Good morning! Our latest issue 9.2 is live. Ft. articles like “Are Superhero Comics Copaganda?” By Shea Hennum

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Trade dress cover of “Superman Smashes the Klan” by Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru.

For our next unit, we’ll be looking at “Superman Smashes the Klan” by Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru, where #Superman defends a Chinese immigrant family against the Ku Klux Klan, powerfully fighting against bigotry. #comicsstudies.

Had a blast at the Comic Studies Society Conference on last week! Received some helpful feedback and encouragement on my own thinking and writing and I’m feeling inspired and eager to keep writing! #css #comicstudies

The @sequentialscholars.bsky.social series of threads on Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru's "Superman Smashes the Klan" begins here, with an intro to the comic! #Superman #ComicsStudies

📣Major annoucement! After a lengthy hiatus, we will be BACK posting BRAND NEW CONTENT starting Monday, June 2! Our new unit will spotlight amazing comics by & about LGBTQ+ folks in honor of #PrideMonth. Stay tuned! #ComicsStudies #HappyToBeBack!

Questlove's new film probes 'The Burden of Black Genius' – starting with Sly Stone Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health.

LOVE IS BLIND IS BACK IN 12 HOURS 💜

I mean that's not the thing I've been the most worried about this week but it's good to know I can chill out I guess

Enjoyed my bonus trip to Houston. Back in NYC class on tomorrow!

That’ actually a great idea!

My syllabus getting done before the weekend that my semester starts. Go me!

Hundreds of L.A. landlords hike rents to capitalize on 'desperate' fire evacuees Price hikes of more than 10% are illegal during a state of emergency. But that hasn't stopped landlords seeking to profit from the L.A.'s ongoing disaster.

Hundreds of L.A. landlords have hiked rents on desperate people fleeing the wildfires.

Landlords for at least 400 properties appear to have ignored the law and the warnings of California's Attorney General and illegally raised rents since the fires began.

www.yahoo.com/news/hundred...

How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move The decentralized Instagram alternative is a great option if you want to back up your feed, focus on photo-sharing, or cut loose from Meta's empire entirely. And making the leap is surprisingly easy.

For the Instagram users, here is a new website you can take a look at. #Pixelfed is the websites name.
www.wired.com/story/migrat...

TikTok Calls Report That China Is Exploring Sale of App to Elon Musk ‘Pure Fiction’ TikTok denied a report that China is exploring a sale of the app to Elon Musk to keep TikTok operational in America amid a looming U.S. ban.

TikTok calls report that China is exploring sale of app to Elon Musk ‘pure fiction’

Any #comicstudies folks going to ASA this year?

“Words set things in motion. I've seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges. I've felt them doing it. Words conjure. I try not to be careless about what I utter, write, sing. I'm careful about what I give voice to.”

— Toni Cade Bambara

Instagram is now randomly showing users AI-generated images of themselves

“Used Meta AI to edit a selfie, now Instagram is using my face on ads targeted at me"

(via 404 Media)

The #WeeklyRead is “Intergenerational Testimonials and the Politics of Black Cherokee Belonging” by Eve Eure, which was awarded a 1921 Prize from The American Literature Society. The article appears in New Citizenship Studies, AML (96:4).

Read for free through 3/31: https://buff.ly/4a9QuTR

Rory McCann will reportedly play Baylan Skoll in #Ahsoka S2

He’s taking over for Ray Stevenson — who passed away in 2023

(via TheInSneider)

Zora Neale Hurston was born on this day, January 7, 1891. She died penniless on January 28, 1960 and was buried in an unmarked grave. This passage, from her famed 1937 novel, *Their Eyes Were watching God,* seems especially pertinent at this moment. 1/

Terrible

A weary Peter Parker, mask off but otherwise in his Spider-Man costume, leans forward head down, hand behind his neck talking to himself,"So long as I'm SPIDER-MAN, I've got to live in SECRECY--everything bottled up inside me! Why do I DO it? Who NEEDS it?"

i finally made it to my new job. dr. lockwood is teaching at northwestern university 🙂‍↔️💕

Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Dr. Vivek Murthy’s report cites studies linking alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act.

studies link alcoholic beverages to at least seven malignancies, including breast and colon cancer. But to add warning labels, Congress would have to act. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/h...

"Wolverine's queerness is bound up in his too-muchness, his excess of body and love, his cowboy drag."

I enjoyed this book! Go read it!

A knowledge, eminently readable account of comics by folks who are often sidelined when we're doing auteurism, with chapters on comics by Englehart, Moench, Wolfman, Colan, McGregor & more. Plus full-colour repros of some very rad pages! #ComicsStudies

Jason Momoa will officially play Lobo in 'Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow'

Michigan landlords can't deny renters based on source of income, under new law Michigan landlords cannot deny accommodations to potential renters based on their source of income under legislation Whitmer signed into law Monday.

Michigan landlords can't deny accommodations to potential renters based on their source of income, under new law