Comic-book Quicktake: Checkmate Pt 4 of 5

Issue 24 of American publisher Moonstone’s run of The Phantom is a definite winner!

The continuity tie-ins may appear disjointed to new readers, and the story may seem frantic in pace at places.

However, setting up the Guardian of the Eastern Dark is orchestrated quite well, and writer Mike Bullock appears to be reining in the divergent plot-threads in preparation for the “double-sized” finale in issue 25.

Silvestre Szilagyi’s artwork does not disappoint, and it’s a refreshing change to see a hero who’s human, and not a contorted lump of muscle!

Rick Leonardi and Terry Austin should realize that the Phantom is not “just another hyper-muscled superhero”. But for this jarring bit, the cover is pretty good!

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Pinnacle: Teacher Training for PhD Students at the ANU

There’s more and more PhD students dabbling in teaching at universities, across the globe, and particularly so in Australia.

Termed as sessional teachers, they are making the landscape of tertiary education in Australia increasingly complex; given time they might even outnumber full-time academic staff and elite researchers at universities.

However, the PhD student as a teacher is a whole different breed — juggling work-life concerns becomes even tougher for a student under research pressures.  Tertiary institutions have a major role to play in nurturing and supporting this resource in educating the future.

Hence the call: Educate the educators.

The Australian National University provides proactive support to PhDs who are teaching courses. Pinnacle, an exclusive training program for PhD students, is organized by the Research Students Development Center at the ANU.

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