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David Seelow on Teaching with Comics and His Book Lessons Drawn

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:00:36 +0000

Lessons Drawn" title="David Seelow on Teaching with Comics and His Book Lessons Drawn" style="float:left;" />With over twenty-five years of experience in higher education, David Seelow’s career has been defined by his desire to develop new and innovative ways of educating students. In addition to his academic work, Seelow founded… [more]

April Wright on Her Career and Documentary Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:00:30 +0000

Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace" title="April Wright on Her Career and Documentary Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace" style="float:left;" />A cinephile from a young age, April Wright only began pursuing filmmaking 15 years ago, after building a financially successful career in another field. Since her first script got made in 2005, Wright has made… [more]

Academics on the Legacy of Fox’s X-Men Films

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:13:47 +0000

Given how fast our current news cycle moves, it is often difficult to remember a time when comic book movies thrived before the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, if we cast our minds to the early… [more]

Maia Kobabe Discusses Eir Career and Eir Book Gender Queer: A Memoir

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:16:14 +0000

Gender Queer: A Memoir" title="Maia Kobabe Discusses Eir Career and Eir Book Gender Queer: A Memoir" style="float:left;" />Maia Kobabe (pronouns e/em/eir) is a nonbinary, queer writer and illustrator. A graduate of California College of the Arts, Maia has quickly built a tremendous portfolio of work – much of which can be found… [more]

Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 15:00:37 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Part 2" title="Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 2" style="float:left;" />As mentioned in Part 1, we got so many contributions that we had to split this article up into two parts. Below is the second half, and we hope you enjoy it. And again…BEWARE…FOR SPOILERS… [more]

Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 1

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 14:36:44 +0000

Avengers: Endgame, Part 1" title="Academics on Avengers: Endgame, Part 1" style="float:left;" />Avengers: Endgame is a cinematic generational event. The epic conclusion to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first arc that began with 2008’s Iron Man and encompasses twenty-two films. As of this posting, Avengers: Endgame has grossed… [more]

Suzanne Scott Discusses Her Career and New Book Fake Geek Girls

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 18 May 2019 01:00:56 +0000

Fake Geek Girls" title="Suzanne Scott Discusses Her Career and New Book Fake Geek Girls" style="float:left;" />Currently an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at UT Austin, Dr. Suzanne Scott is a scholar focused on fan cultures, gender studies, popular culture, and the various ways they intersect. She has recently published a… [more]

Evan Peterson on Writing, Academia, and His New Video Game Drag Star!

Nicholas Yanes — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 12:00:06 +0000

Drag Star!" title="Evan Peterson on Writing, Academia, and His New Video Game Drag Star!" style="float:left;" />Evan J. Peterson is a Swiss Army Knife of writers. In addition to being the creator of what he describes as the ‘Evan-verse,’ he has published non-fiction, poems, short horror and science fiction stories, and… [more]

Academics on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Nicholas Yanes — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:00:31 +0000

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" title="Academics on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" style="float:left;" />Released on December 14, 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a movie that shouldn’t exist. Superhero movies have been dominated by live action adaptations for well over a decade, while animated comic book movies have… [more]

Professors Kishonna Gray and David Leonard Discuss Video Game Studies and Their Latest Book Woke Gaming

Nicholas Yanes — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:34:03 +0000

Woke Gaming" title="Professors Kishonna Gray and David Leonard Discuss Video Game Studies and Their Latest Book Woke Gaming" style="float:left;" />Even though video games have only grown in popularity, scholarship on this medium has been lacking in quantity. As scholars of culture and mass media finally begin to deeply dive into the subject, we are… [more]

Julian Chambliss Discusses MSU’s Comics Forum and Commitment to Pop Culture Studies

Nicholas Yanes — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:00:09 +0000

Leaving the peninsula of Florida for the peninsula of Michigan, Dr. Julian Chambliss is now a professor in Michigan State University’s Department of English. As a scholar of comic books and popular culture, Chambliss will… [more]

Ben Fritz Discusses His Book The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies

Nicholas Yanes — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 17:48:07 +0000

The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies" title="Ben Fritz Discusses His Book The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies" style="float:left;" />For every show and movie a person enjoys, the story behind how those shows and films got made is often just as a fascinating because the business of entertainment production is a never-ending drama. And… [more]

Academics on Disney Buying Fox

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 19:30:38 +0000

As of now, there are currently six major film studios: Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment, NBCUniversal, Fox Entertainment Group, Sony Pictures, and Paramount Motion Pictures Group. These studios form the “Big Six” and are… [more]

Shelley Barba and Joy Perrin on The Ascendance of Harley Quinn: Essays on DC’s Enigmatic Villain

Nicholas Yanes — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 17:36:41 +0000

The Ascendance of Harley Quinn: Essays on DC’s Enigmatic Villain" title="Shelley Barba and Joy Perrin on The Ascendance of Harley Quinn: Essays on DC’s Enigmatic Villain" style="float:left;" />Harley Quinn first appeared in a 1992 episode of Batman: The Animated Series. With no previous history in Batman’s lore, Quinn could have just been another random character created for an animated series. However, she… [more]

A. David Lewis on Being a Religion and Comics Scholar, and His New Book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation

Nicholas Yanes — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:32:49 +0000

Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation" title="A. David Lewis on Being a Religion and Comics Scholar, and His New Book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation" style="float:left;" />A. David Lewis is a scholar of religion, literature, and comics studies. He has published graphic novels and several academic works that explore convergence of religion and comic books. His latest academic project is Muslim… [more]

Professors Joanna Page and Edward King Discuss the Book Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:20:30 +0000

Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America" title="Professors Joanna Page and Edward King Discuss the Book Posthumanism and the Graphic Novel in Latin America" style="float:left;" />Though the academic study of comic books and graphic novels is exploding in popularity, a growing concern is that so much of this research centers on content from North America, Western Europe, and Japan. With… [more]

Academics Weigh in on Wonder Woman

Nicholas Yanes — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:00:27 +0000

Wonder Woman" title="Academics Weigh in on Wonder Woman" style="float:left;" />Released on June 2, 2017, Wonder Woman was a movie decades in the making. As Wonder Woman’s first solo movie, it not only had to do well at the box office but also had to… [more]

Denis Kitchen Discusses his Career and Harvey Kurtzman’s Trump

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 17:50:08 +0000

Trump" title="Denis Kitchen Discusses his Career and Harvey Kurtzman’s Trump" style="float:left;" />Denis Kitchen has decades of experience in comics publishing. Some of his notable accomplishments have been founding Kitchen Sink Press and the Comic Book Legal Defense. One of Kitchen’s more recent projects is Trump: The… [more]

Emil Ferris on Her Career and Her Graphic Novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Nicholas Yanes — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:30:05 +0000

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" title="Emil Ferris on Her Career and Her Graphic Novel My Favorite Thing Is Monsters" style="float:left;" />Emil Ferris is an artist and lifelong fan of monsters. After honing her skills at the Art Institute of Chicago, she began professionally producing art, animation, and comics influenced by monsters and her city, Chicago.… [more]

Professor Nancy Wang Yuen on Her Career, Pop-Culture Studies, and Her Book, Reel Inequality

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:15:16 +0000

Reel Inequality" title="Professor Nancy Wang Yuen on Her Career, Pop-Culture Studies, and Her Book, Reel Inequality" style="float:left;" />Professor Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist, documentary producer, and pop culture geek who has made a career examining how mass media represents Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She has recently published a book titled,… [more]

An Interview with Jayson Paul, WWE’s “JTG”

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 21:35:03 +0000

More popularly known as JTG, one-half of the WWE tag-team Cryme Tyme, Jayson Paul is a lifelong fan of pro-wrestling. After spending about eight years in WWE, Paul has published two books, Damn! Why Did… [more]

Rob Salkowitz on His Book, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, and the State of the Comic Convention Industry

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 17:20:28 +0000

Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, and the State of the Comic Convention Industry" title="Rob Salkowitz on His Book, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture, and the State of the Comic Convention Industry" style="float:left;" />Rob Salkowitz is a leading expert on the comic book industry and entertainment in general. Salkowitz regularly writes for Forbes (his profile is here) and ICv2 (you can find these articles here). After learning about… [more]

Academics Discuss their Book Marvel Comics into Film and the Secret Origins of the MCU

Nicholas Yanes — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:33:10 +0000

Marvel Comics into Film and the Secret Origins of the MCU" title="Academics Discuss their Book Marvel Comics into Film and the Secret Origins of the MCU" style="float:left;" />Matthew J. McEniry is an assistant metadata librarian at Texas Tech University and describes digital manuscripts for online discovery. Robert Moses Peaslee is an associate professor and chair of Journalism and Electronic Media at the… [more]

Academics on Batman v. Superman

Nicholas Yanes — Wed, 04 May 2016 15:30:23 +0000

Batman v. Superman" title="Academics on Batman v. Superman" style="float:left;" />Released on March 25, 2016, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was a movie decades in the making. As the first live action film featuring both Batman and Superman it was a movie featuring two… [more]

Why CBS Would be Right to Cancel Supergirl: A Ratings and Narrative Analysis

Nicholas Yanes — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:00:50 +0000

Supergirl: A Ratings and Narrative Analysis" title="Why CBS Would be Right to Cancel Supergirl: A Ratings and Narrative Analysis" style="float:left;" />Before diving into this very long article I feel that I should lay my cards on the table. I enjoy watching Supergirl. I enjoy watching most television shows based on comic books. I also have a… [more]

Joseph J. Darowski on His Comics Scholar Career and The Ages of Iron Man

Nicholas Yanes — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:00:56 +0000

The Ages of Iron Man" title="Joseph J. Darowski on His Comics Scholar Career and The Ages of Iron Man" style="float:left;" />Marvel’s shared cinematic universe has been a series of movies that have generated several billion dollars at the box office. It is a franchise that owes much of its success to the Robert Downy, Jr.’s… [more]

Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert Weiner on The Joker: A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime

Nicholas Yanes — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:00:23 +0000

The Joker: A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime" title="Robert Moses Peaslee and Robert Weiner on The Joker: A Serious Study of the Clown Prince of Crime" style="float:left;" />Robert Weiner has either authored or co-edited close to a dozen academic text examining comic books and popular culture. He is also the Popular Culture and Performing Arts Librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries. With… [more]

Deborah Whaley on Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime

Nicholas Yanes — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 16:00:15 +0000

Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime" title="Deborah Whaley on Black Women in Sequence: Re-inking Comics, Graphic Novels, and Anime" style="float:left;" />Dr. Deborah Elizabeth Whaley is an Associate Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at the University of Iowa. A scholar of race, gender, and popular culture (as well as other fields), Dr. Whaley… [more]