Mark Waid Announces Free 'Gender Through Comics' Online Course - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

A great opportunity to take a college level class online has come up. The course covers the ways gender identity and roles have been depicted throughout American culture explored through comic books! I think I will definitely be signing up for this.


Mark Waid Announces Free 'Gender Through Comics' Online Course - ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews

Don't think that comic books can be used to explore complex issues like this? Check out this article by  Andrew Wheeler who traces how depictions of women in X-Men changed during the many years Chris Claremont wrote the books. 

Mutant Women of Earth: How Chris Claremont Reinvented the Female Superhero

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