Professor Neal Curtis talks about how his academic career in comics started and how it led to collaborating with brain researchers and illustrators to raise awareness of brain tumours.

Neal also discusses Batman as an example of sovereignty and how Wonder Woman's origin story is connected to the history of women's reproductive rights.

*Neal mixed up the names of mother and daughter in Marston's story. Olive was Marston's partner while Ethel was imprisoned for handing out leaflets to women about contraception. She went on a hunger strike and was released from jail after her sister Margaret Sanger promised to lessen her activities.

You can read more about Neal's project here: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2023/10/16/comics-a-no-brainer-for-bringing-research-to-life.html