The Marvel Metanarrative: how to tell giant stories

The Marvel Cinematic Universe might be the biggest story ever told. A giant web of movies and tv shows, evolved from decades of comic book storytelling. How have Marvel created this metanarrative? They key is to understand the roots of Marvel storytelling in the most ancient of all stories – the myths of the gods.

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Damien Walter, writer on sci-fi and geek culture for The Guardian, BBC, WIRED and graduate of the Clarion writers workshop, leads a journey into scifi and fantasy storytelling.

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Published by Damien Walter

Writer and storyteller. Contributor to The Guardian, Independent, BBC, Wired, Buzzfeed and Aeon magazine. Special forces librarian (retired). Teaches the Rhetoric of Story to over 35,000 students worldwide.

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