Skepticism Through Manga
The graphic novel market is dominated by sales of manga; the form of comic book made popular by its animated counterpart, anime. Canadian manga creator, Sara E. Mayhew, was featured by the country’s prestigious graphic arts magazine, Applied Arts, as “new talent commanding our attention”. And, indeed, that was what she received—the attention of TED, the annual idea conference of the world’s leading thinkers and doers, who chose Sara to become part of their new fellowship program and attend the TED conference as a 2009 TED Fellow.
Her “idea worth spreading”? Promoting skepticism and passing on her passion for science through storytelling. Manga is the platform she has chosen to tell her stories. In her talk, Skepticism Through Manga, you’ll be introduced to this powerful storytelling medium and to the worlds and characters she has created to inspire readers to embrace evidence-based thinking.
Yes, I’ll be speaking at the Center For Inquiry on March 31st at 8pm in Hollywood! This is CFI’s monthly science cafe, “Cafe Inquiry“. It’s a free event so come on by and hang out with other skeptics, humanists, and science lovers. I’ll be opening the evening with my talk and then a discussion follows.
FREE skeptics talk, available refreshments, open bookstore, AND a geekalicious Canadian mangaka? HOMGosh~tell everyone!
April 1st, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Loved your talk, Sara. Excited to see someone taking a new direction with our movement, and I see a lot of promise in it. Started reading Legend of the Ztarr today in between, you know, working. Thanks for your efforts and I’m looking forward to seeing where you can go with this.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:58 am
[...] Fellow, and she spoke at TEDActive in 2010. She also recently gave a talk about Skepticism and Manga at CFI West. Sara's TED talk addressed Critical thinking, Skepticism and [...]