Ben Whaley

Associate Professor of Japanese popular culture @UCalgary 🇨🇦 @UofC_SLLLC. I write about manga & 🎮👾 videogames. @Stanford 🇺🇸 @UBC alum. Tweets are my own.

[Ben Whaley @Ben_Whaley]

My book is now open access via JSTOR’s Path to Open. Though this exciting development should not dissuade anyone from purchasing ten physical copies for all their loved ones.

Opening Scholarship to New Readers with Path to Open https://t.co/qKEBQEmTV4 via @UofMPress

[Tezuka The God of Manga @tezuka_film]

Did you see the news?! @IGN revealed the trailer for TEZUKA: GOD OF MANGA! 

Be sure to sign up at the link in our bio to receive an email when the @Kickstarter campaign launches!

[Ben Whaley @Ben_Whaley]

I am happy to be involved in this lovely documentary film about 手塚治虫. Spreading the word about the upcoming kickstarter here!

[Tezuka The God of Manga @tezuka_film]

TEZUKA THE GOD OF MANGA, a documentary about legendary manga and anime creator Osamu Tezuka, is coming soon!

Be sure to sign up at the link in our bio to receive an email when the @kickstarter campaign goes live.

@Crunchyroll has the details!

https://t.co/pLRw7otZaE

[Ben Whaley @Ben_Whaley]

Vancouver showed its sunshine during #AAS2026.

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Happy Halloween 🎃🍫

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Fall is in the air in #Calgary 🍃

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Pretty sunset in the neighborhood.

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Happy Halloween from Calgary

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Excited to give this talk @uLethbridge this Friday!

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Fall 🍂has arrived in #Calgary 🍁

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Great book soon to be out!

[🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🕊️ James Welker @james_welker]

It’s finally here!

It’s not officially out until July though, so you’ll need to wait a bit longer.

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@Yale is abloom during AJLS 2024!

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Happy 1st Anniversary to my book from @UofMPress! I heard buying another copy is more fun than saving up for the PS5 Pro…

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Hoping spring will come to Calgary next week…for the fourth time!

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Thanks for organizing a great #AAS2024 panel, Mimi❣️

[Mimi O. @mimirellaz]

Finally made it home from #AAS2024! Thank you to my amazing panel @Ben_Whaley @Soracielle @cybercjay It was also lovely to see friends from all across the globe and to make new ones @JeremiePGagnon @bmychui @tbaudinette Yoshiko Okuyama @Bec_Edo

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@paupitarch You are super global so this is perfectly on brand!

[Journal of Japanese Studies @JJS_jrnl]

Launching its 50th year of publication, the winter 2024 JJS is live online (also available in print) with articles by Youjia Li, Ben Whaley, Alexander Murphy, Aaron Jasny, Małgorzata Karolina Citko-DuPlantis, & Christopher Hughes—& reviews of new books. https://t.co/Ooy77WKsbZ

[Journal of Japanese Studies @JJS_jrnl]

@Ben_Whaley, in “Who Let the Dogs Out? Race as Illness in Tezuka Osamu’s Ode to Kirihito,” shows how manga as a medium evolved to tell literary and socially resonant stories about ethno-racial difference and disease. https://t.co/QqRFIo6ma0

[Ben Whaley @Ben_Whaley]

Happy for my article on Tezuka’s Ode to Kirihito (きりひと讃歌) to be a part of @JJS_jrnl 50th anniversary issue!

[Journal of Japanese Studies @JJS_jrnl]

Launching its 50th year of publication, the winter 2024 JJS is live online (also available in print) with articles by Youjia Li, Ben Whaley, Alexander Murphy, Aaron Jasny, Małgorzata Karolina Citko-DuPlantis, & Christopher Hughes—& reviews of new books. https://t.co/Ooy77WKsbZ

[Ben Whaley @Ben_Whaley]

If only the phishing email on University letterhead saying I had received a 16.82% raise were true...

They just wanted to appreciate my hard work and dedication and reflect my contributions appropriately.