Comics Syllabus

Images available at http://wp.me/p42KN3-G1p starting 9/12/17 9am EST (4:58)On this week’s Comics Syllabus podcast, Paul is honored to be joined by Dr. Elizabeth Coody ( https://twitter.com/ecoody ) of Sacred and Sequential ( http://www.sacredandsequential.org/ ) for a General Ed segment to talk about how comics take on the Bible. Dr. Coody describes how a New Testament scholar ended up studying comics, and breaks down different ways that comics interface with the Bible. Check out the list of references at the bottom of this page for the titles they discuss. (49:06) Then, after some announcements, Paul offers a reading of “Barrier” by Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente from Panel Syndicate, available at http://panelsyndicate.com/ and recently completed in 2017. Paul talks about this pay-what-you-want web-based comic’s take on immigration, language, and fascinating violence. Finally… a new segment! (1:48:55) The Discussion Section today features the long list of comics that Paul’s been read