Comics School

Christopher P. Lehman is a professor of ethnic studies at St. Cloud State University, a former summer visiting fellow at Harvard University, and the author of many books including The Colored Cartoon: Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954.

Sheena C. Howard is an Associate Professor of Communication at Rider University. Howard is an award-winning author, filmmaker and scholar, including a 2014 Eisner Award winner for her first book, Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation (2013). She is also the author of Black Queer Identity Matrix (2014, Critical Articulations of Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation (2014) and Encyclopedia...

Originally from the Bronx, and having received his training and Ph. D. from Fordham University, Dr. Napoleon Wells began his professional career as an post-traumatic stress disorder treatment specialist with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Wells is now a faculty member with the Department of Social Sciences at Claflin University. Dr. Wells has worked extensively in the areas of emotional w...

Jiba Molei Anderson is the owner of Griot Enterprises and creator of its flagship property The Horsemen. Mr. Anderson is also a part of the fine art community featured in the book Black Comix and guest lecturing at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art with The Horsemen’s inclusion in The Smithsonian’s permanent library. https://www.griotente...

Associate Professor of Curriculum as Teachers College, Columbia University Dani Friedrich discusses why our scholarship should be deeply rooted in love. We also talk about how comics and the character Robin reflect and help us to think about childhood and education.

Greg Anderson Elysée is a Brooklyn, NY born Haitian-American writer, educator, filmmaker. He is a multi award winner, including 2018 Fan Award, Rising Star, and Best Male Character (Glyph Awards) and 2019 Best Writer and Story of the Year Award. Is’nana is based on Anansi the trickster god

Hi there and welcome to Comics School. My name is Mike and I'm the host of this podcast. My college class transitioned to "distance learning" thanks to the Corona Virus and so I made a podcast instead of recording lectures. Glad you're here!