Using needlework to construct personal stories and a tangible record of events in a form of comic strip has a long and storied history.
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Recent research finds that becoming too psychologically entangled with your followers can make success feel like a trap.
Comic-art makers and avid readers agree: if the great Australian graphic novel exists, what makes it great just might surprise you.
Satrapi’s masterpiece offers profound insights into Iranian society.
Audiences are not tired of superheroes – they’re tired of stories that no longer speak to the political anxieties that made the genre powerful in the first place.
New York City played a starring role in the golden age of comics. And like Kirby, many of the genre’s most famous artists were Jewish.
The comic’s accuracy has inspired fans like Stephen Hawking to pursue a career in science.
In a new media era, comic fans share our comics experience with others online — debating, reflecting, recommending and enjoying.
People don’t need a strict workout schedule to get moving.
For 75 years, the red-and-black–striped troublemaker Dennis the Menace has been delighting children with his unapologetic mischief.
Vampires reflect the prejudices of their times.
Refugee comics disrupt a media landscape that tends to reduce migrants to either threats or victims.
The comic paid Tove Jansson enough to be financially stable but it put pressure on her creative work
Captain Planet, the superhero fighting pollution, corporate greed and environmental destruction, is back.
‘Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’ blends Buddhist impermanence, Shinto philosophy and samurai ethics into a lesson on courage and suffering.
Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears about assimilation and acceptance.
Beyond entertainment, fandom provides meaning, values and essential community to some participants.
Marvel movies like ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Infinity War’ are the starting point for this ethics seminar.
This Joker is supported by a slew of recognisable Batman villains, such as the Riddler, Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy.
Captain America’s shield is a symbol of what America is – and what it could be.
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Professor of English, University of Waterloo
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Lecturer and PhD Candidate in Comics and Architecture, University of Brighton
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Reader in English, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Politics and Journalism, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor, Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Comic Studies, University of Dundee
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Assistant Professor of English and Health Humanities, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction, University at Buffalo
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Senior Lecturer in History, Heritage and Classics, Swansea University
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Lecturer in Literature and Gender, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology
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Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan