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4 Colorism, or, the Ashiness of it All

May 24, 2019

A few Christmases ago my mom got me a couple comic books she’d found in a bargain bin. Her thought was: “These are beyond mortal comprehension…better give them to Zoe.” I sat there with two issues of Gold Key’s Brothers of the Spear in my hands and thought, gosh, mom, I don’t know where ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Interviews

Focus on Comics Scholarship: an interview with Frederik Byrn Køhlert

May 3, 2019

Routledge will be publishing a series of scholarly texts on “Gender, Sexuality and Comics Studies,” as part of its Focus Collection, which offers quick publication of peer-reviewed work, of a length generally associated with a too-long chapter, or too-short monograph: 20,000 to ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

“Don’t Get Eaten by a Tiger”: The Presentation and Safety of Othered Children in FF

April 19, 2019

Marvel Comics’ all-ages series FF (2012) is brought to us by team Matt Fraction and Mike, Lee, and Laura Allred and follows the adventures of the Future Foundation, a school for special youngsters, temporarily headed by Scott Lang, She-Hulk, Medusa, and pop singer Darla Deering a.k.a Miss Thing.

Comics Academe, Interviews

Project GraphicBio: Interview with Dr. Candida Rifkind

March 22, 2019

Professor Candida Rifkind has recently concluded a years-long project called Project GraphicBio at University of Winnipeg. Funded in part by a 2015-18 Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, she studied biographies in graphic form, with various groups ...

Comics Academe, Reviews

Looking at Suffering: A Review of Ethics in the Gutter

March 8, 2019

Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics Kate Polak The Ohio State University Press September 20, 2017 CONTENT WARNING: This book includes discussions of genocide, alcoholism, sexual assault, and racism, as well as images depicting blood, gun violence, animal cruelty, and ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

Monstress and the Problem of Women in Pain

February 22, 2019

Please note this post contains discussion of violence against women. Also, spoiler alert for Monstress. Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s Monstress has—justifiably—been on fire lately. It won heaps of accolades at the 2018 Eisner Awards and major love and respect from readers. Liu was the first ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Interviews

Comics Academe: The Evolution of Comics in Education Educators

January 25, 2019

To quote Jill Gerber, “In an increasingly image-driven culture, it is important that we purposefully incorporate visual literacy into our curriculum and equip our students, not only to be better consumers of information, but also for them to effectively communicate to a global community.” ...

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Comics in the Spanish Literature Classroom

December 21, 2018

Teaching literature at a regional university in South Carolina can be a daunting task. As professors, we know that the success of a course is based, in part, on getting students to do the reading. When teaching Spanish literature, the language itself can be another factor that can put students ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

Prism Stalker: A Primer on a Sordid Past

November 23, 2018

Content Warning: Generational/Historical Trauma I am not North American Indigenous. However, the least I can do as someone who lives on occupied land is to learn the history of, and about, the peoples who are Native to the North American Continent and advocate for others to learn more through ...

Comics Academe, Con Diaries, Events

#LibraryConLive Was a Virtually Jam-Packed Event

November 9, 2018

When I first moved to my small town, I would have been shocked to find a comic book on the shelves of my local library. While the collection that exists now isn’t huge, or curated as efficiently as I’d like, the fact that there are graphic novels on those shelves is a big deal. ...

Comics Academe

4 Colorism, or, the Ashiness of it All

Focus on Comics Scholarship: an interview with Frederik Byrn Køhlert

“Don’t Get Eaten by a Tiger”: The Presentation and Safety of Othered Children in FF

Project GraphicBio: Interview with Dr. Candida Rifkind

Looking at Suffering: A Review of Ethics in the Gutter

Monstress and the Problem of Women in Pain

Comics Academe: The Evolution of Comics in Education Educators

Comics in the Spanish Literature Classroom

Prism Stalker: A Primer on a Sordid Past

#LibraryConLive Was a Virtually Jam-Packed Event

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