Craig Thompson’s *Blankets* is a graphic bildungsroman depicting an ethical awakening, where care, trauma, faith, and love are slowly redefined through relational vulnerability and responsibility.
Black Myth: Wukong blends ancient Chinese mythology, postmodern adaptations, and Soulslike game design to reinvent Journey to the West for modern players.
Lost in Translation portrays Tokyo through a Western lens, emphasizing aesthetic surfaces, stereotypes, and cultural detachment while using the city as a backdrop for outsider emotions.
Flow (2024) is a contemplative cinematic poem that draws on Confucian principles of related selfhood and challenges Western ideas of individualism by using water as both a symbol and a framework.
“Boardwalk Empire” reveals how political power, violence, and surveillance intertwine in early 20th-century America, echoing New Historicist concerns about how history, ideology, and state control are deeply entangled.
In The Brutalist, the American Dream is exposed as a beautiful façade masking systemic violence, exploitation, and the brutal reality faced by immigrants.
“The Eye of Argon” is a notoriously bad fantasy novella that has achieved cult status for its unintentional hilarity, overblown prose, and enduring presence in fan culture.