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Dr. Terrence Wandtke received his PhD in English at Saint Louis University with emphasis on 20th century literature, film, and theory. At East-West University, he teaches courses in writing, literature, and media including Science Fiction and Senior Seminar (focusing on technology and humanity). He founded the Imago Film Festival and directed the department of film and media at Judson University; he served as the area chair of Comics and Comic Art for the Popular Culture Association Conference and curated several exhibits on comic books including Graphic Scenes at Benedictine University; and he currently acts as the editor of the Comics Monograph Series for the Rochester Institute of Technology. His research interests include the connections between literary and visual art represented most notably in comic books and graphic novels; more particularly, he works with popular media as an intersection of artistic, corporate, and fan cultures. He is author of several monographs including The Comics Scare Returns: The Resurgence in Contemporary Horror Comics and the editor of several collections including the forthcoming Robert Kirkman: Conversations (UP of Mississippi).Contact: terrencew@eastwest.edu
His research interests include the connections between literary and visual art represented most notably in comic books and graphic novels; more particularly, he works with popular media as an intersection of artistic, corporate, and fan cultures.
He is author of several monographs including The Comics Scare Returns: The Resurgence in Contemporary Horror Comics and the editor of several collections including the forthcoming Robert Kirkman: Conversations (UP of Mississippi).
PUBLICATIONS
Author Overview:
https://www.amazon.com/Terrence-R-Wandtke/e/B006ZBFOFO/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Coverage of The Comics Scare Returns:
https://www.rit.edu/news/rit-press-publishes-comics-scare-returns
http://imagetext.english.ufl.edu/archives/v11_2/wieland/
Books :
The Comics Scare Returns: The Resurgence of Horror Comic Books. Rochester: RIT Cary Graphic Arts, 2018.
https://www.rit.edu/press/comics-scare-returns
The Dark Night Returns: The Resurgence of Crime Comic Books. Rochester: RIT Cary Graphic Arts, 2015.
https://www.rit.edu/press/dark-night-returns-contemporary-resurgence-crime-comics
The Meaning of Superhero Comic Books . Jefferson: McFarland, 2012.
https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Superhero-Comic-Books/dp/0786464917
Edited collections :
Robert Kirkman: Conversations. Forthcoming from University Press of Mississippi in 2021.
Ed Brubaker: Conversations. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2016.
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/E/Ed-Brubaker2
The Amazing Transforming Superhero! Essays on the Revision of Characters in Comic Books, Film and Television . Jefferson: McFarland, 2007.
https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Superhero-Revision-Characters-Television/dp/078643189X
Selected Book Chapters and Articles :
“The Working Class PI (AKA Jessica Jones): Alias as a Narrative of Quiet Desperation.” Working-Class Comic Book Heroes: Class Conflict and Populist Politics in Comics . Ed. Marc DiPaolo. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 2018. 226-245.
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/W/Working-Class-Comic-Book-Heroes
“Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye: Reclaiming (but Not Redeeming) the Outlaw.” Critical Insights: The Graphic Novel. Ed. Gary Hoppenstand. Amenia, NY: Salem Press, 2014. 138-152.
https://salempress.com/Critical-Insights-The-Graphic-Novel
Selected Short Articles:
“Horror, Adventure, and Adaptation: Locke & Key from Comics to Netflix”— A Three-Part Conversation with Julia Round (2020)
Confessions of an ACA-Fan , www.henryjenkins.org
Fox’s X-Men Franchise: “The Other in Superhero Mainstream and the Future of Franchise on the Fringes of Narrative” (2019)
http://sequart.org/magazine/70092/academics-on-legacy-of-fox-x-men-films-2/
Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse : “The Success of the Spiderverse Narrative of Variants with Digital Age Fans” (2018)
http://sequart.org/magazine/69583/academics-on-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse/
Sequart , “Academics on . . .” Series, www.sequart.org.
