074 - William Grady - Redrawing the Western: A History of American Comics and the Mythic West

A conversation with scholar William Grady about their book

Redrawing the Western: A History of American Comics and the Mythic West

(University of Texas Press, 2024)

Dr. William Grady is an independent scholar and library based in the United Kingdom in Manchester. He earned a PhD in English from the University of Dundee and a masters of research and bachelors of arts in film and media studies from Manchester Metropolitan University. He held a post-doctoral research post at the University of the Arts in London, and has taught courses on comics, media theory, and film history at the University of Dundee and Manchester Metropolitan University, where he now works as a collections librarian.

 

 

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