Classical studies: The Boston Globe looks at how Gareth Hinds' comic-book adaptation of Beowulf is being used as a teaching aid at some high schools and universities:

''Gareth is a literate guy. He's read his history and his literature. He knows the culture of Anglo-Saxon England. [Hinds's book] afforded me an opportunity to re-invite their interest in a story that they may have been disillusioned by."