Just Published on STEM in Comic Books

Just published an article on STEM in Silver Age Comics. Also featured is “STEM in Silver Age Comic Books: Marvel vs. DC and Chemistry vs. Physics” by Zyg Furmaniuk, which is the first of a two-part essay that explores the theme of science in comics and opens discussions prompting academic critique on the accuracy of […]

MODOK/Macbeth

WHAT IF Shakespeare in Love happened to the Marvel Age of Comics as Martin de Goodman and his nephew Stanislaus Lieber need to come up with money — fast!  One has an idle printing press and the other no end of ideas.  Whatever will they do? ANNOUNCING THE WORLD PREMIERE OF A ONE-ACT (30 MINUTE) PLAY MODOK/MACBETH  written by ZYG FURMANIUK and directed by SIMON […]

Warhol / Wayne / West

You know Warhol did a Batman film in 1964? Issue 109 of 34th Parallel https://www.34thparallel.net/ has my “nerd noir” story about the origins of 1960s Batmania: “Warhol / Wayne / West.”

Marvel 1602 : The Future Physics of Alternate History Past

The Big Bang Theory – one of the few mainstream television shows with plots involving hard science and a recurring setting in a comic book store– has a notable episode:  The Comet Polarization Season 11, Episode 21 – first aired April 19, 2018. Neil Gaiman, unrecognized by the characters, responds to a recommendation to Sheldon […]