Category Archives: podcast

interviews, online, podcast

Interfaith-ish Delivers Again on Comics

The folks over at Interfaith-ish, led by Jack Gordon, have been doing extraordinary work over the last few years, not the least of which because they frequently bring the subject of comics and religion to their audience’s ears.

Therefore, with their latest episode entitled “The Punjabi Black Panther,” we wanted to showcase a few of their other episodes on the subject near and dear to our hears. Our readers are encouraged to subscribe to their podcast, but here are the standout installments for S&S:

 

academic, events, podcast

Comics and Islam, Live at MICE 2017 – 004 Sacred & Sequential Audio

Muslim identity and practices are featured more comics than ever, from mainstream titles like Ms. Marvelto independent graphic memoirs. This panel at the 2017 Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) takes stock of this important growing field — including the brand-new book Muslim Superheroes: Comics, Islam, and Representation — and presents the perspectives of both academics and creators. Featuring discussion with Hussein Rashid (Religion Professor, Barnard College; Contributor, Muslim Superheroes), A. David Lewis (Instructor, MCPHS University; Co-Editor, Muslim Superheroes; writer, Kismet, Man of Fate), Sara Alfageeh (Illustrator, Co-Director, BOY/BYE series MIPSTERZ project), and Hillary Chute (English Professor, Northeastern Unitersity).

A. David Lewis, Hillary Chute, Hussein Rashid, Sara Alfageeh
A. David Lewis, Hillary Chute, Hussein Rashid, Sara Alfageeh
academic, contributors, podcast

Elizabeth Coody and Biblical Shock through Comics – 003 Sacred & Sequential Audio

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Those not fortunate enough to attend the 2017 American Academy of Religion annual conference, particularly its final morning of presentations, are in luck: We’re joined by a frequent Sacred & Sequential contributor, Iliff School of Theology’s Elizabeth Coody, for a redux of her paper, “The More Savage Sword: A Theory of Biblical Text Used for Shock.” For the podcast, visual input is offered by host A. David Lewis, but online audiences can follow her accompanying Prezi here.

academic, events, podcast

Responses to MUSLIM SUPERHEROES, Live at AAR 2017 – 002 Sacred & Sequential Audio

 

On Saturday, November 18, 2017, the American Academy of Religion annual conference hosted the panel “Responses to Muslim Superheroes,” including presentations by Elizabeth Coody, Mohamed Hassan, Constance Kassor, and Aaron Ricker, with Scott Gardner as presider and A. David Lewis as respondent. Here are their presentations in their entirety from that morning session.

AAR 2017 in Boston, Nov. 18-21

AAR 2017 - Responses to Muslim Superheroes

controversy, cultural, interviews, podcast

Writer Mike Baron on Based Stick Man, the Alt-Right, and Free Speech – 001 Sacred & Sequential Audio

Promotional cover art to Based Stick Man
Promotional cover art to Based Stick Man

A. David Lewis speaks with Mike Baron in August 2017 about the upcoming Based Stick Man series, the politics of the series, and Baron’s own views on free speech and violence.

“Sometimes our heroes aren’t the people we’d most like them to be. You’ve got to take who you can get.”