Lukas R.A. Wilde
About
Dr. Lukas R.A. Wilde is Associate Professor at the Department of Art and Media Studies of the NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. He studied theatre and media; Japanese; and philosophy at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, and the Gakugei University of Tokyo, Japan. From 2017 to 2022 he was a research associate at the Collaborative Research Unit 923 „Threatened Order: Societies under Stress“ and the Department of Media Studies of the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany.
His media studies dissertation on the functions of ‘characters’ (kyara) within everyday communication of contemporary Japanese society was awarded the Roland-Faelske-Award 2018 for the best dissertation in Comics and Animation Studies as well as the GIB Dissertation Award 2021 of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Pictures. His article „Material Conditions and Semiotic Affordances: Natsume Fusanosuke’s Many Fascinations with the Lines of Manga“ was recognized with an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Martin Schüwer Publication Prize for Outstanding Comics Studies.
He is the Vice President of the German Society for Comic Studies (ComFor) and a member and former spokesperson of the Committee for Comic Studies (AG Comicforschung) of the German Society of Media Studies (GfM). Lukas Wilde is also one of the organizers and founders of the digital artists initiative Comic Solidarity and the GINCO Award (The German Inclusive Comic Award of the Independent Scene).
Research
Main research points:
Generative AI-imagery;
Transmedia studies;
Comic/manga studies;
Emoji research;
Japanese popular culture;
Webcomics and digital comics;
Media-comparative narratology;
Pictorial semiotics;
Diagrammatics
Publications
2024
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Führer, Carolin.
(2024)
‚spannend […] wegen […] den ganzen Geheimnissen, die man noch ähm halt, irgendwie lüften musste‘: Lernen durch, zu und mit unzuverlässig erzählten Comics am Beispiel von Sascha Hommers Insekt (2006) .
Frank & Timme
Chapter
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Meyer, Christina;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2024)
What Was, Is, Will Be Comic Studies – to Us? Introduction.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Matters of Concern: Comics als epistemische Dinge zwischen disziplinären Anliegen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Meyer, Christina;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2024)
“What Was, Is, Will Be Comic Studies – to Us?” (ComFor’s 18th Annual Conference Proceedings).
Gesellschaft für Comicforschung (ComFor)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Meyer, Christina;
Becker, Romain;
Domingo, Sheree;
Bulling, Nino.
(2024)
Harte Fakten, große Aufgaben: Die Arbeitsrealität Comicschaffender im deutschsprachigen Raum.
Gesellschaft für Comicforschung (ComFor) e.V.
Report
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Vom character zum dynamic object: Semiotische Ansätze nach C.S. Peirce und Kontroversen in der transmedialen Figurentheorie.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Unreliable Iconicity, or: Accounting for the Cartoonish Pictures of Comics in Multimodal Reasoning.
Zeitschrift für Semiotik
Academic article
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Musik, Manga, Medien: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der grafischen Transkription.
Georg Olms Verlag AG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Characters in the Media Mix: Beyond Narratives.
Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2023
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Generative Imagery as Media Form and Research Field: Introduction to a New Paradigm.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Academic article
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Kunz, Tobias.
(2023)
Transmedia Character Studies.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2023)
The Semiotics of Emoji and Digital Stickers.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Editorial
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus;
Lemmes, Marcel.
(2023)
Generative Imagery: Towards a ‘New Paradigm’ of Machine Learning-Based Image Production, special-themed issue of IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Editorial
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Ossa, Vanessa;
Ulrich, Anne.
(2023)
9/11 und das mediale Imaginäre terroristischer Bedrohungen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Thon, Jan-Noël;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2023)
Comics and Agency: Introduction.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2023)
Introduction to the Semiotics of Emoji and Digital Stickers.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Academic article
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Paradoxien der Bildlichkeit: Unmögliche Konstruktionen und optische Täuschungen.
Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Webcomics as mediation.
Studies in Comics
Academic article
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Comics und Animation.
Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
„Essayistic Comics and Non-Narrative Coherence“ .
Closure: Kieler e-Journal für Comicforschung
Academic article
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Thon, Jan-Noël;
Wilde, Lukas Roland Athanasius;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2023)
Comics & Agency.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2022
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Live aus dem Hotspot der Interpretationslust: Das politische Selfie im Spannungsfeld verteilter Handlungsmächte und autorialer Konstrukte.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Visual Language Theory.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Denson, Shane.
(2022)
Historicizing and Theorizing Pre-Narrative Figures: Who is Uncle Sam?.
Narrative
Academic article
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Convergence.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Text.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Narratology.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2021
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Wilde, Lukas Roland Athanasius.
(2021)
The Social, Political and Ideological Semiotics of Comics and Cartoons. Special-Themed Issue of Punctum: international Journal of Semiotics.
Punctum. International Journal of Semiotics
Editorial
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Wilde, Lukas R. A..
(2021)
Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11: Medial Reflections.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Jung, Berenike;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2021)
Agency postdigital: Verteilte Handlungsmächte in medienwissenschaftlichen Forschungsfeldern.
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2020
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Veits, Andreas;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2020)
Einzelbild & Narrativität: Theorien, Zugänge, offene Fragen.
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
2019
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Packard, Stephan;
Rauscher, Andreas;
Sina, Véronique;
Thon, Jan-Noël;
Wildfeuer, Janina.
(2019)
Comicanalyse: Eine Einführung.
Verlag J. B. Metzler
Verlag J. B. Metzler
Academic monograph
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Wilde, Lukas R. A..
(2019)
Emoticons, Kaomoji, and Emoji: The Transformation of Communication in the Digital Age.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Thon, Jan Noël.
(2019)
Characters Across Media.
Frontiers of Narrative Studies (FNS)
Editorial
2018
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2018)
Im Reich der Figuren: Meta-narrative Kommunikationsfiguren und die ‚Mangaisierung‘ des japanischen Alltags.
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic monograph
2016
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Thon, Jan Noël.
(2016)
Mediality and Materiality of Contemporary Comics.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
Editorial
2012
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2012)
Der Witz der Relationen: Komische Inkongruenz und diagrammatisches Schlussfolgern im Webcomic XKCD.
Ibidem-Verlag
Ibidem-Verlag
Academic monograph
Journal publications
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Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Unreliable Iconicity, or: Accounting for the Cartoonish Pictures of Comics in Multimodal Reasoning.
Zeitschrift für Semiotik
Academic article
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Generative Imagery as Media Form and Research Field: Introduction to a New Paradigm.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Academic article
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2023)
The Semiotics of Emoji and Digital Stickers.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Editorial
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus;
Lemmes, Marcel.
(2023)
Generative Imagery: Towards a ‘New Paradigm’ of Machine Learning-Based Image Production, special-themed issue of IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Editorial
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2023)
Introduction to the Semiotics of Emoji and Digital Stickers.
IMAGE: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Image Sciences
Academic article
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Webcomics as mediation.
Studies in Comics
Academic article
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
„Essayistic Comics and Non-Narrative Coherence“ .
Closure: Kieler e-Journal für Comicforschung
Academic article
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Denson, Shane.
(2022)
Historicizing and Theorizing Pre-Narrative Figures: Who is Uncle Sam?.
Narrative
Academic article
-
Wilde, Lukas Roland Athanasius.
(2021)
The Social, Political and Ideological Semiotics of Comics and Cartoons. Special-Themed Issue of Punctum: international Journal of Semiotics.
Punctum. International Journal of Semiotics
Editorial
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Thon, Jan Noël.
(2019)
Characters Across Media.
Frontiers of Narrative Studies (FNS)
Editorial
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Thon, Jan Noël.
(2016)
Mediality and Materiality of Contemporary Comics.
Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
Editorial
Books
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Meyer, Christina;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2024)
“What Was, Is, Will Be Comic Studies – to Us?” (ComFor’s 18th Annual Conference Proceedings).
Gesellschaft für Comicforschung (ComFor)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Kunz, Tobias.
(2023)
Transmedia Character Studies.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic monograph
-
Thon, Jan-Noël;
Wilde, Lukas Roland Athanasius;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2023)
Comics & Agency.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wilde, Lukas R. A..
(2021)
Threat Communication and the US Order after 9/11: Medial Reflections.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Jung, Berenike;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2021)
Agency postdigital: Verteilte Handlungsmächte in medienwissenschaftlichen Forschungsfeldern.
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Veits, Andreas;
Sachs-Hombach, Klaus.
(2020)
Einzelbild & Narrativität: Theorien, Zugänge, offene Fragen.
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Packard, Stephan;
Rauscher, Andreas;
Sina, Véronique;
Thon, Jan-Noël;
Wildfeuer, Janina.
(2019)
Comicanalyse: Eine Einführung.
Verlag J. B. Metzler
Verlag J. B. Metzler
Academic monograph
-
Wilde, Lukas R. A..
(2019)
Emoticons, Kaomoji, and Emoji: The Transformation of Communication in the Digital Age.
Routledge
Routledge
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2018)
Im Reich der Figuren: Meta-narrative Kommunikationsfiguren und die ‚Mangaisierung‘ des japanischen Alltags.
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Herbert von Halem Verlag
Academic monograph
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2012)
Der Witz der Relationen: Komische Inkongruenz und diagrammatisches Schlussfolgern im Webcomic XKCD.
Ibidem-Verlag
Ibidem-Verlag
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Führer, Carolin.
(2024)
‚spannend […] wegen […] den ganzen Geheimnissen, die man noch ähm halt, irgendwie lüften musste‘: Lernen durch, zu und mit unzuverlässig erzählten Comics am Beispiel von Sascha Hommers Insekt (2006) .
Frank & Timme
Chapter
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Meyer, Christina;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2024)
What Was, Is, Will Be Comic Studies – to Us? Introduction.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Matters of Concern: Comics als epistemische Dinge zwischen disziplinären Anliegen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Vom character zum dynamic object: Semiotische Ansätze nach C.S. Peirce und Kontroversen in der transmedialen Figurentheorie.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Musik, Manga, Medien: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der grafischen Transkription.
Georg Olms Verlag AG
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2024)
Characters in the Media Mix: Beyond Narratives.
Cambridge University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Ossa, Vanessa;
Ulrich, Anne.
(2023)
9/11 und das mediale Imaginäre terroristischer Bedrohungen.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Thon, Jan-Noël;
Ossa, Vanessa.
(2023)
Comics and Agency: Introduction.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Paradoxien der Bildlichkeit: Unmögliche Konstruktionen und optische Täuschungen.
Brill Academic Publishers
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2023)
Comics und Animation.
Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Live aus dem Hotspot der Interpretationslust: Das politische Selfie im Spannungsfeld verteilter Handlungsmächte und autorialer Konstrukte.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Visual Language Theory.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Convergence.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Text.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A..
(2022)
Narratology.
Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Wilde, Lukas R.A.;
Meyer, Christina;
Becker, Romain;
Domingo, Sheree;
Bulling, Nino.
(2024)
Harte Fakten, große Aufgaben: Die Arbeitsrealität Comicschaffender im deutschsprachigen Raum.
Gesellschaft für Comicforschung (ComFor) e.V.
Report