Alex Beringer

Alex Beringer is an assistant professor of English at the University of Montevallo where he teaches and writes about 19th century American literature, visual culture, and graphic narratives. His work has appeared in American Literature, Arizona Quarterly, and Studies in American Fiction, among other places.
‘Von Spatz’ Puts Walt Disney in the Library of Babel

‘Von Spatz’ Puts Walt Disney in the Library of Babel

Anna Haifisch's Von Spatz is sort of a cross between Roger Rabbit's "Toon Town" and Borges' "Library of Babel".

Comics Scholarship Finds Its Voice With ‘INKS’ and ‘Drawing the Line’

Thi Bui Asks Readers to Reconsider Their Assumptions About the Vietnam War

Thi Bui Asks Readers to Reconsider Their Assumptions About the Vietnam War

Bui’s powers as a documentarian and oral historian make The Best We Could Do a thought-provoking take on Vietnam and immigrant experiences in general.