Comic Connections

Sandra Eckard is a professor of English at East Stroudsburg University, where she teaches writing, works with English Education students, and directs the Writing Studio, a space to help student writers. She specializes in teaching writing, tutoring writing, and using popular culture in the classroom.

This book is intended to be both an introduction to comics as well as a text for specific, ready-to-use activities that instructors can immediate use.

Preface: The Importance of the Female CharacterAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Reflecting on Women in Popular CultureSandra EckardChapter 1: Stepping into the Role of Dynamic Protagonist:The Evolution of Peggy Carter from Romantic Interest to Covert OperativeMary T. ChristelChapter 2: Wonder Woman: Reading and Teaching Feminism with an Amazonian Princess in an Era of Jessica JonesP. L. ThomasChapter 3: Ms. Marvel as a New Kind of Superheroine: Analyzing Identity, Race, and Gender with ComicsSlimane AboulkacemChristopher FosterHannah R. GerberAna Marcela MontenegroChapter 4: Who Am I? A Discovery of Self Through Comics with Buffy, the Vampire SlayerJennifer MarmoChapter 5: Elekträs Cultural Power and Contradictions for Our TimesMichael D. KennedyChapter 6: The Power of Potts and Pens: Women¿s Roles in Iron Man and SupermanSandra EckardChapter 7: A Herös Journey for Diverse Women in Comics: Teaching Critical Visual Literacy Skills through Serenity and Parallel Texts Ms. Marvel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and GothamMargaret A. RobbinsChapter 8: ¿I Think About That Story A Lot, Actually:¿ V for Vendetta and Philosophy in a Community College Reading CourseJoaquin Muñoz