A Cartoonist’s Web Site Campaigns for More Academic Study of the Comics

Jen Young posted This One from The Chronicle of Higher Education on James Sturm, author of the graphic novel The Golem’s Mighty Swing and founder of the National Association of Comics Art Educators, and his new site, teachingcomics.org.

“Sculptors, writers, and printmakers can gravitate towards academic centers,” he says. “They have a fertile environment to grow. I thought comics would benefit from that as well.”