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Red Dead’s History

Anthony Letizia -
History professor Tore Olsson launched a college course in 2021 that used popular video game Red Dead Redemption to explore U.S. history, then wrote a book based on the class afterwards.

Adventures in Learning with Indiana Jones

Teaching with the Beatles

Hamilton Education Program

Comics @ San Diego State University

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

Drawn to Home

Necessary Trouble Archives

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

The Marvel Age of Comics

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

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Captain America confronts members of Satan’s Angels disrupting a music festival shortly after the Hells Angels stabbed a fan at the infamous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway.

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Anthony Letizia -
Green Arrow interacted with many of Seattle’s homeless during writer Mike Grell’s classic comic book series, and acts as a fictional counterpart to the actual homeless situation in the city.

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Comic Books and the Real World

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Anthony Letizia -
AIDS-inflicted Jim Wilson is rescued by the Hulk during a protest against a student with AIDS from returning to school, similar to protests against the real-world Ryan White during the 1980s.

Heroes Against Hunger

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Champions: This is Not a Drill

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Star Trek: Threads of Destiny

Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

ABOUT REMIXING HISTORY

Popular culture often serves as a mirror into the past and present through narratives that reflect the real world. Remixing History intertwines these fictional stories with their factual counterparts, creating a hybrid history and better understanding of our times in the process.

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