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Drawn to Home

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The Pittsburgh-created comic book told the story of nine local individuals who had experienced homelessness at some point in their lives and complimented an earlier multimedia art exhibit.

Necessary Trouble Archives

Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

TeachRock

Comics in the Native American Classroom

Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero

Pop Culture Classroom

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

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The Hulk became enraged at protesters at Desert State University in 1970 while real-world students protested napalm manufacturer Dow Chemical at the University of Wisconsin in 1967.

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Green Arrow and His Times

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

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In 1969, the DC Comics superhero Green Arrow began his transformation from Batman rip-off to social justice advocate, a conversion that mirrored that of the real world’s Robert F. Kennedy.

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Comic Books and the Real World

Superman and the New Deal

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Superman was created during the Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, protecting the “forgotten man” not from supervillains but everyday criminals of the times.

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Heroes Against Hunger

Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy

Starfire: Apartheid No More

A Superhero Tourist Guide to Minneapolis

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

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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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