Forrest C. Helvie, Ph.D.
@fhelvie.bsky.social
(He / him) Husband, father, professor, combat veteran, and writer. Passionate about community colleges and growing future leaders in higher education.
Avid comics critic - mainstream and academic. Edited “How to Analyze & Review Comics” from Sequart Pub.
Avid comics critic - mainstream and academic. Edited “How to Analyze & Review Comics” from Sequart Pub.
Okay, giving this a try
November 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Okay, giving this a try
My latest publication is out in The Routledge Companion to #Superhero Studies! I have the privilege of opening the book with Chapter One: Creators and the Creative Processes Behind #Comics.
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My latest publication is out in The Routledge Companion to #Superhero Studies! I have the privilege of opening the book with Chapter One: Creators and the Creative Processes Behind #Comics.
@kellythompson.bsky.social SO want to go email 2015 Kelly and tell her about this year’s Ringos!-)
October 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
@kellythompson.bsky.social SO want to go email 2015 Kelly and tell her about this year’s Ringos!-)
Batman: The Last Halloween brings me right back to Loeb and Sale’s original time together. And a true murderers row of artists to pay tribute to one of comics’ best artists.
@dcnworld.bsky.social
@dcnworld.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Batman: The Last Halloween brings me right back to Loeb and Sale’s original time together. And a true murderers row of artists to pay tribute to one of comics’ best artists.
@dcnworld.bsky.social
@dcnworld.bsky.social
I miss writing comics reviews. I'm not sure how I'd even get back into the game again though.
August 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I miss writing comics reviews. I'm not sure how I'd even get back into the game again though.
“Almost Famous” is required watching for anyone who wants to be a pop culture critic.
“Don’t forget the rules, man. This little shit is the enemy. He writes what he sees.…”
“Don’t forget the rules, man. This little shit is the enemy. He writes what he sees.…”
July 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Almost Famous” is required watching for anyone who wants to be a pop culture critic.
“Don’t forget the rules, man. This little shit is the enemy. He writes what he sees.…”
“Don’t forget the rules, man. This little shit is the enemy. He writes what he sees.…”
Looking forward to sharing Chapter 3 next week on my #DevNotes blog, but for the weekend crowd, I thought I'd give a sneak preview of the cover I've designed.
Look for the complete book to be released later this summer!
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Look for the complete book to be released later this summer!
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June 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Looking forward to sharing Chapter 3 next week on my #DevNotes blog, but for the weekend crowd, I thought I'd give a sneak preview of the cover I've designed.
Look for the complete book to be released later this summer!
www.linkedin.com/posts/forres...
Look for the complete book to be released later this summer!
www.linkedin.com/posts/forres...
This summer, DevNotes will be taking on a different direction, one where I hope you'll join me for the ride as I begin an in-depth exploration of artificial intelligence in the classroom -- or what I'm calling the "ghost." What will this look like? Read on!
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June 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This summer, DevNotes will be taking on a different direction, one where I hope you'll join me for the ride as I begin an in-depth exploration of artificial intelligence in the classroom -- or what I'm calling the "ghost." What will this look like? Read on!
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghost-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/ghost-...
Formatting the final draft of the collection and then a book that’s been 13 years in the making will be done.
May 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Formatting the final draft of the collection and then a book that’s been 13 years in the making will be done.
Yup. They clipped one of my books.
March 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yup. They clipped one of my books.
@oeming.bsky.social on a creator owned fantasy comic is a slam dunk.
William of Newbury is now available in paperback! More: bit.ly/4ajlzUS
Follow William of Newbury as he negotiates with thieves, evades his brother and the church, and battles the undead and evil spirits.
Collects issues #1-4 of the anthropomorphic supernatural series by @oeming.bsky.social
Follow William of Newbury as he negotiates with thieves, evades his brother and the church, and battles the undead and evil spirits.
Collects issues #1-4 of the anthropomorphic supernatural series by @oeming.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
@oeming.bsky.social on a creator owned fantasy comic is a slam dunk.
Morning headlines: Favorite author ends up being inhuman, people grappling (poorly) with AI, and new reports confirm incoming president is still the worst.
Yeaaaah. I’m taking the day off from social media.
Yeaaaah. I’m taking the day off from social media.
January 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Morning headlines: Favorite author ends up being inhuman, people grappling (poorly) with AI, and new reports confirm incoming president is still the worst.
Yeaaaah. I’m taking the day off from social media.
Yeaaaah. I’m taking the day off from social media.
Pull list pick up writer shout out! Not a bad way to say adieu to 2024.
@kellysue.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @michaelmoreci.bsky.social @jason-aaron.bsky.social
@kellysue.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @michaelmoreci.bsky.social @jason-aaron.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Pull list pick up writer shout out! Not a bad way to say adieu to 2024.
@kellysue.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @michaelmoreci.bsky.social @jason-aaron.bsky.social
@kellysue.bsky.social @alexsegura.bsky.social @michaelmoreci.bsky.social @jason-aaron.bsky.social
Hard to perfect #Tolkien’s work, but I wouldn’t have been sad to see this in the appendices.
December 29, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hard to perfect #Tolkien’s work, but I wouldn’t have been sad to see this in the appendices.
Spent a three-hour red eye flight being elbowed by someone who lacked any sense of personal space & when I mentioned this to them, the confusion was palpable.
And also, the elbowing failed to cease.
🤦♂️
And also, the elbowing failed to cease.
🤦♂️
December 29, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Spent a three-hour red eye flight being elbowed by someone who lacked any sense of personal space & when I mentioned this to them, the confusion was palpable.
And also, the elbowing failed to cease.
🤦♂️
And also, the elbowing failed to cease.
🤦♂️
Did they … just cheer for the live cremation of their friend?!?
December 29, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Did they … just cheer for the live cremation of their friend?!?
Finally (and much too slow in doing so) read @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @ffrancavilla.bsky.social The Ghoul.
I’m traveling and only had my black & white Kindle Scribe, so on *one* hand, I experienced not as created
1/2
I’m traveling and only had my black & white Kindle Scribe, so on *one* hand, I experienced not as created
1/2
December 28, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Finally (and much too slow in doing so) read @ssnyder1835.bsky.social & @ffrancavilla.bsky.social The Ghoul.
I’m traveling and only had my black & white Kindle Scribe, so on *one* hand, I experienced not as created
1/2
I’m traveling and only had my black & white Kindle Scribe, so on *one* hand, I experienced not as created
1/2
Traveling home tomorrow from winter family vacation and got the pitch doc for my next book prepped.
Next up: Finding the right publisher and then sending out personal invites to contributors and putting out a call for writers!
Next up: Finding the right publisher and then sending out personal invites to contributors and putting out a call for writers!
December 28, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Traveling home tomorrow from winter family vacation and got the pitch doc for my next book prepped.
Next up: Finding the right publisher and then sending out personal invites to contributors and putting out a call for writers!
Next up: Finding the right publisher and then sending out personal invites to contributors and putting out a call for writers!
This book is 💯 a case of what Deadpool would look like playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Totally inappropriate and total fun.
@djangowexler.bsky.social
Totally inappropriate and total fun.
@djangowexler.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 11:17 AM
This book is 💯 a case of what Deadpool would look like playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Totally inappropriate and total fun.
@djangowexler.bsky.social
Totally inappropriate and total fun.
@djangowexler.bsky.social
I had 90% of all my final grading done by Tuesday morning and then inertia hit *hard*
Getting myself to focus and even open Blackboard alone is like herding cats towards a single, central point.
Getting myself to focus and even open Blackboard alone is like herding cats towards a single, central point.
December 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I had 90% of all my final grading done by Tuesday morning and then inertia hit *hard*
Getting myself to focus and even open Blackboard alone is like herding cats towards a single, central point.
Getting myself to focus and even open Blackboard alone is like herding cats towards a single, central point.
Next week, my writing students will be submitting their "Surviving College Writing" handbooks, and in this blog post, I talk a little about why this is one of my favorite pieces of student writing I get.
#highereducation #composition #rhetoric #writingpedagogy
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#highereducation #composition #rhetoric #writingpedagogy
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Surviving My Writing Class
“How did I even survive that class?” It’s not at all uncommon for some of my first-semester college writing students to utter this question aloud at the end of the semester. And about twelve years ago...
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November 29, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Next week, my writing students will be submitting their "Surviving College Writing" handbooks, and in this blog post, I talk a little about why this is one of my favorite pieces of student writing I get.
#highereducation #composition #rhetoric #writingpedagogy
www.linkedin.com/pulse/surviv...
#highereducation #composition #rhetoric #writingpedagogy
www.linkedin.com/pulse/surviv...
I never used to preorder comics, and if I’m honest, I typically preferred the ease and lack of space electronic copies took up when I was an active comics critic & journalist.
Now? Definitely got a pull list and the best guarantee of being read is if you’re in my buy pile in my office.
Now? Definitely got a pull list and the best guarantee of being read is if you’re in my buy pile in my office.
November 26, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I never used to preorder comics, and if I’m honest, I typically preferred the ease and lack of space electronic copies took up when I was an active comics critic & journalist.
Now? Definitely got a pull list and the best guarantee of being read is if you’re in my buy pile in my office.
Now? Definitely got a pull list and the best guarantee of being read is if you’re in my buy pile in my office.
Awesome. Public schools - y'all ready for a four-year Hell in a Cell Match?
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MSN
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November 20, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Awesome. Public schools - y'all ready for a four-year Hell in a Cell Match?
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Comic storytellers who lay down some of the *best* inks in the medium? @oeming.bsky.social @beckycloonan.bsky.social and @smartinbrough.bsky.social
Seriously, check their work out.
Seriously, check their work out.
November 16, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Comic storytellers who lay down some of the *best* inks in the medium? @oeming.bsky.social @beckycloonan.bsky.social and @smartinbrough.bsky.social
Seriously, check their work out.
Seriously, check their work out.