Classics does Thought Bubble
November 18, 2014
By now you’ll know all about Prof Steve Hodkinson’s work with acclaimed comics writer Kieron Gillen on Three — we’ve blogged about it here, here, here and here. And we told you that last weekend Steve and his Classics colleague Dr Lynn Fotheringham were speaking at a couple of Thought Bubble events — the Comics Forum …
Comics and classics part three — statues and helmets
April 25, 2014
Comics writer Kieron Gillen spoke at the Classical Association annual conference, held at the University at the end of April. Prof Stephen Hodkinson was the historical consultant on his recent comics series Three. I’m writing a series of posts on their roundtable discussion ‘Story telling and historical authenticity in a visual medium: the comics series Three’. The original post is here. …
Where comics and classics collide — story telling and Three
April 24, 2014
Kieron Gillen is kind of a big deal. The comics writer came to the University last week. He spoke at the Classical Association annual conference, a three-day classics extravaganza that UoN hosted. If you’re not into comics, you might not get why that’s so exciting. But Kieron wrote Phonogram — of which comics superstar Warren …
