The MSU Comics Forum has been doing a great job of not only highlighting the use of comics and sequential art in education but also bringing in some of Michigan’s most illustrious talent to speak. Following Michigan favorite David Peterson’s keynote appearance last year with the great Guy Davis took the keynote speaker position to [...]

This semester Michigan State University is offering History 110H. It is entitled History of the Modern Comic Book, and I looks to be awesome. The class is taught by Ethan Watrall who works in the history department but is also heavily involved in the Serious Games undergrad and graduate programs at the University. He’s posting [...]

Long time, no read. I’ve had a pretty crazy summer and sadly my blogging (and drinking) have suffered mightily. Luckily it appears that  things are finally settling down and I’ve been able to successfully hop off the wagon and hit the ground running/stumbling. If I seem a bit rusty, I hope you understand. I picked [...]

It’s no secret that I think Superman is a total knob. I also happen to love The Dark Knight Returns. Not just because Supes gets his ass handed to him, but also because it portrays Batman in some of the harshest light possible yet still manages to completely humanize him.  Anyway, enough of the setup. [...]

There’s an awesome blog up over at coveredblog.blogspot.com. The project has artists redraw classic comic covers and the results are pretty consistently awesome, or at the very least interesting. Some of the more abstract covers are especially interesting, but I love seeing alternate interpretations of the characters I know and love.  Definitely worth checking out!