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Drawn to Home

Anthony Letizia -
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.

Reacting to the Past

Teaching Public Administration with Pop Culture

Comics @ San Diego State University

Red Dead’s History

Constance and Nano

Wonder Women of History

Teaching with the Beatles

Aurora History as Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy

The Marvel Age of Comics

The Fantastic Four and Apollo 11

Anthony Letizia -
The Fantastic Four foil a plot by the alien Kree to keep Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from landing on the Moon while millions across planet Earth are enraptured by the lunar mission.

Red Wolf and the Occupation of Alcatraz

Marvel and the Military-Industrial Complex

Wyatt Wingfoot: The Fish-In Protests

Mary Jane Watson: Go-Go Dancer

The X-Men and Greenwich Village

The Fantastic Four Meet the Beatles

The Incredible Hulk and the University of Wisconsin

The Hulk, Bruce Banner, and Robert Oppenheimer

Green Arrow and His Times

Green Arrow: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Anthony Letizia -
On March 24, 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez was making its way through Prince William Sound after having been fully loaded with crude oil...

Green Arrow: Salvadoran Sanctuary

Green Arrow: The Homeless of Seattle

Green Arrow: The Death of John Lennon

Green Arrow: The Dakota Access Pipeline

The Justice League of America Battles Pollution

Green Arrow: The Native American Movement

Green Arrow: The 2016 Presidential Election

Green Arrow: The Population Bomb

Comic Books and the Real World

Superman and the New Deal

Anthony Letizia -
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.

Heroes Against Hunger

Steve Rogers vs. the German American Bund

Champions: Mitigating Climate Change

Captain America and Spider-Man Walk the Freedom Trail

Starfire: Apartheid No More

The Incredible Hulk: In the Shadow of AIDS

Superman and the Securities Exchange Act

Batman: The Theft of the Mona Lisa