Category Archives: Convention
Wizard World Chicago Comic Con 2016
We’ll have more panelists than are named in these descriptions. Jen Golbeck will join “From Star Trek to Star Wars,” Martin Lloyd will be in the “Who’s the Most Neurotic Superhero?” panel, and then we’ll fill however many seats each panel gets. Travis, Alex, and Katrina will be signing at Artist’s Alley table B46 the rest […]
HSU SDCC 2016 Schedule
Faculty, students, and alumni from Henderson State University will be on 9 panels at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Drs. Langley and Duncan are also some of the organizers of Comic-Con’s scholarly Comics Arts Conference, which Duncan co-founded. HSU names appear in ALL CAPS in the panel descriptions below. THURSDAY, JULY 21 10:30am – 11:30am, 26AB Comics […]
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.
Fanboy Comics Interview at San Diego Comic-Con 2012
From Fanboy Comics: At San Diego Comic-Con 2012, Dr. Travis Langley talks with Fanboy Comics Creative Director Sam Rhodes about his book, Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight. Dr. Langley also shares which other superheroes he wants to see on his couch, his predictions for the upcoming film, The Dark Knight Rises, and […]
AmoXcalli Interview: Professional to Professional
From AmoXcalli: “We surveyed 504 possible buyers and the one that was the most popular was A Dark and Stormy Knight, which had been a joke I made off the top of my head one day. Well, it has multiple meanings. One, it’s a play on a very famous bad opening sentence. It’s a play […]
Entertainment Weekly: Is Batman Broken?
From Entertainment Weekly: The Panel: Psychologists Travis Langley (Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight) and Robin Rosenberg (The Psychology of Superheroes, What’s the Matter with Batman?) producer Michael Uslan (The Dark Knight Rises), comic book writers Len Wein (Batman), and Steve Englehart (Detective Comics), and Catwoman herself, actress Lee Meriwether (Batman: The Movie).
Curicon Interview: Bats in His Belfry?
From Curicon: It’s Day One of Comic Con, so Curicon met up with superherologist Dr. Travis Langley at San Diego Comic Con to discuss his recently released book Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight. We settle down for a chat with the superherologist to discuss the advantages of interpreting the psychology of a fictional […]
Word of the Nerd: Batman Psychology Panel Analyzes the Mental Health of the Caped Crusader
Does Batman have PTSD? Why does he fight crime? Why dress like a bat? Why have love affairs with dangerous criminals? More importantly, why keep the pretense of justice when it bit him on the ass too many times? Of course the best place to discuss Batman’s mental health is at a gathering of comic […]
