Dr. Maryanne Rhett

A still from the television series The Simpsons shows Homer Simpson gleefully looking at a "forbidden pink doughnut" held out for him by a befanged devil. The caption reads: me every time I take Tylenol, ooh forbidden acetaminophen.

We received our flu and COVID vaccines and in honor of the event I made a meme 🤣.

Sitting in the Civics for All panel at NYCC. So inspiring what has been accomplished (5 years, 5 million comics given) and what is on the near horizon, in particular the "Know Your Rights" comic that is super exciting.

Who drew the comics on the back of Topps baseball cards? Princeton University’s Dr. Eric White has used a canny eye to solve a decades-long mystery

Dr. Eric White is a top scholar on the Gutenberg Bible, but in his free time, he's been studying one of baseball’s biggest mysteries – Who are the unnamed artists behind the classic Topps baseball cartoons?

thefanfiles.com/articles/topps-baseball-cards-cartoons-comics-cartoonists

Me, in a hurry to get kids to school.
My across the way neighbor: how’s it going?
Me: good - rushing here…
Neighbor: continues to lob questions.
Me: gotta run.
Neighbor: how are you dealing with students & Ai?
Me (pausing to get a comic from my pocket): here - see page 3
(dashes off to bike)

Pop Culture Classroom Closes its Doors Read the message from the Director of Education

I am absolutely heartbroken. @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social after our conversation I hope this additional news is not a tidings of the way things are headed: popcultureclassroom.org/2025/01/16/p...

I'm sorry I forgot to give Alt-text for the image. If it works to do so here, it is a picture of 5 adults sitting at a long table looking out at an audience; Amie Wright, Kay Sohini, Walter Greason, Annie Evans, and Joe Schmidt. Because I'm not a good photographer Amie and Joe are blurry.

Fascinating what got close (super close) and what is nowhere near (books made of nickel, so weird!...although I guess ebooks....)

@yidcaledon.bsky.social @kjknoblauch.bsky.social @bethpollard.bsky.social in this panel Amie raised the point that the AHA needs to create/have a graphic narratives/history working group. Couldn't agree more, obviously, but makes me feel even better about our goal for next year's AHA!

Amie, yes! We need a graphic history working group!

@hsglobalhistory.bsky.social , and yes, why don't we have a graphic history committee/group!

AHA panel 203. Excellent panel on the state of graphic history, esp. in teaching. I want more of these. AHA needs whole days devoted to not only using comics in the classroom, but comics as archives / historical records too!!

YASSSSS!!!

I need to remember this page when I next teach comics!!!

I love studying the changes and fluctuations in the definitions of nation and nationalism ... And the subsequent theories about why... Tremendously boring to normal people 😂

I bet the Germans do.

Are you on a (multiple) starter pack? I think that has something to do with it.

Have you been here this whole time? I'm vaguely overwhelmed by the inundation of people in the last two weeks.

What a way to wake up, dozens of new follows. It's nice to see the exodus happening in earnest, guess I need to actually be in here a lot more!!

I have been wondering much the same...he's not a young man either...

Great day yesterday at NYCC. Awesome panels put together by Joe Schmidt and the NYDOE ... I can't seem to find folks on here to tag. Also procured a new to me issue of True Comics I'm super excited about!

Conferences, Workshops, and Events, History in Comics Comprehending Comics: Exploring Methodologies and Approaches to Comic Studies in History and the Social Sciences   You can find the Comprehending...

Rose City Comic Con this weekend w/ @yidcaledon.bsky.social @kjknoblauch.bsky.social and @bethpollard.bsky.social "Adaptations: A Panel on Comics Beyond the Panels" (5:15pm). And then the Comprehending Comics Conference (all virtual). The program/to register: www.historyincomics.org/conferences-...

World History Assoc. Conference in San Francisco... Women in World History. Merry Weisner-Hanks, Candice Goucher, and Linda Black.

Sequential - Artworks Trenton An Art Show Celebrating Visual Storytelling October 22, 2024 – November 23, 2024 “Sequential” is an open call for comic book-themed and narrative-based artwork. Artists are encouraged to submit up to ...

Call for Artists: artworkstrenton.org/sequential/

The competition was in the Sunday Times, May 17, 1925, Sydney, Australia. I found this on newspapers.com.

Image of article from May 1925 asking readers to decipher the handwriting of Captain Cook. Article is accompanied by two excerpts from Cook's journal during his time with the H.M.S. Endeavour.

Boys & Girls pages, or similarly titled, are fascinating! Here I've come across a competition to encourage kids between the ages of 16-19 and 11-16 (I think) to decipher Cook's writing in journal entries from his time on HMS Endeavor. Would love to know if any of those kids went on to be historians!

Ooh! This is so cool.

SU 24, Drs. DeRosa, Rhett, Heinrich, & Brzycki will host a PD Wrkshp series
Jul 10: Military Strategy of US Civil War
Jul 17: LGBTQ & Disability History & Comics
Jul 24: Arch. & Enslavement in NJ
Jul 31: Childhood & Youth in Modern China
For more info & to register: www.monmouth.edu/.../professi...

This summer my colleagues and I will be hosting a series of K12 PD workshops. Join us!! For more information and to register go to: www.monmouth.edu/.../professi...

Cate Denial - Red Brick Agency Catherine (Cate) Denial, Ph.D. is the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and author of the forthcoming A Pe...

Good morning, everyone! Looking for a speaker for summer or fall faculty events? I'm taking the Pedagogy of Kindness on the road. If you're interested, details are here: bit.ly/CateSpeaking

Worldies ... Obviously not a TT position, but a world-centeric position for 2 years is not bad. USAF may not hit well too, but reading the job ad makes me think they are trying to head in the right direction. So, thought I'd pass it along! www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...