Feb. 19, 2026
Entertainment 11: Marc DiPaolo / Superheroes and Politics / Spider-Man’s Evolving Politics

Marc DiPaolo is an author, and assistant professor, teaching English and Film and English and Communication.
He published the autobiographical novel Fake Italian (Bordighera Press) in 2021. DiPaolo has also written the academic books Fire and Snow: Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones (2018) and War, Politics, and Superheroes (2011). His media interviews include appearances on NPR, BBC4, and AMC’s documentary Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics (ep. 4, 2017). He has a PhD in English from Drew University and was a reporter for The Staten Island Advance.
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