A podcast about comics by the people who love them. Interviews with scholars, artists, and creators about why comics and graphic narratives matter and what they can teach us about ourselves and each other.
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S4E4: The Game of Schooling (w/ Dr. Alex Corbitt)
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…
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S4E3: Because the Story Said So (w/ Dr. Jason DeHart)
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 c…
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S4E2: Calvin & Hobbes Forever! (w/ Dr. Justin Wigard)
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.just…
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S4E1: Shark Dentists (w/ Dr. Haeny Yoon & Dr. Nathan Holbert from Pop & Play)
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 fr…
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S3E7: Tales of Future Past: An NCTE Roundtable (w/ Jerry Craft, Dr. Damian Duffy, John Jennings & Maika Moulit…
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 in…
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S3E6: The History of Strange Experiments (w/ Shawn Gilmore)
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 storytel…
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S3E5: How Do We Notice Better? (w/ Dr. Nick Miller)
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 teachi…
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S3E4: Interrogating Reality (w/ Dr. Dennis Rudnick)
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 betwe…
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S3E3: You & I Remember Budapest Very Differently (w/ Dr. Raul Mora)
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…
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S3E2: He‘s the DJ & the Martial Artist (w/ Dr. Wayne Au)
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-ho…
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S3E1: Bitten By A Radioactive Comic (w/ Dr. Damian Duffy)
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 mo…
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S2E10: Black, Smart & Cool (w/ Carl Hewitt)
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 g…
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S2E9: Be Like Squirrel Girl (w/ Cornelius Minor)
On the ninth episode of season two, Mike speaks with Cornelieus Minor, Brooklyn-based educator, about his work to create equitable literacy reform, equitable schools and how his pa…