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Teachers Talking Technology, Gustavus Adolphus College, Feb 25 2014. Evil Incarnate: Manifestations of Villains and Villainy, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, July 11-13, 2014. “Facing the Demons Within: Archetypal Villains and the Reluctant Hero in Mike Mignola’s Hellboy”.

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