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Crosspost: "What's an 'Essential' Graphic Novel?"
Feb 16

Feb 16 Crosspost: "What's an 'Essential' Graphic Novel?"

Benjamin Woo
crosspost

DC Comics' 2016 Essential Graphic Novels guide promulgates a very peculiar notion of what is "essential" about a comic book.

 
Crosspost: “Rob Liefeld, Auteur”
Feb 11

Feb 11 Crosspost: “Rob Liefeld, Auteur”

Benjamin Woo
crosspost

Rob Liefeld is profiled in the New York Times. It's time to re-assess the legacy of the most-’90s of the ’90s comic book artists.

 
Crosspost: “Indie Comics, or: The Economic World Reversed and Reversed Again”
Feb 11

Feb 11 Crosspost: “Indie Comics, or: The Economic World Reversed and Reversed Again”

Benjamin Woo
crosspost

What does it mean for a comic book to be called “indie”?

 

Jan 27
Jan 27 Talking Comics in The National Post

Benjamin Woo
media mentions
Curatorial Garbage
Jan 19

Jan 19 Curatorial Garbage

Benjamin Woo
announcements

I was recently invited to guest curate a small corner of the Carleton University Art Gallery to accompany Garbage, a comic book–inspired painting installation by Halifax artist Matthew Reichertz.

 

Sep 29
Sep 29 ☛ Comic-Book Culture and Rape Culture

Benjamin Woo
links, work in comics

Jun 16
Jun 16 ☛ SKTCHD Survey of Comic Artists

Benjamin Woo
work in comics, links

Aug 1
Aug 1 Chargen and the Political Economy of D&D

Benjamin Woo
commentary

Jul 16
Jul 16 Bringing the Nerd-Culture Scene Back Home

b.woo
links, appearances

Apr 30
Apr 30 “What’s a ‘Real Geek,’ Anyway?” at Calgary Expo

b.woo
appearances
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My Books

The Comics World: Comic Book, Graphic Novels, and Their Publics Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of American Comic Books Scene Thinking: Cultural Studies from the Scenes Perspective