Podcast Season 3, Episode 1 – So Long As There Is Hope: Wonder Women in Classics and Comics with Natalie Swain

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Dr. Natalie Swain

To kick off the third season of the Peopling the Past podcast, which focuses on women in the ancient Mediterranean, we are joined by Dr. Natalie Swain, whose work centres on applying theories of comic narratology to the poetry of Ovid. She specialises in the reception of classical culture in several modern genres, from comics to video games, and also teaches a course here at the University of Winnipeg on Classics and Comics!

Listen in, as Dr. Swain talks with us about comics that respond to the ancient word, and specifically those that are written by women creators, and feature women characters.

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Looking for a transcript of this episode? Click here.
Lynda Carter is dressed in her Wonder Woman costume. She is wearing short blue shorts with white stars, a golden whip on her waist, a golden belt, a small red top, silver cuffs on her wrists, and a golden tiara with a red star in the middle. Her forearms are crossed over her chest in an X formation.
Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Lynda_Carter_Wonder_Woman.JPG
Kelly Sue DeConnick softly smiles. She is wearing a black long sleeved blouse, light red framed glasses, a red lanyard around her neck, and she has short dyed red hair with bangs.
Kelly Sue DeConnick at BookCon. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Kelly_Sue_DeConnick_at_BookCon_%2826700%29.jpg
A stone figurine of a horse rears up on its hind legs. It is mounted by an Amazon woman wearing armour and holding a shield.
Ancient Greek Figurine of an Amazon on Horseback. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ancient_Greek_figurine_of_an_Amazon_on_horseback%2C_taken_at_Eskenazi_Museum_of_Art_on_3_December_2019_%282%29.jpg/640px-Ancient_Greek_figurine_of_an_Amazon_on_horseback%2C_taken_at_Eskenazi_Museum_of_Art_on_3_December_2019_%282%29.jpg
Additional Materials Related to this Podcast

Ayala, Vita (w), Williams, Stephanie (w), & Alitha Martinez (i) (2021-) Nubia & the Amazons. California: DC Comics. 

DeConnick, Kelly Sue (w), & Phil Jimenez (i) (2021-). Wonder Woman Historia: the Amazons. California: DC Comics. 

Gillen, Kieron (w), Ryan Kelly (i), & Jordie Bellaire (i) (2014). 300. Portland, Oregon: Image Comics. 

Kovacs, George & C. W. Marshall (eds.) (2011). Classics and Comics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Kovacs, George & C. W. Marshall (eds.) (2015). Son of Classics and Comics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 

Rucka, Greg (w), & J. G. Jones (i) (2002). Wonder Woman: the Hiketeia. California: DC Comics. 

Sejic, Linda (2019-). Punderworld. Accessed from https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/punderworld/list?title_no=312584&page=5. 

Smythe, Rachel (2017-). Lore Olympus. Accessed from https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320&page=20. 

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