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Myths of Concern, or “Steak-umm Doesn’t Love You”

Like me, you may have been seeing sporadic mentions of a “Steak-umm” Twitter account lately, that has been taking a stand for science and empathy. I must confess that I thought people were talking about some kind of podcast that took its name from the brand and reviewed or talked about frozen meats, or something of that description.

Turns out, I was wrong.

New Post Elsewhere: “Stranger Than Fiction: On ‘Superheroes’ and ‘Essential Workers'”

I wrote a guest post for the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama, about "superheroes" and "essential workers" in the pandemic. As they phrased it in their social media presence, the post's about "how we name and how we value things," and I really like that framing. This is how it starts: … Continue reading New Post Elsewhere: “Stranger Than Fiction: On ‘Superheroes’ and ‘Essential Workers'” →

A Discussion about Muslim Superheroes

Last month, a bunch of smart people got together at the American Association of Religion conference to discuss the book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation, co-edited by A. David Lewis and myself. You can hear the discussion here. http://www.sacredandsequential.org/20...

Muslim Superheroes is now shipping!

It's confirmed: the book MUSLIM SUPERHEROES: COMICS, ISLAM, AND REPRESENTATION, which I co-edited with A. David Lewis, is shipping! Click the link above for more information.

First Superman interview!

The Literary Hub website just published an interview with me about my forthcoming book, Re-Constructing the Man of Steel

You can read it here.

Superman is coming!

Keep your eye peeled, because in October, my new book Re-Constructing the Man of Steel: Superman 1938 1941, Jewish American History, and the Invention of the Jewish Comics Connection, will be out from Palgrave Macmillan!

New book in the pipeline!

I am very happy to announce that the book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation is now in production and will be out in Spring 2017. It is a collection of close readings and comparative studies of Muslim superhero comics characters from around the world that I have co-edited with my friend and colleague A. David Lewis.


You can keep up with developments here!

Comics Review: Ted Rall’s “2024”

2024 is often-controversial political cartoonist Ted Rall’s take on George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, 1984. Rall’s version, of course, is updated to fit its own time, so the danger is morphed to focus more on postmodern relativism, Gen X cynicism, deregulation, and securitization.

While it is interesting to see how close Rall manages to stick to the source material’s narrative and thematic structures, there is not all that much to say about the book. It is pretty heavy-handed, lacking...

Book Review: Charles Strozier’s “Until the Fires Stopped Burning”

Historian and psychoanalyst Charles B. Strozier’s Until the Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11 and New York City in the Words and Experiences of Survivors and Witnesses is an interesting book, one that both comes off seeming incomplete and lacking and is eminently readable and recommendable.

As the title suggest, Strozier’s purpose is to tell a story of 9/11 through (mostly) the testimony of survivors and witnesses. He is also interested in separating the different kinds of experience that marked th...

Podcast

I was interviewed by the great people over at ALTbrown Podcast – a podcast highlighting alternative voices in communities of color – last night and, with amazing turnaround time, the show went online today. You can listen to us talk comics, New York, and some religion here.