I have uploaded my 1992 PhD complete with 219 images here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... This is the first time it has been publicly available. I completed my PhD Envisioning Consumer Culture in 1992. The manuscript was duly sent off to UMI (now Proquest) and microfilmed, but never made available.

Vale John Lent (1936-2026). A titan of comics studies (before such it really existed) and communication studies in Southeast Asia. I first met him at ICAF in 2007 when he was hosting Lat in the USA. I finally published an article in the IJOCA recently. John was a generous mentor and friend to many.

PDF copies of most of my publications can be found from this link: ilgordon.wordpress.com/publications/

My short open access article "Truth, Justice, and the Human Way in James Gunn’s Superman" has been published: doi.org/10.1017/pub....

RIP Big Halsy

So the New York Times asked me for an Op-Ed on why Superman is popular enough to warrant another film. Then they went "in another direction." It seems Superman is not popular enough for an Op-Ed in the NYT. Too late to place the piece elsewhere. So here: ilgordon.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/s...

In Brussels

🌏NEW🌎 On July 11, Superman flies back into cinemas in his third reboot. How will a reborn idealistic Man of Steel land in the most cynical American moment of the modern era? @nndroid.bsky.social and Ian Gordon, author of Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon, discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod

One of my cool friends is teaching this course. Please spread the word - it's going to be amazing! I wish I could go myself, but alas. No trip to CAL for me. www.calrbs.org/the-social-a... #comics

Something about comics since so many new followers. Message me if you want to read the whole piece

The Australian High Commissioner to Singapore, the University of Sydney Vice Chancellor, and a very successful serial entrepreneur (I taught his brother) look on in awe at my Pac-Man impression.

Seriously this guy, sorry “professor”, complaining about cronyism is a bit rich. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Good to see @elmcitytree.bsky.social as the prime source for this discussion of watching American Fiction www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...

Book is getting real. There is a flyer:

Coming soon. Isn't this cover, by James Bouwer, a beauty, as we say in Australia

I'll be voting YES in the 2023 referendum on acknowledging an indigenous voice enshrined in the constitution of Australia. youtu.be/br8dB_0z3Fk?...

@clarecorbould.bsky.social In case you missed it: www.nytimes.com/2023/08/30/m...

Mark Latham: What a journey from Gough's acolyte to too on the nose even for Pauline Hanson. I'm pretty certain even Billy Hughes didn't travel so far or low. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/14/mark-latham-dumped-one-nation-nsw-leader-pauline-hanson

That time Caravaggio painted my cat sleeping on my pillow