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Grad student Florence Gallez, who interviewed Henry Jenkins at Comic-Con for the upcoming issue of the CMS newsletter In Medias Res, pens an opinion piece for The Tech about the lack of diversity at the same conference:

[W]hen it comes to race, all is not well in Comic-land and in the entertainment world it inspires -- a fact I was reminded of at Comic-Con at every turn. It was clear that some great minds are hard at work on improving the situation, but evidence of concrete change was hard to come by. Just take that very Souvenir Book and count the featured non-white "past Comic-Con office-holders and supporters" who have shaped the past 40 years, and you will see that one hand largely suffices.

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Ethnic Caribbean actress and Star Trek star Zoe Saldana puts the lack of diversity more bluntly: "There aren't enough African-American superheroes. Or Asian-American superheroes. Have you ever met a superhero named Juan Gonzales? I would kill for that."

Posted by Andrew Whitacre at 12:49 PM in CMS In The Press, Publications | Permalink

Via Associated Degree, a clearinghouse for continuing education programs, comes an impressive list of blogs for new media students, including three CMS blogs:

New Media students are on the verge of an exciting and evolving field of study. With topics ranging from social networking to innovative art forms to gaming to Internet policy and politics falling under this umbrella, there is plenty for students to learn about and stay connected with. Adding these blogs to your favorite reader will help you keep current on all that is happening in the world of New Media.

Included were Confessions of an Aca-Fan, former co-director Henry Jenkins' blog; the Project New Media Literacies blog; and Nick Monfort's collaboration on computer and gaming narrative, Grand Text Auto.

Also included was friend-of-CMS David Nieborg's blog Gamespace.nl.

Posted by Andrew Whitacre at 9:28 AM in Accomplishments, CMS In The Press | Permalink

We're just a week away from sending the fall 2009 issue of our newsletter In Medias Res to the printer. It promises to be a great issue, including pieces on technology in rural Peru and an interview from Comic-Con with Henry Jenkins.

We couldn't help but contrast the glossy 40-page publication that's about to come out with what Alex Chisholm graciously put together back in 2002. So here it is, lovingly scanned: the very first issue of In Medias Res...

In Medias Res, Spring 2002 (the very first issue)

Posted by Andrew Whitacre at 12:31 PM in Publications | Permalink