Brigadier Gerard version of the short novel "Uncle Bernac". A 1927 film with Rod La Rocque as Gerard had the title "The Fighting Eagle". In 1970 "The Adventures of Gerard" was directed by Jerzy Skolimowski with Peter McEnery playing Gerard. As of 2014 television and movie writer John Altschuler is developing Brigadier Gerard as a feature, with Steve Carell attached to play Brigadier Gerard and Ricky Gervais attached to play Napoleon. Brigadier Gerard Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of 17 historical short stories, a play, and a major character in a novel by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle.
Gender Through Comic Books Gender Through Comic Books Gender Through Comic Books (also known as #SuperMOOC because of its popular hash tag on Twitter) was a MOOC taught April 2, 2013 through May 18, 2013. More than 7,000 students enrolled in the April 2013 Gender Through Comic Books course taught by Christina Blanch of Ball State University on the Canvas platform. Blanch, an anthropologist, thought that "using comic books could be a way to approach teaching gender without the trepidation some students feel" when approaching the subject. Students read scholarly articles each week in addition to comics (offered as e-comics by Comixology), plus participated