Chris Comerford
@chriscomerford.bsky.social
Lecturer in Comms & Media, University of Wollongong 📖 | Doctor of screens, fans & Batman 🦇 | Useless Trivia expert 🧠 | Ace Stardew Valley fisherman 🎣 | Views my own | He/Him
We're just two weeks away from the SSAAANZ Online Conference! From Wed 12 to Thurs 13 November we'll be showcasing screen research and creative practice under the theme of "Emerging and Dispersed Scholarship". Rego is free for current SSAAANZ members: More details at ssaaanz.com/2025-online-...
October 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
We're just two weeks away from the SSAAANZ Online Conference! From Wed 12 to Thurs 13 November we'll be showcasing screen research and creative practice under the theme of "Emerging and Dispersed Scholarship". Rego is free for current SSAAANZ members: More details at ssaaanz.com/2025-online-...
Those who speak, write, create and perform with truth and good faith should be immune from political censorship and despotic overreach.
Support your creators, your artists, your performers and your truth tellers. Especially when those in power wish for their silence.
#JimmyKimmel
Support your creators, your artists, your performers and your truth tellers. Especially when those in power wish for their silence.
#JimmyKimmel
September 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Those who speak, write, create and perform with truth and good faith should be immune from political censorship and despotic overreach.
Support your creators, your artists, your performers and your truth tellers. Especially when those in power wish for their silence.
#JimmyKimmel
Support your creators, your artists, your performers and your truth tellers. Especially when those in power wish for their silence.
#JimmyKimmel
Excited to announce that the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (SSAAANZ) Online CFP has been EXTENDED until Friday 15 August - send in your screen studies abstracts and bios for what will be an excellent conference! Details below:
ssaaanz.com/2025-online-...
ssaaanz.com/2025-online-...
July 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Excited to announce that the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (SSAAANZ) Online CFP has been EXTENDED until Friday 15 August - send in your screen studies abstracts and bios for what will be an excellent conference! Details below:
ssaaanz.com/2025-online-...
ssaaanz.com/2025-online-...
Absolutely stoked to announce my second book, a retrospective on the creation, reception and historical importance of Babylon 5, due for release in 2027 as part of Intellect's "TV Matters" series (edited by the inimitable @smittermeier.bsky.social).
May 22, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Absolutely stoked to announce my second book, a retrospective on the creation, reception and historical importance of Babylon 5, due for release in 2027 as part of Intellect's "TV Matters" series (edited by the inimitable @smittermeier.bsky.social).
With #Thunderbolts*, I'm back on the Marvel train.
Moving, funny, action-y and very well put-together. It puts a decent spin on team-based superheroics, taking some of the "heroes fight heroes" tension of the Avengers to its logical extreme.
Moving, funny, action-y and very well put-together. It puts a decent spin on team-based superheroics, taking some of the "heroes fight heroes" tension of the Avengers to its logical extreme.
May 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
With #Thunderbolts*, I'm back on the Marvel train.
Moving, funny, action-y and very well put-together. It puts a decent spin on team-based superheroics, taking some of the "heroes fight heroes" tension of the Avengers to its logical extreme.
Moving, funny, action-y and very well put-together. It puts a decent spin on team-based superheroics, taking some of the "heroes fight heroes" tension of the Avengers to its logical extreme.
Haven't had much of a chance to paint recently, but working on this guy's ability to bring rock to the grimdark future was pretty fun.
April 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Haven't had much of a chance to paint recently, but working on this guy's ability to bring rock to the grimdark future was pretty fun.
New publication! Media studies and psychology team up as Tracey Woolrych and I talk about Robert Pattinson's Batman's mental state and actions as a gothic noir protagonist in the latest issue of M/C Journal. This was such a blast to write together! journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New publication! Media studies and psychology team up as Tracey Woolrych and I talk about Robert Pattinson's Batman's mental state and actions as a gothic noir protagonist in the latest issue of M/C Journal. This was such a blast to write together! journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mc...
New publication! In my latest article with the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, I discuss the growing trend of retroactive superhero franchise multiverses: how they started, what they're doing, and what might come next.
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
January 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
New publication! In my latest article with the Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, I discuss the growing trend of retroactive superhero franchise multiverses: how they started, what they're doing, and what might come next.
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...
#SSAAANZ2024 is wrapped. A fantastic conference with great opportunities to further screen studies research in 2025 and beyond. Thanks to all the attendees, the wonderful folks I met and caught up with, and all those who saw my paper on Wednesday. Now for the road home!
December 6, 2024 at 5:33 AM
#SSAAANZ2024 is wrapped. A fantastic conference with great opportunities to further screen studies research in 2025 and beyond. Thanks to all the attendees, the wonderful folks I met and caught up with, and all those who saw my paper on Wednesday. Now for the road home!
More from Day 2, including a great panel on Web Series!
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 AM
More from Day 2, including a great panel on Web Series!
Day 2 of #SSAAANZ2024 off to a great start with @drtvlotz.bsky.social's keynote on microaudiences and changes in understanding place and cultural specificity in Australian screen stories.
December 5, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Day 2 of #SSAAANZ2024 off to a great start with @drtvlotz.bsky.social's keynote on microaudiences and changes in understanding place and cultural specificity in Australian screen stories.
It was great presenting on Shogun's cinematic successes at #SSAAANZ2024 today. Feels good to be back at in-person conferences.
December 4, 2024 at 11:22 AM
It was great presenting on Shogun's cinematic successes at #SSAAANZ2024 today. Feels good to be back at in-person conferences.
Day 1 of #SSAAANZ2024 is in the books. Some amazing speakers and panels on the theme of "Seen/Unseen".
December 4, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Day 1 of #SSAAANZ2024 is in the books. Some amazing speakers and panels on the theme of "Seen/Unseen".
Great HDR/ECR prefix day this afternoon for #SSAAANZ2024. Got the chance to hear about some fantastic projects in screen studies, some of which I'll get to see from tomorrow. It's gonna be a good one!
December 3, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Great HDR/ECR prefix day this afternoon for #SSAAANZ2024. Got the chance to hear about some fantastic projects in screen studies, some of which I'll get to see from tomorrow. It's gonna be a good one!
#SSAAANZ2024 begins today! Excited for the ECR/HDR day later today and for presentations beginning tomorrow, when I'll be telling folk about the cinematic spectacle and cultural authenticity of Shogun.
December 3, 2024 at 12:09 AM
#SSAAANZ2024 begins today! Excited for the ECR/HDR day later today and for presentations beginning tomorrow, when I'll be telling folk about the cinematic spectacle and cultural authenticity of Shogun.
The beginning of the Radelaide journey.
December 2, 2024 at 7:33 AM
The beginning of the Radelaide journey.
For a book proposal I ask Google the question "babylon 5 how many episodes did jms write". The AI Overview says "many episodes", while the quick-shot Wikipedia summary - literally right below the AI - specifies 92. The Google search AI Overview is an annoying, ineffecient and unwelcome impediment.
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
For a book proposal I ask Google the question "babylon 5 how many episodes did jms write". The AI Overview says "many episodes", while the quick-shot Wikipedia summary - literally right below the AI - specifies 92. The Google search AI Overview is an annoying, ineffecient and unwelcome impediment.
If you're new here, I occasionally share photos from the Warhammer I paint to unwind. With that in mind, here's a gnarly pair of Mangler Squigs for my Age of Sigmar army (Gloomspite Gitz).
November 18, 2024 at 7:34 AM
If you're new here, I occasionally share photos from the Warhammer I paint to unwind. With that in mind, here's a gnarly pair of Mangler Squigs for my Age of Sigmar army (Gloomspite Gitz).
Pulled the plug on my Twitter account today after 15 years, but downloaded my data first. I'm glad I did because otherwise I would've lost this "gem" from my early days of youthful cringe.
November 15, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Pulled the plug on my Twitter account today after 15 years, but downloaded my data first. I'm glad I did because otherwise I would've lost this "gem" from my early days of youthful cringe.