Shane Walshe

List of John Benjamins publications for which Shane Walshe plays a role.

Articles

Walshe, Shane 2023 Brogues and Blarney: The representation of Irish speech in American comicsInterdisciplinary approaches to the language of pop culture, Montoro, Rocío and Valentin Werner (eds.), pp. 238–260 | Article
From the earliest days, Irish characters have played a prominent role in American comics. The hero of Hogan’s Alley, the first American comic strip to feature a speech balloon, was an Irish child named Mickey Dugan, a.k.a. “The Yellow Kid”. Likewise, the star of Happy Hooligan, the first US… read more