Category Archives: comics

Podcast Interview at ComicAttack.net

September 17th, 2012 | Posted in comics, fan cultures, geek cultures, science fiction, science fiction convention, spirituality

I am the guest in a podcast interview with Jeff Jackson of ComicAttack.net in his column “Comics Are My Religion.” In the podcast Jeff and I discuss my background and approach to the fantastic, the spiritual significance of science fiction and its fandom, and new books worth picking up that probe the fantastic more deeply. […]

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Call for Papers: Northeast Modern Language Association

September 14th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, comics, graphic novels

Calls for papers: Comic books and graphic novels 44th Annual Convention Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) March 21 to 24, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts Hosted by Tufts University “Panels and Pedagogy: Teaching the Graphic Novel” This panel works towards understanding and adding to emerging pedagogies of the graphic novel and other forms of illustrated works. What […]

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Call for Papers and Presentations: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture

September 11th, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, comics

Call for Papers and Presentations: Graphic Novels, Comics and Popular Culture 2013 Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association http://www.swtxpca.org Please make plans to attend our 34th Annual Conference February 13-16, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico Hyatt Regency Albuquerque The area chair seeks papers/presentations on Graphic Novels […]

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Arlen Schumer’s ComiColumn: RIP Joe Kubert

August 17th, 2012 | Posted in Arlen Schumer, comics

Along with his contemporaries, Carmine Infantino and Gil Kane, Joe Kubert entered the comic book field in the 1940s as a teenager drawing for DC Comics, then went on to become one of the giants of the medium, an artist whose style is unmistakable – and unforgettable, the most expressive pen-and-brush comic book artist of […]

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Batman and Psychology: Podcast Interview with Travis Langley

July 27th, 2012 | Posted in Batman, Comic Con, comics, fantasy, podcast, psychoanalysis

Within moments of the Aurora, Colorado shooting at the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, media speculation began as to alleged causes in popular culture that may have helped lead to this event. Some of the causes included aspects of fantastic popular culture, including The Dark Knight Rises, Batman, and dark fantasy films. But are […]

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Guest Review: Jess Peacock on The Avengers

May 7th, 2012 | Posted in comics, Joss Whedon

The Avengers debuted in U.S. theaters last weekend with great success, having already set box office records in the U.K. In this guest essay Jess Peacock, who writes for The Crawlspace, provides a review that sheds light on why this film has been so well received. At one point in the new Marvel film The […]

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Examiner.com Review of Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

May 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Comic Con, comics, conference, geek cultures

I’ve started writing brief articles for Examiner.com. My in-depth analysis will continue here. My latest piece for the former is a review of the documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope. This is an interesting film that does not so much explore Comic-Con, but rather the significance of the convention and fantastic fandom to the […]

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Call for Papers: 5th Annual Comics & Popular Arts Conference at Dragon*Con

March 2nd, 2012 | Posted in call for papers, comics, Dragon*Con

Call for Participation / Call for Abstracts Institute for Comics Studies Comic Book Convention Conference Series 5th ANNUAL COMICS & POPULAR ARTS CONFERENCE at DRAGON*CON Atlanta, Georgia August 31-September 3, 2012 The Institute for Comic Studies and Dragon*Con present the fifth annual academic conference for the studies of comics and the popular arts. The conference […]

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Arlen Schumer’s ComiColumn: One for the Aliens

February 29th, 2012 | Posted in Arlen Schumer, comics

ONE FOR THE ALIENS: If aliens came to earth and could only take one book about comic book art back to their planet, I would give them this tome, that arrived today like a gift from the Art Gods! It is beyond breathtaking, if there is such a thing, and though “only” in black and […]

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Joe Sinnott: Greatest Comic Inker

January 11th, 2012 | Posted in Arlen Schumer, comics

Joe Sinnott fortuitously began inking Kirby on The Fantastic Four in late 1965, right when the King embarked on what is arguably the greatest phase of his long career, the full flowering of his creative dynamism exploding the Marvel Universe. Coincidentally during this fertile period, Kirby also developed the many artistic tropes and stylized delineations […]

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