Latest Articles

Pop Culture and Education

Reacting to the Past

Anthony Letizia -
A new approach to teaching by Mark Carnes at Barnard College in 1996 led to a collection of historically-based role-playing games being used in college classrooms across the country.

Integrating Pop Culture Into the Academic Library

STEAM Superheroes

Good Trouble Comics

Comics in the Native American Classroom

Civics for All Comics Group

Teaching with the Beatles

Hamilton Education Program

Teaching History with Popular Media

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

Anthony Letizia -
Benjamin “Thing” Grimm and Johnny “Human Torch” Storm of the Fantastic Four get caught up in Beatlemania the year after the Fab Four arrived in New York City and conquered America.

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

Spider-Man and Project Mercury

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Captain America and Altamont Speedway

Spider-Man: The My Lai Massacre

The Might Thor Joins the Peace Corps

The Avengers: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Green Arrow and His Times

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Anthony Letizia -
In a DC comic published to coincided with the first Earth Day in April 1970, the Justice League of America encounter a burning river similar to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland at the time.

Green Arrow: Journey to Appalachia

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Arrow: Racial Profiling

Green Arrow: Toxic Revenge

Green Arrow: Love Canal and Toxic Waste

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

The Transformation of a Kennedy and a Queen

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Comic Books and the Real World

Superman and the Declaration of Independence

Anthony Letizia -
During the American Bicentennial in 1976, Superman is sent back in time by the alien Karb-Brak to the year 1776, where he witnesses the historic signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Superman vs. the Slums

Superman and the Securities Exchange Act

Lois Lane: When It Rains, God is Crying

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Superman’s Mission for President Kennedy

Ms. Marvel and Voting in America

Starfire: Apartheid No More

Captain America: Punching American Nazis

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.

Contact us: anthony@geekfrontiers.com

FOLLOW

Copyright @ Anthony Letizia 2007-2026