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Teaching with Comics and Graphic Novels

Anthony Letizia -
High school social studies teacher Tim Smyth shares his extensive knowledge of using comics in the classroom in a 2023 overview of his personal teaching methods and tips for fellow teachers.

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

Teaching Bob Dylan

Civics for All Comics Group

Comic Book Conventions and New York Public Schools

Integrating Pop Culture Into the Academic Library

Graphic Medicine International Collective

Comics in the Native American Classroom

Pop Culture Hero Coalition

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

Anthony Letizia -
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 Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

The Mighty Thor and Hiroshima USA

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Anthony Letizia -
The Emerald Archer investigates a series of strange murders tied to a chemical company and housing community that shares similarities with toxic contamination in Afton, North Carolina.

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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.

Batman: The Rodney King Tape

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

She-Hulk and the Thing: Disaster at Diablo Reactor

Heroes Against Hunger

Sam Wilson: The U.S.-Mexican Border

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

Nomad: The 1992 Los Angeles Riots

Superman and the New Deal