A student of mine wants to read 5 key communication books. I have a list, but what would you suggest? (#nocanonwars) @ScottTimcke My colleague and friend, Scott Timcke, recently posed a challenge on twitter to list five “key books” in communication studies. This can’t be a “best of” list, though, as the field of...
A Burning Hand of Fire
I just finished Charles Hatfield’s new book, Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, which is the latest addition to the University Press of Mississippi’s “Great Comics Artists” series. I’m not a Kirby expert or acolyte, though I’ve always appreciated the manic,...
New Research Available
Some findings from my research are now available. If you are reading this from a computer with institutional access, then you can check out my newly released article from The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, “The Android’s Dungeon: Comic-bookstores, Cultural Spaces, and the...
Lightning Round 2011.10.05
It’s been a little while since my last update, so I thought it might be time for another … Lightning Round. *** I’ve embarked on yet another facelift for the ol’ website. Expect some adjustments in the next little while. Of note, however, are two...
