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The League of Extraordinary Ladies: Superhero Battlefield Coverage by Stephanie Thorpe
Excerpt from http://thelxl.com/2011/08/04/sdcc-2011-round-up-lxl-panels by Stephanie Thorpe: Andrea Letamendi held a fascinating panel Sunday afternoon called The Superhero Battlefield. …panelists deftly broke down how heroes or villains would be compelled to become what they are as a reaction to some severe psychological trauma. Prime examples included Batman and the growth he exhibited, versus someone like the […]
San Diego Comic-Con International Panel: Superhero Battlefield
4:00-5:00 The Superhero Battlefield— What drives superheroes to keep fighting the good fight without getting burned out, disillusioned, or transforming into villains themselves? Trauma psychologist Dr. Andrea Letamendi (UCLA) explores the minds of your favorite comic book heroes and villains, linking them with the very real minds of actual trauma survivors. Alongside Dr. Letamendi are […]
MTV: 10 Off-Beat San Diego Panels You Have To See To Believe
MTV Geek post by Alex Zalben: http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/07/13/10-off-beat-san-diego-panels-you-have-to-see-to-believe/ “…You can finish up CCI with what is possibly the most erudite panel on the schedule. Some might call it, ‘the nerdiest panel,’ but not this guy, as it actually sounds kind of fascinating, and calling something the nerdiest at CCI is like going into the sea, pointing […]
Comics Arts Conference: WonderCon 2011
Comics Arts Conference 5: Life After Trauma — To Be a Superhero or Supervillain? Speaker/Artist(s) Info Andrea Letamendi, Robin Rosenberg, Travis Langley. Did you ever wonder why experiencing trauma led Batman to become a hero but Harvey Dent to become a villain? Why Superman hasn’t given up his Herculean task for good after being exposed […]
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
FRONT AND CENTER: Travis Langley Professor teaches by exploring the psyche of superheroes By Wayne Bryan Photo by Rusty Hubbard Travis Langley, a psychology professor at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, is writing a book about Batman. Langley uses the superhero’s disturbed psyche as an example to help teach his students. ARKADELPHIA — What does […]
Siftings-Herald: Professor, Students Probe the Mind of the Joker
Travis Langley (left) and Adam West (right) discuss Cesar Romero while preparing for their Comic-Con panel on the psychopathy of the Joker. Dr. Travis Langley, professor of psychology at Henderson State University, recently probed the mind of a master criminal with the help of one of the world’s most famous detectives. We are speaking, of […]
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 […]
