“Queerness and Race in Comics” with andré carrington

Sweet Christmas, darling gays! (It’s a superhero catchphrase. I looked it up.) Prof andré carrington (UCR) brings us truth, justice and a queerer tomorrow in this Queer Lit quest. With great knowledge comes great responsibility and andré is ready to take it: he takes us on a deep dive into queer black comics, fan studies, queer cartoonists, and introduces me to awesome characters from Aqualad to Jughead, from Black Panther to Storm. andré truly is the best at what he does, which is why you should follow @prof_carrington on Twitter and his trusty sidekick @benjaminbannekerphdog on Instagram. @queerlitpodcast hangs out there as well.Texts and people mentioned:andré carrington’s Speculative Blacknessandré carrington’s “Afrofuturism, Public Enemy, and Fear of a Black Planet at 25”https://soundstudiesblog.com/2015/11/09/afrofuturism-and-fear-of-a-black-planet-at-25/Queers and Comics (@queersandcomicsconference)https://queersandcomics.com/ “Anne Lister Fan Research“ with Sarah Wingrovehttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/49139141 Milestone Media ComicsEbony Elizabeth Thomas’ The Dark Fantastic (2019)Ramzi Fawaz’ Queer Forms (2022) and The New Mutants (2016)Dwayne McDuffieReginald HudlinD’Arcee Charington NealAlison BechdelJennifer CamperIvan Velez Jr.Justin HallHoward CrusePhil JimenezMagdalene Visaggio’s Vagrant QueenBlack Mask StudiosKelly Sue DeConnickTa-Nehisi CoatesRoxanne GayAfua Richardson (@afuarichardson)ASAP Association for the Study of the Arts of the Presence (UCLA)https://www.artsofthepresent.org/conferences/ Isaac JulienUnarchiving BlacknessJade SasserJody BenjaminAdemide Adelusi-AdeluyiAyana Omilade FlewellenCenter for Ideas and Society (UCR)https://ideasandsociety.ucr.edu/ Marlon James’ Black Leopard, Red Wolf Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:1.How can comics help us understand queerness and race in new ways?2.andré talks about wish fulfilment as one function of comics. What else can comics and their worlds do? How do they negotiate antiqueerness and antiblackness?3.What is an acafan?4.Which roles can (queer) fans play in the study of comics?5.Which of the characters that andré mentions do you find the most interesting in this context and why?