Glen Weldon

Comics Alliance Gift Guide: Wordy Books For Comics Nerds
Comics Alliance Gift Guide: Wordy Books For Comics Nerds
Comics Alliance Gift Guide: Wordy Books For Comics Nerds
Anyone who identifies as a comics nerd (and we use that word in the most celebratory sense) must love reading. And even beyond reading comics, there are plenty of books about comics that they could be reading. So dive in to this gift guide and find a book or two for the history buff, nerdy academic relative, or bookworm kid in your life!
Give 'Em Elle: Queer Subtext Through The Years
Give 'Em Elle: Queer Subtext Through The Years
Give 'Em Elle: Queer Subtext Through The Years
Welcome to Give ‘Em Elle, a weekly column that hopes to bridge the gap between old school comics fandom and the progressive edge of comics culture. This week I'm thinking about queer subtext. Okay, full disclosure, I am literally always thinking about queer subtext. When I was in grad school, I taught a film class about queer subtext and how to find it. So that's where I'm coming from. But I'm especially thinking about it in comics.
Glen Weldon On How Batman Helped To Build Nerd Culture
Glen Weldon On How Batman Helped To Build Nerd Culture
Glen Weldon On How Batman Helped To Build Nerd Culture
This week marks the release of Glen Weldon's latest book, The Caped Crusade. Following up on 2013's Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, The Caped Crusade finds Weldon looking at Batman through the lens of nerd culture, exploring how fandom has reacted to --- and been influenced by --- the different ways that the Dark Knight has changed over the years. ComicsAlliance spoke to Weldon about diving into the fandom of the '60s, the clash between the Batman of the comics and the Batman that existed in wider culture, and the elements that completed his character.
Holiday Gift Guide: Glen Weldon's 'Superman: An Unauthorized Biography'
Holiday Gift Guide: Glen Weldon's 'Superman: An Unauthorized Biography'
Holiday Gift Guide: Glen Weldon's 'Superman: An Unauthorized Biography'
When it comes to the holiday gift-giving season, comic book readers are notoriously difficult to shop for. I mean, most of us are down at the shop buying our favorite stuff every single week, so when the time comes for people who like us to get us something we want, well, a lot of times we already have it. That’s why we’re stepping in with a public service, bringing you comics-related items sure t
Mouse Guard on NPR
Mouse Guard on NPR
Mouse Guard on NPR
Press Release Archaia Studios Press and creator David Petersen were thrilled to see NPR select MOUSE GUARD: FALL 1152 for its "Summer Reads for Former Recess Rebels" book list. As one of the twelve books on the list, MOUSE GUARD got a bonus as an interior panel of a reclining grain merchant led off the column ...