Researcher
Toph Marshall is a professor in the Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on ancient performance traditions and the presentation of myth and the ancient world in modern popular media, especially comics. He is the co-editor with George Kovacs of Classics and Comics (OUP, 2011) and Son of Classics and Comics (OUP, 2016). His articles on comics have discussed adaptations of the Odyssey, representations of the Furies in Wonder Woman and Sandman, Hercules and the Incredible Hulk, with specific studies of works by Frank Miller, Dave Sim, Paul Hornschemeier, and Jonathan Hickman. He was the Academic Director of the International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) from 2010–2016 and is a founding member of the Comic Studies Society. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2021.