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+ billy graham, black panther, comics, don mcgregor, jungle action, marvel comics

The Inevitable Cost of War in “Jungle Action” #11

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Recently, I examined some of Billy Graham’s layouts and panels in Jungle Action Featuring: The Black Panther #11. Since then, I can’t stop thinking about this issue and the ways that it confronts the physical and psychological destruction caused by war and hatred. It reminds me, in some ways, of Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape, a series I have written about over the past few months as well. While … Read More The Inevitable Cost of War in “Jungle Action” #11

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+ Ayize Jama Everett, bitter root, black panther, box of bones, chuck brown, comics, Daniel Stein, david f walker, hugo Martínez, image comics, John Jennings, marvel comics, rebecca hall, sanford green, wake

Reading Daniel Stein’s “Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots”

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From the moment I heard about Daniel Stein’s recent book, Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots: Black History in Contemporary Graphic Narrative, I knew I wanted to read it, specifically because Stein examines numerous texts that I have used or plan to use in my courses. Stein offers a lot over the course of Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots, moving from an exploration of graphic … Read More Reading Daniel Stein’s “Strange Fruit and Bitter Roots”

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+ billy graham, black panther, comics, don mcgregor, jack kirby, marvel comics, stan lee, syllabus, t'challa, ta-nehisi coates, Uncategorized

Who is the Black Panther? Syllabus

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A few semesters back, I did a literature and composition course entitled “Who Watches Superheroes?” That course went really well, with students actively engaged in the texts and conversations surrounding them. This semester, I’m changing that course up a little, focusing specifically on Black Panther. This is something I have wanted to do for a while, but I have just never done it because … Read More Who is the Black Panther? Syllabus

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+ annie ernaux, banned books, books, chip zdarsky, dead kennedys, graphic novels, reading, Robert Fitzgerald

Breakdown of My 2025 Reading Habits

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In my last post in 2025, I wrote about some of the books I read last year. Today, for the first post of 2026, I want to do a deep dive into my 2025 reading summary, looking, as well, at information about Americans’ reading habits and at what I plan to read during the first part of 2026. Before I get started, I will … Read More Breakdown of My 2025 Reading Habits

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+ comics, Daniel Acuña, Escape, image comics, Rick Remender, world war ii

“We are all the villains”: The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #4

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A few months ago, I picked up Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s Escape #1, an issue that immediately gabbed my attention and left me wanting more. It’s a series that grapples with the hard questions, specifically questions of patriotism and war. It deals with these themes in a manner that appears, on the surface, far removed from our own lives because the characters are animals, not people, … Read More “We are all the villains”: The Cost of War in Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña’s “Escape” #4

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