Posted Sept. 6 - “The Economics of Comic-Con,” a documentary film produced and directed by MU communication studies and digital media students, received an Honorable Mention cash award at the Lake Maxinkuckee Film Festival on Aug. 31.

The students – Kody Smith, Carly Kwiecien, Ciara Knisely, Deric Haynes, Dominic Marietta and Abdul Oguinnake – were excited to see how their film stacked up against submissions from other schools such as Notre Dame, Purdue, Indiana and Huntington universities. The festival was at the Culver Academy in Culver Ind.

The MU film team also got to hear Judd Case, associate professor of communication studies, and John Zeglis, chair of MU’s Board of Trustees, sing the Manchester University fight song.