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+ afrofuturism, comics, dc comics, Far Sector, Jamal Campbell, n.k. jemisin

Attempting to Change the System from Within in N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell’s “Far Sector”

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I first read N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell’s Far Sector when it came out in the trade paperback, and I’d been waiting for an opportunity to teach it. When it came out as part of DC Comics’ compact line, I knew that I would teach it in my “Lost Voices in American Literature” course. I wanted to include it in this course because it connects, in … Read More Attempting to Change the System from Within in N.K. Jemisin and Jamal Campbell’s “Far Sector”

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+ cakewalk, comics, EC Comics, nate powell, Pedagogy, racism, the guilty!, writing

“Is it a racist story?”: Nate Powell’s “Cakewalk”

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When I teach first year composition, I usually frame the course around personal narratives, allowing students to write about themselves. I find that this helps them get comfortable with writing and allows them to express themselves through their essays. As such, I try to choose at least one text that contains personal stories. This semester, I decided to add Nate Powell’s You Don’t Say, a collection … Read More “Is it a racist story?”: Nate Powell’s “Cakewalk”

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, chinese exclusion act, comics, George F. Keller, history, image comics, John Gast, pornsak pichetshote, The Good Asian

Fears of Invasion in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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Last post, I looked at the first few pages of Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s The Good Asian, specifically the ways that the pages foreground a lot of the themes throughout the series. Today, I want to continue that examination by looking at the first page of issue #3. These pages, likes the first two in the series, highlight the historical aspects of The Good Asian, notably the … Read More Fears of Invasion in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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+ Alexandre Tefenkgi, comics, history, image comics, lillian e smith, pornsak pichetshote, The Good Asian

The Walls That Separate Us in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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I first read Pornsak Pichetshote and Aaron Campbell’s Infidel about five years ago, and after reading it, I decided to teach it in my “Monsters, Race, and Comics” course. Since I first read Infidel, I have picked up anything that Pichetshote has written, from Man’s Best and The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives to his writing and editorial work on The Horizon Project. I have always enjoyed his work, and when I … Read More The Walls That Separate Us in Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefengki’s “The Good Asian”

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+ Al Feldstein, Bill Gaines, comics, EC Comics, joe orlando, judgement day, science fiction

Confronting the Ways We Dehumanize Individuals in EC Comic’s 1953 Story “Counter Clockwise”

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Writing about the pivotal comic “Judgment Day!”, which debuted in EC Comics’ Weird Fantasy #18, Daniel Yezbick points out that while EC’s works “trafficked in largely repetitive, openly grotesque, and often sexist power fantasies,” they also “became one of the few voices in any medium with the chutzpah to present openly subversive morality plays that regularly questioned concepts of liberty, equality, faith, and justice.” Through this … Read More Confronting the Ways We Dehumanize Individuals in EC Comic’s 1953 Story “Counter Clockwise”

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