Panel Discussions
From Candyman to The Blackening: The Spectrum of Black Horror
This panel discussed representations of Blackness in horror, and the impacts on racial identity including Candyman (1992/2021), Lovecraft Country (2020), The Blackening (2023), and others!
Fan Expo: New Orleans 2024
Stranger Things: The Dungeons and Dragons of Life!
Roll for initiative! The award-winning Netflix series Stranger Things reveals how the world-renowned game Dungeons & Dragons mirrors the upside-down relationship between choices and chance. Enjoy this fun-loving panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2022, featuring discussion of this amazing show show, the game that inspired it, and the psychology and philosophy of the Upside-Down.
The Black & Brown Comix Arts Festival partners with Wizard Brands to present the exclusive interview of the cast of American Skin.
Victor Dandridge interviews writer, director and star Nate Parker (Lincoln Jefferson), Theo Rossi (Officer Dominic Reyes), Milauna Jackson (Tayana Jefferson) and Shane Paul McGhie (Jordin King) from the critically acclaimed feature film, American Skin. Dr. Vanessa Hintz, licensed clinical psychologist, provides expert commentary concerning the film’s depiction of racism and discrimination.
Wakanda for All: To Live as One Tribe
ReggieCon at Illinois State University focuses on the depictions of race, gender, and ethnicity in comics, graphics novels, movies, and other popular media. In honor of Black History Month, a panel of psychologists, creators, and comic experts discuss the cultural implications of Black Panther.
We Can be Heroes? Saving the World in Your Best Way!
Comic Con International brings together a panel of psychologists and comic creators to discuss the multiple, diverse ways we can all be heroes, in our own way. Panelists discuss comic book characters who struggle with the notion of heroism, as well as research on diversity, differences, and the seemingly unending number of ways we can work together to make a more uplifting, encouraging world.
Wild Histories and the Move Toward Narrative Pluralism
As part of the 2020 Wayne State Popular Culture Conference, a group of psychologists, comic scholars, and all-around geeks discuss Popular-Culture Narratives as the Multi-scale Embodiment of Identity in Supernatural, Black Panther, Halloween, and Black Lightning.
