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The Tangled Relationship Between Religion and Comics (Part Two)

August 15, 2014

In part one of this tangle, I talked about four ways I conceive of the relationship between comics and religion: comics as religion, comics in religion, religion in comics, and religion and comics in dialogue. In this month’s installation, I’ll give you second two categories (religion in comics ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

The Tangled Relationship Between Comics and Religion (Part One)

July 24, 2014

My cocktail party introduction of myself is basically, “I’m a religion scholar working on a dissertation that uses a comics to interpret religious text.” Maybe it’s not the smoothest handshake, but it’s a place to start. When I tell people this, I occasionally get quizzical looks from strangers ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Interviews

A Tale of Comics Academe in a History Department: An Interview with Professor Julian Chambliss

July 8, 2014

Professor Julian Chambliss’s true origin remains shrouded in mystery but his LinkedIn page tells us that he has been a professor at Rollins College in Florida since 2003. In an interview by Chris Rawlins, Chambliss recounted his first experience teaching with comic books in 2006. As an editor ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Reviews

Review: Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present

June 11, 2014

Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present promises to be a bit more than it ever could be, while succeeding in being a bit more than one would expect it to be.

Comics, Comics Academe, Events

Stories from Comics Academe: The Culture of Production in Marvel’s Media Franchises

June 9, 2014

On May 1, 2014, I attended Derek Johnson’s lecture, “My Hero?: The Practices and Politics of Sharing Worlds in Marvel’s Media Franchises” presented by the University of California at Irvine Humanities Collective. Johnson is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

Academic Secret Identities: Being She-Hulk or Batgirl

May 27, 2014

Elizabeth Coody is back with her second guest post for Comics Academe! Pitching and drafting this before the Goyer commentary made waves, Elizabeth’s looking at She-Hulk from the perspective that makes most sense to her. Find Elizabeth’s previous Comics Academe entry Christianity, ...

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Stories from Comics Academe: Visualizing a Story of Cancer’s Culture

May 21, 2014

What Graphic Novels Tell Us About Cancer Care, Greedy Stories, and the Ethnographic Method On April 30, 2014, I attended a lecture at Soka University in California entitled “What Graphic Novels Tell Us About Cancer Care, Greedy Stories, and the Ethnographic Method” by Juliet McMullin, a ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

Comics Academe: Christianity, Comics, and the Classroom

April 7, 2014

Comics! Academics! The Bible?! When I tell people I study the Bible and comics, I never quite know how they’re going to take it. Will they be more offended by the Bible part or the comics part? In my North American context, many people conflate the Bible and its intense study with ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

An introduction to comics academia in the form of a letter to my past self

March 7, 2014

Dear Past Amanda (upon your graduation from high school), Hang on to your hat! Setting aside the fact that these are all spoilers, let me tell you what’s going to happen next: You’re going to live in a castle (what?!) and during your extensive trawling of the internet, you’ll find out about ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

Comics Academe: Imposter Syndrome! I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

February 28, 2014

I wish I could be the type of brilliant academic that feels motivated by the muse, the type that drinks red wine during the day, writing down all of her inspired thoughts in a leather bound journal. Basically Olivia Pope getting her doctorate. I am sure this brilliant academic superhero exists ...

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The Tangled Relationship Between Religion and Comics (Part Two)

The Tangled Relationship Between Comics and Religion (Part One)

A Tale of Comics Academe in a History Department: An Interview with Professor Julian Chambliss

Review: Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present

Stories from Comics Academe: The Culture of Production in Marvel’s Media Franchises

Academic Secret Identities: Being She-Hulk or Batgirl

Stories from Comics Academe: Visualizing a Story of Cancer’s Culture

Comics Academe: Christianity, Comics, and the Classroom

An introduction to comics academia in the form of a letter to my past self

Comics Academe: Imposter Syndrome! I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

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