Leah Williams "Affective & Authentic Storytelling in a Digital Age"

Marvel Comics writer Leah Williams and Dr. Cohen discuss the writing process of meta texts, incorporating fan feedback into official canon, representing marginalized voices, and a writer's responsibility to their audience.

Follow Williams on Twitter: @mymonsterischic

Follow Dr. Cohen on Twitter: @newanddidigtal

Mentioned in this show:

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/10/how-the-west-was-lost/502850/

https://www.marvel.com/comics/series/27288/gwenpool_strikes_back_2019_-_present

https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comics/series/140500/age-of-x-man-x-tremists

Williams' new series "X-Factor" returns this April:

https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/this-april-x-factor-returns

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Leah Williams is a Marvel Comics Writer of X-Factor, Gwenpool Strikes Back, Amazing Mary Jane.

Dr. Jamie Cohen is the founder of the New Media program at Molloy College. He is a digital media culture expert with specific focus on YouTube, memes, emergent media, and digital media literacy. He hosts and co-produces the Digital Void Salon Series.

Josh Chapdelaine is the co-producer of the Digital Void Salon Series. He researches and writes about digital media and political communication.

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Credits

Produced by Dr. Jamie Cohen and Josh Chapdelaine

Audio edited and mixed by Josh Chapdelaine

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