Teaching Assistant Professor at UIUC, Editor of @vaultofculture, secretary of @cssorg, @ntfclocal6546 steward, comics scholar, a ton of other stuff. Views own.
We monsters matter. We matter all over the world. The lucky ones among us know that WE ARE ALL MONSTERS and know that WE ALL MATTER and that WAR hurts our collective monster soul. @MONSTERSMATTER
Reminder: due to a glitch in our system, the deadline for submissions has been extended for an entire month! You now have until February 16th to get those proposals in line, because the best things take time! Join us here: comicsstudies.org/css-2024-c…
Reminder: submissions for our upcoming virtual conference (June 24-28) are open! Join us to “imagine new possibilities of what the body can do, and how this can work against the normative” (per Russell), and explore the frontiers of what comics can do! comicsstudies.org/css-2024-c…
A tiny bit of string appears in the background of a scene in Joshua Williamson and Bruno Redondo’s Superman #9 (DC, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst…
A classic string wall appears during the credits and in some scenes of A Creature Was Stirring (dir. Damien LeVeck, 2023): vaultofculture.com/vault/nst…
Today, after nine months of good-faith negotiations with the university, graduate workers at Yale voted to ratify a first contract, which will be effective through July 2028.
Geoff Keighley, Gonzo, and Camilla the Chicken presented the Award for Best Debut Indie at The Game Awards 2023 via string board:
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Today in "that's not how any of this works..." full-time faculty at Columbia College want to be part of mediation between the striking part-time faculty in CFAC and management. Note the galling last paragraph... chicagotribune.com/opinion/c…
Reminder: the Comics Studies Society is theme for this year is ₲Ⱡł₮₵Ⱨł₦₲ ₵Ø₥ł₵₴ (Glitching Comics), so come at us with your weirdest remixes and wildest subversions of the expected order. Submissions are open until January 14th, so don't delay: comicsstudies.org/css-2024-c…