Charles Hatfield
@seehatfield.bsky.social
Hub, pops, grandpappy, teacher, scholar, prof, comics lover, critic.
Up today @KinderComics: my long-delayed take on a much talked-about book: www.kindercomics.org/blog/cartoon...
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Up today @KinderComics: my long-delayed take on a much talked-about book: www.kindercomics.org/blog/cartoon...
This coming Thursday, Sep 18, join us at CSUN for a free talk with graphic novelist and Arvo Pärt biographer Joonas Sildre!
www.csun.edu/humanities/c...
www.csun.edu/humanities/c...
September 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This coming Thursday, Sep 18, join us at CSUN for a free talk with graphic novelist and Arvo Pärt biographer Joonas Sildre!
www.csun.edu/humanities/c...
www.csun.edu/humanities/c...
RIP to the great singer, songwriter, and band leader Dave Cousins, who fronted The Strawbs and created some of the UK’s best folk rock and progressive rock. ❤️
July 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
RIP to the great singer, songwriter, and band leader Dave Cousins, who fronted The Strawbs and created some of the UK’s best folk rock and progressive rock. ❤️
Up tonight @KinderComics: my reviews of this year’s Eisner nominees for Early Readers! Second in a series!
www.kindercomics.org/blog/2025eis...
www.kindercomics.org/blog/2025eis...
June 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Up tonight @KinderComics: my reviews of this year’s Eisner nominees for Early Readers! Second in a series!
www.kindercomics.org/blog/2025eis...
www.kindercomics.org/blog/2025eis...
#KirbyLives @skirball.bsky.social — just go. ❤️
May 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
#KirbyLives @skirball.bsky.social — just go. ❤️
Opening this week at @skirball.bsky.social, the career-spanning exhibition, "Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity"!
Curated by the amazing team of @djpatrickareed.bsky.social and Ben Saunders.
Read my latest blog post for the deets: kirbystudies.org/2025/04/29/h...
Curated by the amazing team of @djpatrickareed.bsky.social and Ben Saunders.
Read my latest blog post for the deets: kirbystudies.org/2025/04/29/h...
April 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Opening this week at @skirball.bsky.social, the career-spanning exhibition, "Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity"!
Curated by the amazing team of @djpatrickareed.bsky.social and Ben Saunders.
Read my latest blog post for the deets: kirbystudies.org/2025/04/29/h...
Curated by the amazing team of @djpatrickareed.bsky.social and Ben Saunders.
Read my latest blog post for the deets: kirbystudies.org/2025/04/29/h...
This Wed, April 30. Join my X-Men class and the brilliant @andrecarrington.bsky.social on Zoom!
April 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This Wed, April 30. Join my X-Men class and the brilliant @andrecarrington.bsky.social on Zoom!
Next Wed 4/30, groundbreaking scholar @andrecarrington.bsky.social (The Black Fantastic; Speculative Blackness; Audiofuturism) joins my X-Men class for a webinar! Free and open to all. Scan the QR to register!
#ComicsAtCSUN #XMenStudies #ImmortalStorm
#ComicsAtCSUN #XMenStudies #ImmortalStorm
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Next Wed 4/30, groundbreaking scholar @andrecarrington.bsky.social (The Black Fantastic; Speculative Blackness; Audiofuturism) joins my X-Men class for a webinar! Free and open to all. Scan the QR to register!
#ComicsAtCSUN #XMenStudies #ImmortalStorm
#ComicsAtCSUN #XMenStudies #ImmortalStorm
Tomorrow, the brilliant Anna Peppard @sequentialscholars.bsky.social joins my X-Men class for a Zoom webinar about sexuality, gender, and... Nightcrawler!
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code to register, or go to:
bit.ly/uncannypassi...
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code to register, or go to:
bit.ly/uncannypassi...
April 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tomorrow, the brilliant Anna Peppard @sequentialscholars.bsky.social joins my X-Men class for a Zoom webinar about sexuality, gender, and... Nightcrawler!
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code to register, or go to:
bit.ly/uncannypassi...
Free and open to all. Scan the QR code to register, or go to:
bit.ly/uncannypassi...
Next Wednesday, April 23, the brilliant Dr. Anna Peppard @sequentialscholars.bsky.social joins my X-Men class for a Zoom webinar. It's free and open to all! Follow the QR code to register. #mutantgenders #uncannypassions #supersex #xmenstudies
April 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Next Wednesday, April 23, the brilliant Dr. Anna Peppard @sequentialscholars.bsky.social joins my X-Men class for a Zoom webinar. It's free and open to all! Follow the QR code to register. #mutantgenders #uncannypassions #supersex #xmenstudies
Coming in late July: my CalRBS course, to be held at UCLA just after CCI! Join us to explore the social and material lives of comics: how they are made, how they circulate, and how they are archived.
(We'll spend part of the course taking in and discussing the Skirball's new Jack Kirby exhibition!)
(We'll spend part of the course taking in and discussing the Skirball's new Jack Kirby exhibition!)
April 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Coming in late July: my CalRBS course, to be held at UCLA just after CCI! Join us to explore the social and material lives of comics: how they are made, how they circulate, and how they are archived.
(We'll spend part of the course taking in and discussing the Skirball's new Jack Kirby exhibition!)
(We'll spend part of the course taking in and discussing the Skirball's new Jack Kirby exhibition!)
I'm delighted to announce the 2025 version of my California Rare Book School course, "The Social and Material Lives of Comic Art," to be held at UCLA from July 28 through August 1 (the week right after the San Diego Comic-Con).
www.calrbs.org/the-social-a...
www.calrbs.org/the-social-a...
March 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I'm delighted to announce the 2025 version of my California Rare Book School course, "The Social and Material Lives of Comic Art," to be held at UCLA from July 28 through August 1 (the week right after the San Diego Comic-Con).
www.calrbs.org/the-social-a...
www.calrbs.org/the-social-a...
CSUN students of English, check out our slate of awards for this year — more than 20 prizes and scholarships, including both undergraduate and MA student awards! #csunenglishdepartment #csunenglishawards
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
CSUN students of English, check out our slate of awards for this year — more than 20 prizes and scholarships, including both undergraduate and MA student awards! #csunenglishdepartment #csunenglishawards
Last-minute artistic opportunity at CSU Northridge! For artist working at the intersection of text and image!
March 7, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Last-minute artistic opportunity at CSU Northridge! For artist working at the intersection of text and image!
This Monday! Join us. ❤️ For deets, see www.csun.edu/humanities/c...
February 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This Monday! Join us. ❤️ For deets, see www.csun.edu/humanities/c...
Next Tuesday, on Zoom, free and open to all (but do register first!) — J Andrew Deman @sequentialscholars.bsky.social on gender in the X-Men!
February 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Next Tuesday, on Zoom, free and open to all (but do register first!) — J Andrew Deman @sequentialscholars.bsky.social on gender in the X-Men!
Next Monday my X-Men class hosts Eisner Award-winning @sequentialscholars.bsky.social co-leader J. Andrew Deman — and you’re invited to join us on Zoom!
February 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Next Monday my X-Men class hosts Eisner Award-winning @sequentialscholars.bsky.social co-leader J. Andrew Deman — and you’re invited to join us on Zoom!
This Tuesday—come out for our CSUN English open house! We’ll be announcing our slate of student awards and spotlighting our students’ clubs and creative work! Free and open to all.
February 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This Tuesday—come out for our CSUN English open house! We’ll be announcing our slate of student awards and spotlighting our students’ clubs and creative work! Free and open to all.
A glorious affirmation of comics as an art form and culture: this past weekend’s CALA festival, thanks to the team at @comicartsla.bsky.social
So glad to experience it again. ❤️
So glad to experience it again. ❤️
December 17, 2024 at 6:10 AM
A glorious affirmation of comics as an art form and culture: this past weekend’s CALA festival, thanks to the team at @comicartsla.bsky.social
So glad to experience it again. ❤️
So glad to experience it again. ❤️
Up today on KinderComics.org, my review of Jen Wang’s latest graphic novel:
www.kindercomics.org/blog/ashs-ca...
www.kindercomics.org/blog/ashs-ca...
December 5, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Up today on KinderComics.org, my review of Jen Wang’s latest graphic novel:
www.kindercomics.org/blog/ashs-ca...
www.kindercomics.org/blog/ashs-ca...
A stunning new, or rather newly translated, graphic memoir! Props to co-translator Martha Kuhlman for championing this. ❤️
December 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM
A stunning new, or rather newly translated, graphic memoir! Props to co-translator Martha Kuhlman for championing this. ❤️
Next week: the CSUN English Open House!
September 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Next week: the CSUN English Open House!