Comic Book Lectures

Comic Book Nation: Lectures on American History, Culture, and Society as Seen Through Classic Comic Books

As part of my regular podcast series – “The American Studies and History Podcast” – I have been producing a series of fun lectures which look at the link between classic comic books and the changing nature of American culture and society.  These lectures have been designed to be accessible, fun, and informative, and I hope that they provide you with a different perspective on the fictional characters which link today’s block buster films with yesterday’s pulp fiction.  As America and the world has changed, so too has its depiction with its heroes and villains and in this series I hope to show you why that has been the case.

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3 – Captain America’s Racist Sidekick: Race, White Superiority, and Early Superhero Comics – To Download Right Click and Save the MP3

2- The Man Who Laughs: The Changing Face of the Joker and the Making of American Popular Culture in the 20th and 21st Centuries – To Download Right Click and Save the MP3

1- Up, Up and Away: Superman, from the Great Depression (1938) to the Depressing Recession (2012) – To download Right Click and Save the MP3 

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3 – Captain America’s Racist Sidekick: Race, White Supremacy, and Early Superhero Comics

2- The Man Who Laughs: The Changing Face of the Joker and the Making of American Popular Culture in the 20th and 21st Centuries

1- Up, Up and Away: Superman, from the Great Depression (1938) to the Depressing Recession (2012)

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Related Pages

The Frontier History and American Studies Podcast Homepage

Frontier History Lectures