Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

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April 14, 2026 + A Perfect Circle, comics, dc comics, Dead Boy Detectives, G.I. Joe, pornsak pichetshote, Thoughts and Prayers

Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

by Matthew Teutsch

Last January, I picked up the G.I. Joe Compendium Volume 1, which contains the first fifty issues of the series from March 1982 to May 1986. As a kid, I didn’t collect comics, but when I saw a G.I. Joe comic or a Transformers comic on the rack at a grocery store, I’d pick it up. The compendium has been the first time I’ve read … Read More Instead of giving up, what do you do when you care?: Gun Violence in “Dead Boy Detectives”

February 19, 2026 + Alexandre Tefenkgi, comics, ernest j gaines, n.k. jemisin, Pedagogy, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, s.a. cosby, unessay project

The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

by Matthew Teutsch

At least once a year, I assign an unessay project and essay in my classes. I’ve written about this numerous times, and while I am always nervous about what the students will produce, because fear and apprehension keep them from really leaning into the project, I end up standing in awe at what the students end up producing for their unessay project. Last semester, I … Read More The Joys Of Assigning Unessay Projects in Class

January 20, 2026 + Alexandre Tefenkgi, Asiaphile, childish gambino, Fetishized, Kaila Yu, pornsak pichetshote, R.F. Kuang, Weezer

Music and the Fetishization of Asian Women in Kaila Yu’s “Fetishized”

by Matthew Teutsch

My wife, through her job, occasionally has the opportunity to go on press trips and write about them. Sometimes she does these trips solo, and other times she does them with other journalists and influencers. On a recent group trip, during a rain storm that interrupted their time at a cacao plantation, she spoke with Kaila Yu, another journalist on the trip, about her … Read More Music and the Fetishization of Asian Women in Kaila Yu’s “Fetishized”

November 6, 2025 + 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”

by Matthew Teutsch

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”

November 4, 2025 + 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”

by Matthew Teutsch

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”