Welcome to the Course!

Welcome to the Winter Intercession 2020 course, Superheroes as Literature! This website merely serves a support function to the course, posting handouts, assignments, links, and other reminders. If you have to miss class for whatever reason, or get sick and can no longer attend, this blog will be your lifeline. If you have any questions about the course or the content, please e-mail me at jgrasso@ecok.edu.

Be sure to buy all six books for the class, which you can buy at the ECU bookstore. You can also get the books on-line, but the chances that you won't get them in time are pretty high. If you can't get a book for any reason, please contact me, because I might have a spare copy, OR I can give you a related book so you can still do the work. Don't just give up or not turn in work because you're missing a book. 

Additionally, we have many books on comics/graphic novels in our library—you can find most of them in the PN6700 section—including:

·         Gravett, Paul.  Graphic Novels: Everything You Need To Know: PN6710.G738

·         Superheroes and Philosophy: PN6712.S86

·         Lepore, The Secret History of Wonder Woman: PN6728.W6

·         Comics as History, Comics as Literature: PN6714.C653

·         Eisner, Comics and Sequential Art: NC1764.E47

·         Lee,  Origins of Marvel Comics: PN6725.L4

·         The Steranko History of Comics: PN6725.S78

·         Critical Survey of Graphic Novels: Heroes and Superheroes (reference work, only available to read in the library: PN6725.C753)

 Also, here are some websites you might find handy in your comic book research for Papers #1 and #2 and your presentation: 

·         ComicsResearch.org (a site full of academic and popular content)

·         ComicsResearch.org/blog (a blog full of comics news and events)

·         Cbldf.org  (Comic Books Legal Defense Fund: a site about banned comics and other comics-related issues)

·         Lambiek Comiclopedia (an on-line encyclopedia of comics: http://lambiek.net/artists/index.htm)

NOTE: Don't worry about the posts below this one. They are for last May's class, and won't cover the same work you're doing. So don't get intimidated! 

See you next week!