Comics School

On the fourth episode of season four, Mike speaks with Dr. Alex Corbitt, an assistant professor of literacy at SUNY Cortland, about gaming! You can find Alex on his website : https://www.alexcorbitt.com/ And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the third episode of season four, Mike speaks with Jason DeHart, a High School English teacher from Wilkesboro, North Carolina, about taking a critical approach to comics! You can find Jason on his website : https://jddehartwriting.wixsite.com/drjreads And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the second episode of season four, Mike speaks with Dr. Justin Wigard from the University of Richmond about Calvin & Hobbes! You can find Justin on his website: https://www.justinwigard.com/ And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the first episode of season four, we welcome back Comics School as Mike speaks with Dr. Haeny Yoon and Dr. Nathan Holbert from the Pop & Play Podcast about discovering comics from spying on kids, how comics factor into the idea of Play, and Mike opens up the Shortbox. You can find Haeny & Nathan on Twitter @haenyyoon @nrholbert And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando Other links from the episode: Pop & Play Podcast The Trashies on TikTok

This week on Comics School is a special edition NCTE Roundtable with a discussion entitled TALES OF FUTURE PAST about speculative science fiction. Our roundtable on this episode includes... Jerry Craft (@JerryCraft) Dr. Damian Duffy John Jennings (@JIJennings) Maika Moulite (@maikamoulite) As always, you can find Mike on Twitter @mbdando

On the sixth episode of season three, Mike speaks with Shawn Gilmore from the University of Illinois about discovering comics after childhood, world building in comic book storytelling, and what comics do that other mediums cannot. You can find Shawn on Twitter @gipperfish And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando Other links from the episode: vaultofculture.com zrondinelli.wixsite.com/welcometoslumberland kickstarter.com/projects/sharpy/the-unseen-jack-katz

On the fifth episode of season three, Mike speaks with Dr. Nick Miller from Lexington, Kentucky about discovering comics from a wicker basket, the importance of Dazzler, and teaching middle school students via The First Rule of Punk. You can find Dr. Miller on Twitter: @uncannydazzler And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the fourth episode of season three, Mike speaks with Dr. Dennis Rudnick from Missouri State University about his approach to teaching, the Marvel TTRPG, and the similarity between the Avengers and the Wu-Tang Clan. You can find Dr. Rudnick on Twitter: @RudnickDennis And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the third episode of season three, Mike speaks with Dr. Raul A. Mora from Colombia about being taught teamwork by cartoons in the 1980s, the conversations that should be coming out of viewing Marvel's What If?, and the literacy of comic books. You can find Dr. Mora on Twitter: @elpatronhimself And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the second episode of season three, Mike speaks with Dr. Wayne Au  about the difference between fads and pop culture, being introduced to politics during the golden era of hip-hop, and the significance of representation. You can find more about Dr. Au on his faculty listing: https://www.uwb.edu/education/faculty-staff/wayneau And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the debut episode of season three, Mike speaks with Dr. Damian Duffy about realizing that he is Spider-Man, self-publishing his comics, and George McFly Moments. You can find more about Dr. Duffy at his website DamianDuffy.net And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the tenth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Carl Hewitt about engaging the cool, the storyline that made X-Men's civil rights allegory apparent, when nerds took over and getting into anime. And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the ninth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Cornelius Minor, Brooklyn-based educator, about his work to create equitable literacy reform, equitable schools and how his passion to do so intersects with his love of comics. Cornelius drops the secret as to how Squirrel Girl defeated both Thanos AND Galactus -- and how you can apply it to your life. You can follow Cornelius on Twitter @MisterMinor And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the eighth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Stanford Carpenter about his interest in the relationship between comic books and anthropology. Plus, hear how Stanford has crossed paths and worked with many names familiar to the podcast. You can follow Stanford on Twitter @SWCarpenter And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the seventh episode of season two, Mike speaks with Stacey Robinson & Alverne Ball about their new graphic novel, Across the Tracks, remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre. You can follow Stacey on Twitter @ProfSARobinson You can follow Alverne on Twitter @AlverneBall And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the sixth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Rachel Humphrey, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science & Science Education at Saint Cloud State University, about pursuing a meteorology degree, comics as a medium and the relatability of Beast as a scientist. Yes, of course, they also discuss Storm. You can follow Rachel on Twitter @GoAskAScientist And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the fifth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Dr. Matthew Teutsch, Director of the Lillian E. Smith Center at Piedmont College, about his course on graphic memoirs and his upcoming book on Frank Yerby. They also discuss memorable panels, pages and moments in Christopher Priest's Falcon, Luke Cage, Black Panther and more. You can follow Matt on Twitter @SilasLapham And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

On the fourth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Anna Peppard about her work and interest in the representation of sexuality and gender in comics. Also, lots of love for Kurt Wagner. You can check out her podcasts: Gosh Golly Wow Three Panel Contrast You can follow Anna on Twitter @peppard_anna And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

This week on Comics School is a special edition Giant-Sized AERA Spectacular Roundtable discussing a cross-section of educational research and pop culture ranging from Big Mouth, Dr. Manhattan, Janet from the Good Place and elves. Our roundtable on this episode includes... Olu Animashaun Dani Friedrich* (@ProfFriedrich) Angela Molloy Murphy (@23angelas) Jordan Corson (@jordancorson1) As always, you can find Mike on Twitter @mbdando *Season 1, Episode 2

On the second episode of season two, Mike speaks with Shawn Taylor from The Nerds of Color about his passion for comics. Shawn Taylor is a lifelong science fiction, fantasy, and comic book fan. He is a founding author of www.thenerdsofcolor.org, and a founding organizer of the Black Comix Arts Festival. His passion for stories of other worlds led him to an obsession with role-playing games, eventually becoming a paid Dungeon Master for many Dungeons and Dragons campaigns. In high school, he organized a live action D&D battle in his school's cafeteria. He was suspended for two days for orchestrating the battle, but some folks still talk about it as a highlight of their high school experience. You can find the Nerds of Color at their website: http://www.thenerdsofcolor.org You can follow Shawn on Twitter @reallovepunk And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

COMICS SCHOOL is back! On the first episode of season two, Mike speaks with Tim Fielder about his work and being an afrofuturist. You can buy Infinitum anywhere you get books, including HarperCollins: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/infinitum-tim-fielder You can follow Tim on Twitter @Dieselfunk And as always, you can find Mike Dando on Twitter @mbdando

"As an interdisciplinary teacher and scholar concerned with real and imagined urban landscapes, I integrate an historical understanding into investigations of contemporary culture. My work is framed around a central question: What does it mean to be a scholar in the twentieth-first century? Informed by a community engagement framework that emphasizes the Classroom as Platform, I pursue a public humanity practice that supports student learning and community action."

We continue our conversation with Professor John Jennings about his work along with Dr. Damian Duffy on adapting the work of Octavia E. Butler as well as his forthcoming horror anthology Box of Bones. You don't wanna miss this one.

JOHN JENNINGS is a Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside. Jennings is co-editor of the Eisner Award-winning collection The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of the Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art. Jennings is also a 2016 Nasir Jones Hip Hop Studies Fellow with the Hutchins Center at Harvard University. Jennings' current projects include the horror anthology Box of Bones, the coffee table book Black Comix Returns (with Damian Duffy), and the Eisner-winning, Bram Stoker Award-winning, New York Times best-selling graphic novel adaptation of Octavia Butler's classic dark fantasy novel Kindred. Jennings is also founder and curator of the ABRAMS Megascope line of graphic novels.

Donna-lyn Washington is adjunct-lecturer of English at Kingsborough Community College, and she is also senior editor and senior writer at ReviewFix. She has contributed to Reconsidering Frank Yerby: Critical Essays, published by University Press of Mississippi, as well as entries to the Encyclopedia of Black Comics.

Christopher P. Lehman is a professor of ethnic studies at St. Cloud State University, a former summer visiting fellow at Harvard University, and the author of many books including The Colored Cartoon: Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954.

Sheena C. Howard is an Associate Professor of Communication at Rider University. Howard is an award-winning author, filmmaker and scholar, including a 2014 Eisner Award winner for her first book, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2013). She is also the author of Black Queer Identity Matrix (2014, Critical Articulations of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation (2014) and Encyclopedia of Black Comics (2017). Howard is co-writer of the critically acclaimed sci-fi comic book, Superb (issues 1 - 9).

Originally from the Bronx, and having received his training and Ph.D. from Fordham University, Dr. Napoleon Wells began his professional career as an post-traumatic stress disorder treatment specialist with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Wells is now a faculty member with the Department of Social Sciences at Claflin University. Dr. Wells has worked extensively in the areas of emotional wellness, graduate school preparation, anxiety/stress management, and in psychologically conceptualizing and combating racism.

Jiba Molei Anderson is the owner of Griot Enterprises and creator of its flagship property The Horsemen. Mr. Anderson is also a part of the fine art community featured in the book Black Comix and guest lecturing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art with The Horsemen's inclusion in The Smithsonian's permanent library. https://www.griotenterprises.com/

Associate Professor of Curriculum as Teachers College, Columbia University Dani Friedrich discusses why our scholarship should be deeply rooted in love. We also talk about how comics and the character Robin reflect and help us to think about childhood and education.

Greg Anderson Elysée is a Brooklyn, NY born Haitian-American writer, educator, filmmaker. He is a multi award winner, including 2018 Fan Award, Rising Star, and Best Male Character (Glyph Awards) and 2019 Best Writer and Story of the Year Award. Is'nana is based on Anansi the trickster god

Hi there and welcome to Comics School. My name is Mike and I'm the host of this podcast. My college class transitioned to "distance learning" thanks to the Corona Virus and so I made a podcast instead of recording lectures. Glad you're here!