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Julius Schwartz Lecture Series DVDs
US$19.99
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On May 23rd, 2008, New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, American Gods, Mirrormask) presented the inaugural Julius Schwartz Lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a casual, highly entertaining conversation with media scholar and head of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program Henry Jenkins III. Topics covered include defining genre, the relationship between musicals and hardcore pornography, darkness in children's literature, the superhero and the Silver Age of comics, Jack Kirby, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and, of course, Sandman.
The Julius Schwartz lecture aims to be both entertaining and educational. Experience the lecture in your own home or university by ordering a DVD recording of the event.
Note: this recording is presented in its original fullscreen format, and does not include captioning. The runtime is 1 hour and 45 minutes.
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