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Anna F Peppard PhD
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Ed #Supersex for @utexaspress.bsky.social. Ed Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics. Words @comicsxf.com @sequentialscholars.bsky.social + lots more. Host of @GoshGollyWow.bsky.social. Kurt Wagner's (unofficial) PR Manager. she/her
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Book Spotlight: Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics by Daniel Worden
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Book Spotlight: Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics by Samantha Langsdale
February 14, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlights James Scorer's boon "Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century, published by @utexaspress.bsky.social! #ComicsStudies
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James Scorer’s “Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century: Transgressing the Frame” received an Honorable Mention for the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. Scorer marks the post-2005 period as the dawn of a significant era of growth & transformation. 1/7
The cover of James Scorer’s “Latin American Comics in the Twenty-First Century: Transgressing the Frame,” featuring a girl with a determined face with a star behind her.
February 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlights @nealebarnholden.bsky.social's book "From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics," published by @upmississippi.bsky.social! #ComicsStudies
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Neale Barnholden’s “From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics” was nominated for an Eisner for Best Scholarly/Academic Work. Defying the common compulsion to “elevate” comics by transforming them into high art, Barnholden celebrates comics’ supposedly trashy materiality. 1/9
The cover of Neale Barnholden’s “From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics” featuring a close-up image of bubble gum.
February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlights Michelle Ann Abate's book "Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States," published by @rutgersupress.bsky.social! #ComicsStudies #ComicStrips #Comics #Funnies
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“Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States” by Michelle Ann Abate was shortlisted for an Eisner for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Abate contests comics scholars’ historical neglect of one-panel comics, which she presents as exemplars of the comics form. 1/8
The cover of Michelle Ann Abate’s book “Singular Sensations: A Cultural History of One-Panel Comics in the United States.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Book spotlight: BOOM! SPLAT! Comics and Violence, edited by Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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I am currently being The Worst Canadian, reminiscing out loud about great Canadian football games while watching the big boring American football game
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Our latest spotlights @samlangsdale.bsky.social's book "Searching for Feminist Superheroes" published by @utexaspress.bsky.social! #ComicsStudies
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Sam Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics” won the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. While many books about representation catalog problematic elements, Langsdale searches for progressive alternatives. 1/8
The cover of Samantha Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlights "Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics" by Daniel Worden, published by @ohiostatepress.bsky.social!
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Daniel Worden’s “Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics” was shortlisted for The Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society & nominated for an Eisner for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Worden’s book ties the history comics to the history of fossil fuels. 1/8
The cover of Daniel Worden’s “Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics” featuring a cartoon car surrounded by sound effects.
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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The family tree of new MCU star Wonder Man includes heroic robots, killer robots, the Master of Magnetism and at least one member of the Summers family.
Wonder Man and the most complicated family tree in comics
The family tree of new MCU star Wonder Man includes heroic robots, killer robots, the Master of Magnetism and at least one member of the Summers family.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social spotlights Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt's edited collection "BOOM SPLAT! Comics and Violence" published by @upmississippi.bsky.social. #ComicsStudies
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Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt’s anthology "BOOM! 'SPLAT! Comics and Violence" was shortlisted for the Edited Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. This collection applies an innovative, inclusive lens to a topic that’s received remarkably limited attention within #ComicsStudies. 1/9
The cover of BOOM! 'SPLAT! Comics and Violence, featuring a fist and icons of force.
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Facebook Marketplace has finally figured out what I like
February 2, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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I'm seeing so many folks commenting on that Atlantic article about how it's gotten so hard to get students to watch movies and like, I've been teaching comic books for 10 years and often can't get students to read an 8-page Batman or Archie story. It is what it is.
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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I've consulted a tome and determined that Aquaman peaked in 1947
A scene from Aquaman goes to college, from Adventure Comics #120. He is friends with fish and an octopus specifically.
February 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Announcing our next unit: Book spotlights !
January 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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No one is more surprised than me that this Wonder Man show is good actually?
February 1, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Our unit on "Gotham Central" is over but not forgotten! Here's a snapshot of what we covered, starting with An Introduction to “Gotham Central”:

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1/7 #Batman #GothamCentral #ReneeMontoya #ComicsStudies
sequentialscholars.bsky.social Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · Jan 12
“Gotham Central” (2002-06) by Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka with art by Michael Lark was a police procedural set in Batman’s Gotham City. It was an innovative and influential revisionist story, underscoring and reframing the human costs of the superheroism. 1/7 #GothamCentral #Batman #ComicsStudies
The cover of the trade paperback edition of the first volume of Gotham Central.
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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YouTube served me an ad for an obviously fake robot dog, is this the new x-ray specs
An image of a supposed robot dog that is described as essentially a real puppy but like, it’s not even a real robot?
January 30, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks the award-winning story "Half a Life" from Gotham Central, starring Renee Montoya. #ComicsStudies #Batman #GothamCentral #QueerComics
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In an article for Autostaddle, May Rude calls Gotham Central “one of the defining books for queer women in comics.” This legacy begins with the award-winning story “Half a Life” starring Renee Montoya, which masterfully yokes superhero conventions to institutional and social critique. 1/12
The cover of Gotham Central #6, introducing the Half a Life storyline. Rude’s article is titled: Drawn to Comics Classics: “Gotham Central: In The Line of Duty” Brings Renee Montoya to the Forefront.
January 27, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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I love @adamreck.bsky.social for many reasons but one of those reasons is that he nurtures my long-simmering hatred of Hank McCoy, who has always been a Bad Person. (I would have added all the times this Obvious Villain has called a woman "toots.")

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A picture of Hank McCoy, aka Beast, a Villain
January 26, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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Our latest for @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks Gotham Central and cultural capital! #Batman #GothamCentral #ComicsStudies
sequentialscholars.bsky.social Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 26d
As a cult classic that eschewed commercial success in favour of grounded storytelling, Gotham Central’s successes and failures provide a potent case study for the concept of cultural capital in the comics industry and the variant ways that we might define “success” as a concept. #gothamcentral 1/12
A picture of the Batman villain, Two-Face.
January 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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As many of you know, Evil Beast has been one of my personal campaigns for years. Seeing it happen in real time, I had to do a little reflecting on how we got here, and why I'm so excited about what it could mean moving forward.
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With X-Men #24 taking the Age of Revelation Finale reveal to another level, this is a great time to talk about Beast’s evolution over the decades.
X-Men #24 and the Unified Theory of Evil Beast
With X-Men #24 taking the Age of Revelation Finale reveal to another level, this is a great time to talk about Beast’s evolution over the decades.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Our latest @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks possibilities for storytelling subversion in Gotham Central. #Batman #GothamCentral #Spiderman #ComicsStudies
sequentialscholars.bsky.social Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 28d
The first story arc of “Gotham Central,” titled “In the Line of Duty,” knowingly subverts expectations of a “traditional” superhero story. A comparison with a more traditional story arc, in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6, underscores this subversion. 1/10 #Batman #GothamCentral #ComicsStudies
The covers of Gotham Central #1 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6.
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Maximum Overdrive is a Cars prequel
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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Romance ❤️
Big Barda and Scott Free declare their inevitable eternal love in the YA graphic novel Barda by Ngozi Ukazu.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM