Autor: Peter Coogan

Peter Coogan earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University in American Studies with his dissertation: The Secret Origin of the Superhero: The Emergence of the Superhero Genre in America from Daniel Boone to Batman. While still a graduate student, he cofounded the Comics Arts Conference with Dr. Randy Duncan (Henderson State University) in 1992. The CAC has been held in conjunction with the San Diego Comic-Con International ever since and expanded to biannual meetings by expansion to Wonder Con. It is the largest and longest-running academic conference on comics in America. Since 1998 he has lived in St. Louis and taught comics, superheroes, writing, and American Studies at area universities, particularly Webster University and Washington University in St. Louis. Since 2012, he has served as the Communication Lab Coordinator at the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.