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Humanities Washington - Four Color Reality with T. Andrew Wahl

Presented by Humanities Washington and the Upper Skagit Library on July 17th, at 3:30pm.

This event requires pre-registration. After you register, a Zoom link will emailed to you.

Note: Registration requires submission of your email address to Humanities Washington for the purposes of an after-event survey.

Since their debut in the 1930s, comic books have been a regular part of our pop-culture landscape. While often dismissed as escapist entertainment, these pulp treasures also provide a fascinating lens through which to view our nation’s past, present and potential future.

In this interactive presentation, journalist and educator T. Andrew Wahl explores how everything from social movements to business concerns to changing demographics have shaped the reality seen in the pages of comics. Drawing from comics including Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Captain America, and others, Wahl shows how four-color heroes aren’t merely confined to paper—they shape the world we live in.
 
T. Andrew Wahl is a journalist who has worked as an editor and editorial cartoonist. Wahl is a lifelong comic book aficionado, focusing on the Bronze Age (1975-85) of the American comic book. Wahl studied comic-books as a part of his MA in the humanities at Fort Hays State University. He currently teaches journalism at Everett Community College.
 
Video Below: Everett Community College professor T. Andrew Wahl discusses his 2019-2020 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau talk, “Four-Color Reality: How Comic Books and the Real World Shape Each Other.”
 
 
 
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