Vincent Haddad
@vincenthaddad.bsky.social
Scholar of literature and popular culture.
Author of The Detroit Genre (Lever Press, 2024) and Next Time on Dragon Ball (UMN Press, 2026)
Author of The Detroit Genre (Lever Press, 2024) and Next Time on Dragon Ball (UMN Press, 2026)
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Coming in 2026, the next book in the Mass Markets series: NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL by the great @vincenthaddad.bsky.social...
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Coming in 2026, the next book in the Mass Markets series: NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL by the great @vincenthaddad.bsky.social...
Alright y’all, which cover design for my book coming out this August?
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Alright y’all, which cover design for my book coming out this August?
Silver linings when two of my favorite writers have new books out in the same year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Silver linings when two of my favorite writers have new books out in the same year.
Wondered if Republican pundits reacted so negatively to Superman (1978) and then a friend shared this newspaper clip from the 1940s…
July 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wondered if Republican pundits reacted so negatively to Superman (1978) and then a friend shared this newspaper clip from the 1940s…
Files from the quaint scandals of yesteryear: Just read Koushun Takami’s novel Battle Royale and find Suzanne Collins’s claim that she was unfamiliar with the book when she wrote Hunger Games…improbable.
July 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Files from the quaint scandals of yesteryear: Just read Koushun Takami’s novel Battle Royale and find Suzanne Collins’s claim that she was unfamiliar with the book when she wrote Hunger Games…improbable.
Finally saw the new Mission Impossible and I can’t believe they actually made an entire blockbuster movie about my long-standing quip that “Tom Cruise is America’s Jesus.”
June 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Finally saw the new Mission Impossible and I can’t believe they actually made an entire blockbuster movie about my long-standing quip that “Tom Cruise is America’s Jesus.”
Can’t wait for this Pee-Wee Herman documentary tonight, especially after reading @caitmckinney.bsky.social ‘s absolutely incredible book from earlier this year.
May 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Can’t wait for this Pee-Wee Herman documentary tonight, especially after reading @caitmckinney.bsky.social ‘s absolutely incredible book from earlier this year.
My book project, Dragon Ball Z: A Manga and Anime Franchise Plays Across the Americas, just received unanimous support from the UMN Press editorial board!
A rare example of a project where I am more interested in the topic now than at the start. Usually I'm exhausted with the idea.
A rare example of a project where I am more interested in the topic now than at the start. Usually I'm exhausted with the idea.
April 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My book project, Dragon Ball Z: A Manga and Anime Franchise Plays Across the Americas, just received unanimous support from the UMN Press editorial board!
A rare example of a project where I am more interested in the topic now than at the start. Usually I'm exhausted with the idea.
A rare example of a project where I am more interested in the topic now than at the start. Usually I'm exhausted with the idea.
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Look. I know the country is on fire. But I have a documentary on Steve #Ditko in production that should release in 2026/27. I’m writing a revival/legacy of Ditko’s STATIC with Mike Norton. @vincenthaddad.bsky.social and I have a new book on The Question coming. Better a bang than a whimper, right?
April 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Look. I know the country is on fire. But I have a documentary on Steve #Ditko in production that should release in 2026/27. I’m writing a revival/legacy of Ditko’s STATIC with Mike Norton. @vincenthaddad.bsky.social and I have a new book on The Question coming. Better a bang than a whimper, right?
I assign a basic summary and response of an academic article in my sophomore comics class.
There is something especially disheartening about reading AI-generated "responses" that criticize the writer's rhetorical choices or examples because the student was prompted to respond critically.
There is something especially disheartening about reading AI-generated "responses" that criticize the writer's rhetorical choices or examples because the student was prompted to respond critically.
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I assign a basic summary and response of an academic article in my sophomore comics class.
There is something especially disheartening about reading AI-generated "responses" that criticize the writer's rhetorical choices or examples because the student was prompted to respond critically.
There is something especially disheartening about reading AI-generated "responses" that criticize the writer's rhetorical choices or examples because the student was prompted to respond critically.
Happy for the opportunity to think more about Danny Brown.
April 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Happy for the opportunity to think more about Danny Brown.
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I was interviewed the other day on the relationship between manga and baseball for this NYT piece.
🌐 How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
#Baseball
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6208911/2025/03/18/baseball-manga-japan-tokyo-series/
How two art forms, baseball and manga, became intertwined in Japan
Manga’s roots are deep, and its influence on baseball is growing, even in the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I was interviewed the other day on the relationship between manga and baseball for this NYT piece.
Read two outstanding books this week that poignantly illuminated today’s structure of feeling.
March 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Read two outstanding books this week that poignantly illuminated today’s structure of feeling.
What do other people do with the constant low-grade anxiety waiting for a specific e-mail (like reader reports) before, on, or in the indeterminate days and week(s)? I need a better strategy than whatever I am doing.
March 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What do other people do with the constant low-grade anxiety waiting for a specific e-mail (like reader reports) before, on, or in the indeterminate days and week(s)? I need a better strategy than whatever I am doing.
The single-issue egg voter.
March 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The single-issue egg voter.
I have a feeling the US is about to do the one truly unforgivable thing to our neighbors to the North.
The Yanks are going to win this hockey game tonight.
The Yanks are going to win this hockey game tonight.
February 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I have a feeling the US is about to do the one truly unforgivable thing to our neighbors to the North.
The Yanks are going to win this hockey game tonight.
The Yanks are going to win this hockey game tonight.
Beast Games is the most depressing thing I’ve seen on television. And I watched Milf Manor.
February 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Beast Games is the most depressing thing I’ve seen on television. And I watched Milf Manor.
This 4 Nations Hockey Tournament has been incredible.
February 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This 4 Nations Hockey Tournament has been incredible.
A long time coming, but finally planning a couple days to spend in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Any tips on can't-miss items I should request to have pulled by the archivists?
February 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A long time coming, but finally planning a couple days to spend in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Any tips on can't-miss items I should request to have pulled by the archivists?
Teaching at an HBCU within the parameters of Ohio’s proposed higher ed bill that prohibits discussions of diversity and politics will really be the height of absurdity.
February 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Teaching at an HBCU within the parameters of Ohio’s proposed higher ed bill that prohibits discussions of diversity and politics will really be the height of absurdity.