{"id":1647,"date":"2020-11-26T01:39:32","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T01:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2026June\/?page_id=1647"},"modified":"2020-11-26T01:39:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T01:39:32","slug":"gavaler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/gavaler\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Gavaler"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-5 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-4 column2-desktop-grid__start-8 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<div style=\"height:96px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/botched-1-2-1.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1404\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Botched<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/opposition_and_sister_squares_reconciled-1-1.png?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1401\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opposition and Sister Squares<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-4 column1-desktop-grid__start-2 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column2-desktop-grid__span-5 column2-desktop-grid__start-7 column2-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-4 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column2-tablet-grid__span-4 column2-tablet-grid__start-5 column2-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1 column2-mobile-grid__span-4 column2-mobile-grid__row-2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5_christmas_1902-6-2.jpg?w=720\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1391\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/2526\/\">Christmas<\/a> <a href=\"\/2526\/\">1902<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/graduation.jpg?w=683\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1395\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/2526\/\">Graduation<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<div style=\"height:64px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepetigrureview.com\/2627\/2026June\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/seventies_celebrities.png?w=705\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1396\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/2526\/\">Seventies Celebrities<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Chris Gavaler<\/strong> is an associate professor at W&amp;L University, where he serves as comics editor of&nbsp;<em>Shenandoah<\/em>. His books include:&nbsp;<em>On the Origin of Superheroes&nbsp;<\/em>(Iowa 2015),&nbsp;<em>Superhero Comics<\/em>&nbsp;(Bloomsbury 2017),&nbsp;<em>Superhero Thought Experiments&nbsp;<\/em>(with Nathaniel Goldberg, Iowa 2019),&nbsp;<em>Revising Fiction, Fact, and Faith<\/em>&nbsp;(with Nathaniel Goldberg, Routledge 2020), and&nbsp;<em>Creating Comics<\/em>&nbsp;(with Leigh Ann Beavers, Bloomsbury 2021). His visual work appears in&nbsp;<em>Ilanot Review<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>North American Review<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Aquifer<\/em>, and other journals. He reviews graphic novels monthly at PopMatters.com and blogs weekly at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thepatronsaintofsuperheroes.wordpress.com\">thepatronsaintofsuperheroes.wordpress.com<\/a><a>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Gavaler is an associate professor at W&amp;L University, where he serves as comics editor of&nbsp;Shenandoah. His books include:&nbsp;On the Origin of Superheroes&nbsp;(Iowa 2015),&nbsp;Superhero Comics&nbsp;(Bloomsbury 2017),&nbsp;Superhero Thought Experiments&nbsp;(with Nathaniel Goldberg, Iowa 2019),&nbsp;Revising Fiction, Fact, and Faith&nbsp;(with Nathaniel Goldberg, Routledge 2020), and&nbsp;Creating Comics&nbsp;(with Leigh Ann Beavers, Bloomsbury 2021). His visual work appears in&nbsp;Ilanot Review,&nbsp;North American Review,&nbsp;Aquifer, and other journals. He reviews graphic novels monthly at PopMatters.com and blogs weekly at thepatronsaintofsuperheroes.wordpress.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Botched Opposition and Sister Squares Christmas 1902 Graduation Seventies Celebrities Chris Gavaler is an associate professor at W&amp;L University, where he serves as comics editor of Shenandoah. 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