Anthony Letizia

Anthony Letizia has been many things through the years, including an accountant, journalist, and playwright. From June 2014 to May 2019, he served on the board – as well as treasurer – of the ToonSeum, a nonprofit museum of the cartoon and comic arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also curated two exhibits while there: “To Boldly Go: The Graphic Art of Star Trek” (October 2016 to January 2017) and “Popology: An Exhibit of Pop Culture and Comics” (September 2017 to November 2017), as well as co-curated “Wonder Woman: Visions” (November 2017 to February 2018).

After a decades-long hiatus, Anthony Letizia completed his M.A. in History at Duquesne University in December 2024. He has used his history background to make a number of presentations in recent years on the ways that popular culture intersects with the real world. The list includes: “Did Comic Books Help Elect Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman?” poster presentation at the American Historical Association in Chicago in January 2026; “Miami Vice and the Contra War in Nicaragua” at the Popular Culture Association Conference in New Orleans in April 2025; “Superheroes Battle Pollution on the First Earth Day” poster presentation as part of the Comics Arts Conference at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024; “DC Comics and August 1986” at the Popular Culture Association Conference in Chicago in March 2024 that explored the Ethiopian famine and Apartheid; and “Green Arrow as Social Justice Warrior” as part of the Comics Arts Conference at WonderCon in Anaheim in March 2023. He also organized/moderated a panel at the Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle in August 2022 entitled “A Green Arrow History of Seattle” and made a brief “Marvel Comics History of the 1960s” presentation at the virtual Popular Culture Association conference in April 2022.

In addition to writing for Remixing History, Letizia is working on a book that ties together the fictional narratives from the Marvel Comics Universe of the 1960s and the factual events of the decade, similar to the articles that serve as the backbone of Remixing History but in a longer and more detailed format.

Although still an accountant by day, at night Anthony Letizia is a strong proponent and true believer in the educational power of Geek Culture. He can be reached at anthony@remixinghistory.com.

New York Comic Con Educator Day

New York Comic Con and the New York Public Library has partnered since 2017 on a full schedule of programming specially designed for educators, held on the Thursday of the annual event.

Music America: History Through Song

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music created a series of events to explore the nation’s history through the music of its times.

Batman: Seduction of the Gun

A real-life murder in New York City served as the catalyst for a 1992 comic book that not only explored gun violence in the country but may have played a role in gun control efforts in Virginia.

The Winds of War

The 1983 television miniseries about a fictional family caught up in the events that led to the United States entering World War II was used by universities at the time as a teaching tool.

Doctor Doom Conquers the British Empire

The mind of Doctor Doom is sent to the past and into the body of General George Washington during the Siege of Boston in 1775, resulting in a different conclusion to the American Revolution.

Great Immigrants, Great Americans

In 2026, the National Council of Teachers of English partnered with the Andrew Carnegie Foundation to create lessons plans for a specially-produced comic book about immigrants.

Creators Assemble!

The nonprofit promotes comic books, graphic novels, and role-playing games as education tools while helping teachers and librarians effectively use them in their classrooms and communities.

Spider-Man and Attica State

Four months before the takeover of the Attica Correctional Facility in September 1971, Spider-Man ended a similar prison riot, then spoke out on behalf of the prisoners on The Tonight Show.

Spidey Super Stories

Britton Payne has spoken at various pop culture conventions about how The Electric Company and Marvel teamed up in the 1970s to produce a comic book that helped kids learn to read.

Wonder Woman: The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps

Wonder Woman investigates acts of sabotage at a training camp for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, which allowed women to serve in the military as non-combatants during World War II.

Batman Reenacts the American Revolution

As part a campaign to sell war bonds during World War II, Batman stages reenactments of key moments from the American Revolution while a group of German Nazis attempt to stop him.

Marvel’s 1776

A team of Marvel superheroes fight to prevent history from being changed in a five-issue miniseries published in conjunction with the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution.
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