Kent Worcester teaches political theory at Marymount Manhattan College. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of eight books, including C.L.R. James: A Political Biography (1996), A Comics Studies Reader (2009), and The Superhero Reader (2013). His latest book is Peter Bagge: Conversations (2015). A Comics Studies Reader received the 2010 Peter C. Rollins Award as the year's best work in the area of American studies and/or cultural studies, while The Superhero Reader was nominated for a 2014 Eisner Award for Best Scholarly/Academic Work. He regularly gives public lectures on New York City and comics via the Speakers in the Humanities program of the New York Council for the Humanities.