Superhero Comics: From Hope to Action

Superhero Comics: From Hope to Action

 

“Superhero storytelling, from a very very traditional standpoint, are narratives centered around hope, centered around the best parts of our humanity and how we can better our society.” Edgardo Miranda-Rodríguez
Anthropologist Andrés Olán-Vázquez explores how superhero comics offer a way of telling new stories about social change and invites students to use these understandings to create their own superhero stories. 

“Superhero storytelling, from a very very traditional standpoint, are narratives centered around hope, centered around the best parts of our humanity and how we can better our society.” Edgardo Miranda-Rodríguez

Anthropologist Andrés Olán-Vázquez explores how superhero comics offer a way of telling new stories about social change and invites students to use these understandings to create their own superhero stories.