Rusty Hatchell
@rustyhatchell.bsky.social
Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M
Research: television shared universes, superhero media, media industries
Teaching: film history, film analysis, contemporary Hollywood
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Research: television shared universes, superhero media, media industries
Teaching: film history, film analysis, contemporary Hollywood
he/him | 🏳️🌈🇰🇷🇺🇸
views are my own & do not represent my employer
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'Superman' comic found in a California attic sells for record $9.12 million at auction
'Superman' comic found in a California attic sells for record $9.12 million at auction
A pristine copy of 'Superman' No. 1 that was found in an attic sold for $9.12 million at Heritage Auctions, becoming the most expensive comic book ever sold.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 AM
'Superman' comic found in a California attic sells for record $9.12 million at auction
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My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
Theme Park Fandom: Spatial Transmedia, Materiality and Participatory Cultures
Theme Park Fandom argues that serious study of theme parks and their adult fans has much to tell us about contemporary transmediality and convergence, themed and immersive spaces, and audience relatio...
www.routledge.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
My book Theme Park Fandom is coming out in a much more affordable paperback edition. Pre-order here:
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
www.routledge.com/Theme-Park-F...
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Are you a fan of the 1978 film THE WIZ? I would LOVE to chat with you about your fandom for a book on THE WIZ. You only need to be 18 years old or older and love the film. DMs open and please share.
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Are you a fan of the 1978 film THE WIZ? I would LOVE to chat with you about your fandom for a book on THE WIZ. You only need to be 18 years old or older and love the film. DMs open and please share.
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Call for papers for the edited collection, Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics: williamgrady.co.uk/cfp/
The volume aims to explore the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world.
Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025
The volume aims to explore the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world.
Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Call for papers for the edited collection, Beyond the American Western: Picturing the Far West in Global Comics: williamgrady.co.uk/cfp/
The volume aims to explore the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world.
Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025
The volume aims to explore the vibrancy and diversity of the Western genre in comics from around the world.
Deadline for proposals: 14th December 2025
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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Would you take a mental health diagnosis class about superheroes, supervillains, and comic book characters?
🦸♂️ ⚔️ 🦹♂️
Well, I made one and write about it in my new open-access commentary 🙂
digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jti/vol1/iss...
#academicsky #edusky
🦸♂️ ⚔️ 🦹♂️
Well, I made one and write about it in my new open-access commentary 🙂
digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jti/vol1/iss...
#academicsky #edusky
Pow, Bam, Snikt: Using Superheroes to Teach Mental Health
Undergraduate psychopathology (abnormal psychology) courses traditionally emphasize case vignettes of individuals with psychiatric disorders to illustrate etiology, nosology, and treatment. While peda...
digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Would you take a mental health diagnosis class about superheroes, supervillains, and comic book characters?
🦸♂️ ⚔️ 🦹♂️
Well, I made one and write about it in my new open-access commentary 🙂
digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jti/vol1/iss...
#academicsky #edusky
🦸♂️ ⚔️ 🦹♂️
Well, I made one and write about it in my new open-access commentary 🙂
digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/jti/vol1/iss...
#academicsky #edusky
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Every single candidate Trump endorsed lost last night.
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Every single candidate Trump endorsed lost last night.
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Tonight is an UNAMBIGUOUS correction of the national moment.
Among other things, it demonstrates that STANDING UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE is morally AND politically correct ✊🏳️⚧️
Among other things, it demonstrates that STANDING UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE is morally AND politically correct ✊🏳️⚧️
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Tonight is an UNAMBIGUOUS correction of the national moment.
Among other things, it demonstrates that STANDING UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE is morally AND politically correct ✊🏳️⚧️
Among other things, it demonstrates that STANDING UP FOR TRANS PEOPLE is morally AND politically correct ✊🏳️⚧️
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online
The Library of Congress’s Historical Media Publications Collection is now a an online, searchable resource for film fans and historians.
www.filmbuffonline.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Library Of Congress Makes Collection Of Classic Film Magazines Available Online https://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2025/10/27/library-of-congress-makes-collection-of-classic-film-magazines-available-online/
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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Excited to share that *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! This collection brings together an international group of scholars explores how K-pop reimagines narrative across media. www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...
Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop
In Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop, contributors present a variety of compelling case studies to argue that K-pop has evolved beyond a m…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Excited to share that *Critical Approaches to Transmedia Storytelling in K-Pop* is now available for pre-order from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social! This collection brings together an international group of scholars explores how K-pop reimagines narrative across media. www.bloomsbury.com/us/critical-...
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Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
October 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu.
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Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...
September 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
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Way to go, @jimlee.bsky.social and DC Comics!
Hopefully more publishers follow a similar stance going forward.
bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-co...
Hopefully more publishers follow a similar stance going forward.
bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-co...
"DC Comics Will Not Support AI Generated Storytelling Or Art"- Jim Lee
"DC Comics Will Not Support AI Generated Storytelling Or Artwork" - transcript and video of Jim Lee's speech at New York Comic Con
bleedingcool.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Way to go, @jimlee.bsky.social and DC Comics!
Hopefully more publishers follow a similar stance going forward.
bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-co...
Hopefully more publishers follow a similar stance going forward.
bleedingcool.com/comics/dc-co...
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The millennial takeover of the Democratic Party is imminent - round two!
September 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The millennial takeover of the Democratic Party is imminent - round two!
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Have you ever purchased makeup or beauty projects based on your fandom? If you are 18 years or older, please fill out this 10 minute survey for a research project on embodied fan identities. Share widely! Contact with any questions: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu. utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Have you ever purchased makeup or beauty projects based on your fandom? If you are 18 years or older, please fill out this 10 minute survey for a research project on embodied fan identities. Share widely! Contact with any questions: suzanne.scott@utexas.edu. utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Sinclair has said it will once again air JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!, and Nexstar likely will, too. But the last 10 days have shown why we are overdue for a massive reset in the network-affiliation relationship--or maybe the end of affiliates. Up now at @vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/jimm...
www.vulture.com/article/jimm...
The Trouble With Affiliates
The Jimmy Kimmel saga demonstrates that the network-affiliate relationship is due for an overhaul.
www.vulture.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sinclair has said it will once again air JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!, and Nexstar likely will, too. But the last 10 days have shown why we are overdue for a massive reset in the network-affiliation relationship--or maybe the end of affiliates. Up now at @vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/jimm...
www.vulture.com/article/jimm...
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Understatement of the fucking year right here.
August 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Understatement of the fucking year right here.
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Do you watch TV? Please take this survey to help me understand what audiences think of TV production techniques. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/... Please share widely, and thanks in advance.
#FanStudies #AudienceResearch
#FanStudies #AudienceResearch
TV Survey
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Do you watch TV? Please take this survey to help me understand what audiences think of TV production techniques. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/... Please share widely, and thanks in advance.
#FanStudies #AudienceResearch
#FanStudies #AudienceResearch
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There's something oddly comforting in the Fall 2025 semester starting with a faculty-wide email, to which multiple professors replied-all to be removed from the list, followed by multiple faculty asking everyone not to reply-all, followed by multiple profs replying-all to be removed from the list. 🤌
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There's something oddly comforting in the Fall 2025 semester starting with a faculty-wide email, to which multiple professors replied-all to be removed from the list, followed by multiple faculty asking everyone not to reply-all, followed by multiple profs replying-all to be removed from the list. 🤌
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Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TBC5 flyer 2025 final.docx
To Be Continued 5 Defining, Producing, Performing, Consuming, and Theorizing Serials and Adaptations A Zoom Symposium, 18–19 September 2025 Organizers: Julie Grossman (Le Moyne College), Thomas Leitch...
docs.google.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Adaptation, seriality, film, media, literature, and cultural studies scholars, come to the fifth annual online To Be Continued conference, Sept. 18-19! Presenter and (free) registration information can be found on this flyer. Hope to see you there! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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stop normalizing things I don’t want to be normal
August 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
stop normalizing things I don’t want to be normal
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NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & @lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!
Music Fandom (01/01/2026)
| Transformative Works and Cultures
journal.transformativeworks.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW CFP ALERT 📣 Check out the details of our upcoming special issue on Music Fandom guest edited by @jenessawilliams.bsky.social & @lucykbennett.bsky.social at the follow link: journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...! Deadline is 01/01/2026!