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Adrienne Resha, PhD

@adrienneresha.bsky.social
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Scholar/critic writing about Arab and Muslim American superheroes. adrienneresha.com (she/her)

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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is up on the department website, so I think it's safe to finally, publicly say that I'm very proud and incredibly privileged to be joining the faculty at the University of Virginia as an Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures.
Headshot of Adrienne Resha at a comic shop holding a book open on an image of Ms. Marvel above her name and title, Assistant Professor, and a link to her UVA faculty profile.
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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I wrote a whole thing about this project and it's place in public-facing scholarship for "The Conversation" if anyone would like to read about some of the ideals informing what we do. theconversation.com/want-to-talk... #comicsstudies
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Want to talk comics? Today, that often means going online
In a new media era, comic fans share our comics experience with others online — debating, reflecting, recommending and enjoying.
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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
CFP/ MLA 2027. Panel on Migration in Children's and YA Graphic Narratives, sponsored by the Forum on Comics and Graphic Narrative. Deadline 3/16.
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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
MLA 2027 CFP for 3 panels sponsored by the Comics and Graphic Narratives Forum: I. Migration in Children's and YA Graphic Narratives II. Heated Rivalries: Sports, Games, and Graphic Narrative III. The Hernandez Brothers, Page-by-Page
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Qiana Whitted @qianawhitted.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If you're going to be at MLA 2026 in Toronto this week, the Comics & Graphic Narratives Forum is hosting a social at The Beguiling on Friday at 7pm. Come out and say hello!
MLA's Comics & Graphic Narratives Forum: After hours comics shopping and socializing at The Beguiling. Light snacks and beverages available for purchase. Friday Jan. 9, 2026, 7-8:30pm, The Beguiling, 319 College St., Toronto.
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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If you are in Toronto this week for the MLA Convention, the Comics and Graphic Narratives Forum is sponsoring a social hour at the comics store The Beguiling on Friday, 1/9 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
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Julia Round @hypnojoo.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
#AcademicSky Please share this call for #ComicsStudies chapters for our proposed Companion to International Comics Studies as widely as possible. Full details here ow.ly/5vY050XipXT and deadline for proposals is 31 Jan 2026.
Lilac top border with text saying ‘call for chapters’. Below is an image of southern hemisphere of the globe drawn in swirling blue and brown lines. Text below reads ‘Companion to International Comics Studies’.
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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Happy Tuesday folks - if you missed out on the last Kickstarter, you can now buy print and digital copies of The Comics Courier Issue 2 from our Ko-Fi shop! ko-fi.com/thecomicscou...
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Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I feel that Shelfdust is the comics website people say they want to read - so I'd love for more people to know about it! ▶️ You can follow the site @shelfdust.bsky.social ▶️ Read it every week shelfdust.com ▶️ Subscribe (paid or free) via Patreon to get weekly email updates www.patreon.com/shelfdust
The Shelfdust logo - a white letter S against a square black speech balloon
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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Happy LAUNCH DAY! The Comics Courier @kickstarter.com is BACK babeeeyyy. Head on over to comicscourier.com to pledge and nab yourself a smokin hot copy of The Comics Courier issue 2. You wont regret it!
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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Guess what? The Comics Courier's Kickstarter is coming round the bend!!! Head over to our pre launch campaign to make sure you're up to date on our shenanigans (it took me 3 times to spell shenanigans!!!)!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
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Coming soon: The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 2]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It's Arab American Heritage Month, so here's a few @wwacomics.bsky.social pieces about Arab rep in comics, starting with "Spotlight on Nadia Shammas" womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2020/08/spot...
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Spotlight on Nadia Shammas - WWAC %
Recently announced as the writer of a Ms. Marvel graphic novel, Nadia Shammas might new to some, but she isn’t new to comics.
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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It's time to click the button, folks! The pre-launch page for The Comics Courier Issue 2 is live NOW! And what a lineup! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...
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Coming soon: The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 2]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
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Tiffany Babb 🔜 NYCC @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Happy New Year, pals. It's time for the (hopefully annual) comic critics mini grant. My family and I are giving four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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2025 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. To apply, please provide 3 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published in the last year (blogs and Youtube ...
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Two weeks left to submit!
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Conference presentation title slide with an edited screenshot of Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Instagram post about the Black Adam movie changing "the hierarchy of power in the DC Universe" but instead it says "The hierarchy of power... is about to change: Race, Empowerment, and Superhero Comics" / Adrienne Resha, University of Virginia, MLA 2025
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Every time someone asks me what I’m presenting at MLA I’m reminded that I named my paper after a Dwayne The Rock Johnson meme.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Now that there are more #ComicsStudies scholars here, here's the CFP for The Blue Age of Comics Book! Abstracts due January 15, 2025.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Hello new folks I am not online very often (for a few reasons) but first and foremost being that I am doing what Steve asked.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Katlin Marisol Sweeney-Romero and I are very excited to share the CFP for our #comicsstudies co-edited collection: The Blue Age of Comics Book! adrienneresha.com/the-blue-age...
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The Blue Age of Comics Book
Blue Age Book CFPDownload
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 15/09/2024
Proposed seminars for ACLA 2025 are up, including "How It’s Made: Image-texts, Identity, Interpretation, Intersections," which I'm co-organizing with Kate Kelp-Stebbins. Please consider submitting (or sharing with someone who should)! CFP and link to submit: www.acla.org/how-it%E2%80...
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How It’s Made: Image-texts, Identity, Interpretation, Intersections | American Comparative Literature Association
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Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Hello! I’d like to raise some funds for Shelfdust, a comic book website. Everyone writing on Shelfdust covers comics one issue at a time: each essay focuses on a single comic issue. We pay every writer through support on Patreon! Pledging $1 a year is all it takes: www.patreon.com/shelfdust
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WWAComics @wwacomics.bsky.social · 02/08/2024
REVIEW: NYX #1 Asks Big Questions, But Does It Have the Answers?
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REVIEW: NYX #1 Asks Big Questions, But Does It Have the Answers? - WWAC %
Adrienne Resha reviews Marvel's NYX #1 by writers Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing and artist Francesco Mortarino.
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Emily Lauer @emilylauer.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
#womenonpanels
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 16/04/2024
"[Killing Ms. Marvel] was a choice for each of [the creators], even if it was a plot point mandated from above, because they decided to put their names on it despite any objections they may have had." womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/05/the-...
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ESSAY: The Day Kamala Khan Died - WWAC %
Adrienne Resha writes about the death of Ms. Marvel in The Amazing Spider-Man #26 by artist John Romita Jr. and writer Zeb Wells.
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Sam Langsdale @samlangsdale.bsky.social · 02/04/2024
CSS is excited to announce our keynotes for Glitching Comics: John Jennings & Sara Alfageeh! Registration is also OPEN! Join us for 5 days of virtual programming incld scholarly presentations, workshops, creator roundtables, social events & an Artists Alley comicsstudies.org/registration/
Flyer with two headshot photos, one of John Jennings and one of Sara Alfageeh, accompanied by text boxes with their bios
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The Comics Studies Society @cssorg.bsky.social · 25/01/2024
Just THREE weeks remain to get those proposals to our virtual conference in! Bring your glitchiest, feministest ideas, and get ready for the wildest, weirdest Comics Studies Society since the last one! More info here: comicsstudies.org/css-2024-cal...
The Gotham City Sirens (Catwoman, Poision Ivy, Harley Quinn) pose for a comic book cover.
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WWAComics @wwacomics.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
REVIEW: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #3, @adrienneresha.bsky.social
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REVIEW: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #3 - WWAC
Adrienne Resha reviews Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Carlos Gómez, and Adam Gorham's Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #3.
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Sam Langsdale @samlangsdale.bsky.social · 18/12/2023
The CFP for CSS's 2024 conference *Glitching Comics* is OPEN! Join us for a virtual conference following the work of Legacy Russell in disrupting the status quo, working against norms, and imagining new possibilities for comics. Art by Sara Alfageeh comicsstudies.org/css-2024-cal...
Person wearing an astronaut helmet and boxing gloves stands against a background of distorted waves of color. Repeating computer windows read Glitching Comics with the date June 24 - 28 2024
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Sam Langsdale @samlangsdale.bsky.social · 27/11/2023
The Comics Studies Society CFP for the 2024 annual conference is now LIVE! Join us in following Legacy Russell’s bold and necessary work as we explore *Glitching Comics* See the full call for papers here: comicsstudies.org/css-2024-cal...
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CSS 2024 | Call for Papers
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
I had a new essay go up on Shelfdust last week! It's about Man-Thing, the Everglades, and endings: shelfdust.com/2023/11/01/t...
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The End (of the World) Has No End: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1
By Adrienne Resha Superhero comic books have often been preoccupied with a tomorrow that looks a lot like our today; rife with geopolitical conflict, nuclear threats, and ecological crisis. Many have ...
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Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
The End (of the World) Has No End: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1, by @adrienneresha.bsky.social: shelfdust.com/2023/11/01/t...
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The End (of the World) Has No End: Giant-Size Man-Thing #1
By Adrienne Resha Superhero comic books have often been preoccupied with a tomorrow that looks a lot like our today; rife with geopolitical conflict, nuclear threats, and ecological crisis. Many have ...
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Steve Morris @stevewmorris.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Halloween's coming up, so next week on the site... @adrienneresha.bsky.social has something chilling for you all!!
The cover for Giant-Size Man Thing #1. Man Thing fights The Glob
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Mini haul from the Richmond Zine Fest including The Rock zine by Kendra & Kat, Swamp Thing zine by Kayla Payne, and Raven print by Camryn Simms!
Pile of zines, a print, and stickers including The Rock Recipe & Fun Book Collection by Kendra & Kat, a Swamp Thing zine by Kayla Payne, a Raven from Teen Titans print by Camryn Simms, I’d Rather Be Playing Baldur’s Gate III zine, and a black cat sticker sheet.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Up now @wwacomics.bsky.social, my review of (and feelings about Emma Frost in) Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2!
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REVIEW: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2 - WWAC
Adrienne Resha reviews Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #2 by Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Carlos Gómez, and Adam Gorham.
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Sam Langsdale @samlangsdale.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
The Comics Studies Society CFP for the 2024 annual conference is now LIVE! Join us in following Legacy Russell’s bold and necessary work as we explore *Glitching Comics* See the full call for papers here: comicsstudies.org/css-2024-cal...
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CSS 2024 | Call for Papers
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 04/09/2023
I got to talk to Ms. Marvel comics and TV writer Sabir Pirzada about Marvel's newest mutant for @wwacomics.bsky.social! womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/09/inte...
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INTERVIEW: Sabir Pirzada on Ms. Marvel, Mutants, and More - WWAC
Adrienne Resha and Sabir Pirzada discuss Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 co-written with Iman Vellani, art by Adam Gorham and Carlos Gómez.
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WWAComics @wwacomics.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
@adrienneresha.bsky.social, our resident Kamala Khan expert, reviewed today's Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 and explored her new normal #comics
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REVIEW: Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 and Kamala Khan's New Normal - WWAC
Adrienne Resha reviews Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 by Iman Vellani, Sabir Pirzada, Carlos Gómez, and Adam Gorham.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
I got to break in my birthday gift from @metakate.bsky.social today picking up Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1, which I reviewed for WWAC! womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2023/08/revi...
Two copies of Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 with variant covers by Artgerm and Betsy Cola on top of a crocheted blue bag with red handles and a yellow lightning bolt.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
Panels from the resurrection scene in Hickman and Larraz's House of X with Cyclops's face covered by the Spotify listing for Shelfdust Presents: Ms Marvel #1 with Adrienne Resha and Professor X's face covered by Steve Morris's rabbit icon.
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
Resurrected this episode just in time for Kamala Khan’s resurrection!
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the kat from HOUSE (1977) @dogunderwater.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
. @annapeppard.bsky.social piece, “Nightcrawler is a Sex-Positive Superhero. Here’s How—And Why it Matters” just won the Gilbert Seldes Prize for Public Scholarship Honorable Mention, and to celebrate we made the essay free to read on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/65738730
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Adrienne Resha, PhD @adrienneresha.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
Graphic from the Comics Studies Society with trophy and organization logo that reads Hillary Chute Award for Best Graduate Student Paper Winner: Adrienne Resha, "Brown People with Bad Résumés' in Four Color Comics: Simon Baz and Critical Color Theory in Green Lantern and Green
Lanterns"Still from Dimension 20's Adventuring Party Season 13: All About "Dungeons and Drag Queens" featuring Bob the Drag Queen and Jujubee, who says, "Green Lantern, what the fuck is that?"Still from Dimension 20's Adventuring Party Season 13: All About "Dungeons and Drag Queens" featuring Bob the Drag Queen and Jujubee, who says, "A superhero named Green Lantern?"
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