Comics Masters Course Defended Against Inquisitive MP

Joe Gordon called my attention to this story about a flash of controversy over a comics-related masters course offered at Dundee University. It seems like a political official came at the course with basically the same kind of open "can you believe this?" contempt for the idea of such an endeavor, the kind of thing that Stan Lee used to get on interview shows in the late 1960s. It's fun to follow the links out on this one. I have to admit, I don't think merely questioning building a program off of an interest indicates bias or is even necessarily a bad thing -- I assume the kind of thing accused of this course happens. If the course in question has weight and legitimacy as it more than seems this one does, it should be able to bear up to any such scrutiny and shake it off like a bear drying its fur. That's not to say I'm castigating any of the defenders and the defensive tone assumed: it's clear from years of evidence that comics is a medium uniquely vulnerable to dismissive attack.
 
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