywords include Monsters and Supernatural
3. Examples include Swamp Thing, The Walking Dead and Jack O’Justice
33. Fantasy
1. This genre consists of works set in worlds where magic or the supernatural predominate over the material, scientific world.
2. Example keywords include Mythological, Fairy-Tale
3. Examples include Pixies, Fables, and Kelly’s Eye

[Brian Saner Lamken]

Jim Van Dore wrote:

> The genres we are currently recommending, their definitions, etc. are posted below.

Do you want any comments on those genres (wording of definition, examples, and so forth) in reply to this message — or are you going to revisit that/them later — or do you not want any comments at all?

Blam

Brian Saner Lamken
blamken.blogspot.com

"Do you know why everyone thinks they're ducks?"
— Linda Lee, alias Supergirl, in "My Own Best Frenemy!"; Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #2 (DC, 2009)

[Tony Rose]

This is a good time to thank and congratulate you, Jim, on carrying the load for this project so well.




tony

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From: "Jim Van Dore" <jrva...@gmail.com>
To: "gcd-genre" <gcd-...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 12:03:30 PM
Subject: [gcd-genre] Genres #34-36

[Brian Saner Lamken]

Tony wrote:

> This is a good time to thank and congratulate you, Jim, on carrying the load for this project so well.

That too!

Blam

Brian Saner Lamken
blamken.blogspot.com

"I also have a Grampy and Gramberry, and an Uncle Monkey and Noodle Lou. Then there's Dead Papa. He lives at the cemetery."
— Magic Trixie, Magic Trixie (HarperCollins, 2008)