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Comic Book Literacy: Wizard World University
This year Wizard World Texas hosted Wizard World University, an academic track of programming created alongside the Institute for Comics Studies. Saturday’s “Comics in the Classroom” panel featured none other than CBL producer Khindra Kent and her presentation, ” Comic Book Literacy in the Early Childhood Classroom….” Go to full post by Todd Kent. Addendum […]
Oracle: Comic Arts Club Offers Excitement
Club activities are definitely going to get a lot more animated this year, courtesy of the Henderson Comic Arts Club. Under the supervision of Dr. Randy Duncan and Dr. Travis Langley, the Comic Arts Club – or Comics Club, as it’s more commonly known – is proving that fans have evolved far past the stereotypes […]
Democrat-Gazette: Comic communication topic of professors’ classes
Dr. Randy Duncan and Dr. Travis Langley, professors at Henderson State University, have a love for comics that runs deeper than buying the occasional comic book or watching the latest Batman movie. They both teach classes on the subject of comics and took 16 HSU students attended the Comic-Con International in San Diego, which began […]
Golden Gate [X]Press: We Can Be Heroes
Doctor Travis Langley, a psychology professor at Henderson State University in Arkansas, says that people enjoy comics mainly for the escapist storylines and the opportunity for exposure to new characters and adventures. The more access people have to comics, in terms of how many comic book stores are in their residential or working community or […]
Ink Inferno Interview: The ERIICA Project
Brandon Phillips and Kevin Nickolson of “Swap Your Comics” interview Dr. Travis Langley and students about their ERIICA Project: Empirical Research on the Interpretation and Influence of the Comic Arts. Go to podcast.
Oracle: Vampires and Superman Among Fall Topics
…Last on the list of interesting classes is a course taught by Dr. Travis Langley called “Forensic Psychology.” The class is popular among students because it teaches the psychology of crime, crime solving and court processes. The class also discusses topics such as con artists, domestic violence, sex crimes, lie detection, jury selection, terrorism, the […]
