Editors: Jim Iaccino, Cory Barker, and Myc Wiatrowski In just two years on the air, the CW’s *Arrow* has garnered both fan and critical acclaim for its ambitious storytelling, well-produced action sequences, and solid performances. *Arrow*’s stories and characters offer opportunities for discussions of justice and vigilantism, masculinity, dual identities, and aesthetics. Furthermore, the series has thrived in adapting DC Comics stories and characters to television, but also in translating the spirit and stylistic flourishes of comics to the televisual medium. *Arrow* therefore also raises important questions about media franchising, adaptation, medium specificity, and industry trends. As a young series, very little has been written about *Arrow* in academic circles. This collection of essays seeks to provide the opening large-scale investigation into the CW series and examine *Arrow *from multiple perspectives and disciplines. Potential topics for discussion include, but are not limited to: --Representations of masculinity, femininity, race, sexuality, class, and family --Explorations of justice, violence, the greater good, and morality --Examinations of secret (and dual) identities, teamwork, and secret keeping --Deceptions of a “realistic” superhero story and the slow introduction of more fantastical elements --*Arrow*'s narrative techniques, including the preponderance of flashbacks and serialization --*Arrow*'s fight choreography and action set pieces --Chapters discussing individual episodes or story arcs --Chapters discussing particular character arcs or relationships (Oliver-Felicity, Oliver-Slade, Thea-Roy, etc.) --*Arrow* as an adaptation of the pre-existing Green Arrow stories and its employment of characters and arcs from the larger DC Comics universe --Evolution of the *Arrow* figure from the *Smallville* series to the current show --Arrow as part of the recent push for superhero series on television (including comparisons between *Arrow* and *Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D*., *Arrow* and *The Flash*) --Critical reception to *Arrow* --Fan readings, productions, and activities related to and about *Arrow* This collection is under contract with McFarland, so all that remains is securing the contributions in a timely fashion for a planned text publication in late 2015-early 2016. The deadline for proposals of 500 words is *August 31, 2014*. Please email your abstract and a brief bio to [log in to unmask] Please put “Arrow Abstract” in the subject line. If an abstract is selected for the collection, full essays of 5,000-7,000 words will be due by December 1, 2014. -- Cory Barker Graduate Student Department of Communication and Culture Indiana University twitter.com/corybarker (765) 499-0080 [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org