Justin Wigard, PhD
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Justin Wigard, PhD
@justinwigard.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of English at University of North Dakota. Comics Studies, Digital Humanities, 20th/21st century US literature.

New Book: ATTACK OF THE NEW B MOVIES, McFarland 2023. He/him/his.
Kolchak is indeed delightful! Funny enough, I have to watch Kojak yet.

Peacock has Kolchak, Columbo (free on Tubi), and Murder, She Wrote (also on Tubi).
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Martial law. <Shakes head>
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Great running into you!
October 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Fwiw, I've also been grappling with and thinking through that problem of scale in comic strips for a bit now.

Related to trying to teach the comic, I figured I'd share this article I wrote where we used DH methods to read study all of Peanuts all at once (link below), if it's of interest.
October 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Yeah, this is a major bummer. We've been working on building some GM programming here at UND, with hopes to apply for this in the future. Fingers crossed it will eventually come back in full force.
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ooo. Golden Son was a blast. I've been enjoying that whole series.

(Also, that AI snake oil book looks great)
May 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My cohort of faculty friends are getting together tomorrow to celebrate making it through our first year as TT faculty, and I'm baking some spinach, artichoke, and gruyere stromboli to share. I'm very excited about both activities, tbh.
May 3, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Yeah, I absolutely hear you. I also think Osman is onto something special, so I've been taking those books slow (also between my own usual fare).
May 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Same, and I got one too!
April 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM