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Barnes & Noble Stores Offer New Book “The Walking Dead Psychology” Early!
Barnes & Noble stores have the new book, The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead, on the shelves in advance of its August 4 release date! Online: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-walking-dead-psychology-travis-langley/1121130345
“Beyond Heroes and Villains” at Psychology Today First 50
Since August 1, 2012, I’ve posted 50 articles at PsychologyToday.com in my ongoing “Beyond Heroes and Villains” column. (I know it’s called a blog, but look up the word’s origin. It’s still not a log of my life, so online column is more accurate.) Some of these have the advantage of time, having accumulated views […]
“Beyond Heroes and Villains” at Psychology Today 1-33
Since August 1, 2012, I’ve posted 33 articles at PsychologyToday.com in my ongoing “Beyond Heroes and Villains” column. (I know it’s called a blog, but look up the word’s origin. It’s not a log of my life. Online column is more accurate.) Some of these have the advantage of time, having accumulated views for a year […]
Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con 2014
At Wizard World St. Louis Comic Con, visit Athena Finger and me at the explosive C4 table next to current Batman artist Greg Capulllo. My panel schedule: FRIDAY, APRIL 4 5:30 – 6:15PM GETTING RESPECT: COMICS GO TO COLLEGE Comics and graphic novels have come into their own as subjects worthy of—indeed, demanding—attention from academia. Historians […]
Dallas Comic Con: Kevin Conroy
Moderating Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) for the second time at Dallas Comic Con. 2013.
Demazette Book Review
Here are a couple of excerpts from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette book review by Philip Martin. The complete article is online if you’re subscribed to their website, the third review in this article: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/jul/29/jacobs-breathes-life-zombies-20120729/ Martin did not know I was a regional author when he started reading. “I didn’t figure that out until halfway through this […]
NerdBastards Interview: The Blame Game
From NerdBastards: I spoke to Dr. Travis Langley yesterday afternoon about information overload, the media’s need to keep feeding us information about the killer, and those who try to blame movies, TV, video games, and comics for this tragedy. Dr. Langley is a psychology professor from Henderson State University and the author of Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy […]
The Atlantic: How the Dark Knight Became Dark Again
Quoted in The Atlantic’s article on Michael Uslan, p. 1: While the makers of Superman “played with the bright and impossible, Bob and Bill expanded that meme by adding the coin’s other side, the dark and improbably possible,” writes Travis Langley, a professor of psychology at Henderson State University. “Duality and obsession, his enemies’ and […]
Batman – un supererou fără superputeri
From Books Express: Profesorul de psihologie Travis Langley, examinează în cartea sa Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight ceea ce îi motivează din punct de vedere clinic, comportamentul lui Bruce Wayne. El consideră că dintr-o perspectivă psihologică, Batman este unul dintre cei mai fascinanţi eroi.
CBC Book Club: Books about Batman
From CBC Books: This week, millions of Batman fans will be lining up to see The Dark Knight Rises, the third and final instalment of the critically acclaimed films by director Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as the titular billionaire crime-fighter. Since artist Bob Kane created Batman (and his secret identity Bruce Wayne) in […]
