From Sewer to Superstars:The Untold Story of Kevin Eastman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Virtual
Join us for a thrilling tour of the obscure underground and alternative comics that gave birth to the world's most beloved reptilian assassins! Along the way, we will share the many exciting and eclectic forms, and sources that inspired Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's terrific turtle warriors and survey the best of the global multimedia phenomenon that still celebrates their legacy of humor and heroism. Get ready for a wild ride filled with comics, toys, films, and animated thrills of all kinds, and probably far too much pizza, too many ninjas, and all the wisecracks we can handle!
Presented by Daniel Yezbick, a Professor of English and Communications and Intercultural Education Coordinator at Wildwood College outside of St. Louis, MO, where he teaches media, literature, and writing courses. He also serves as Adjunct Professor for Webster University's School of Communications and American Public University/American Military University’s professional and technical writing program. He has lectured and published on diverse topics including comics history, animal studies, Hollywood cinema, radio drama, and globalized Shakespeare. His retrospective celebration of the American children’s artist George Carlson, Perfect Nonsense, was released in 2014 from Fantagraphics Books, and his recent essays on media and culture have appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including The Blacker the Ink, The Other 1980s, Monstrous Women in Comics, Disney Channel Tween Programming, and The Oxford Handbook of Comics Studies. He lives happily in South City, St. Louis, MO with his two quirky teen offspring, and two idiot rescue mutts.
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