| Wolves in North America are controversial with a complicated history. This work specifically focuses on the portrayal of wolves in five comics, three are Indigenous and two are Euro-American. Evaluative coding is used to assess scientific accuracy, the type of representation of wolves, and Euro-American bias. Rhetorical situations and multimodal rhetoric are analyzed. All comics represented wolves neutrally. Euro-American-biased comics tended to be more scientifically accurate. The Indigenous comics were less scientifically accurate. Overall, there are some trends with these three factors and comics provide a unique opportunity for more complexity about wolves to be represented. Chapter one, “Comics as a Medium,” describes the elements of comics analyzed and merits of the medium. Chapter two, “A Brief Science and History of Gray Wolves in North America,” describes the biology, political history, and past rhetoric of wolves. Chapter three, “Wolves in Selected Comics,” explains methodology and results. |