Sketch: two people bend over a globe while tracing spots on the globe with their fingers
Read about how comic artist Lene Ask merged comic art with real historical correspondence between a Norwegian missionary living in Madagascar and his son in Norway!
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #colonialism #epistolary #migration #immigrants #HistoricalLetters #documentary
Ad: Woman in Egyptian headdress peeks out past text "...a new strip! 'Deathless Deer' by Alicia Patterson and Neysa McMein. Start it next Monday!"
Read about a women-written 1940s comic strip so mistreated that its discontinuation was called a "mercy killing"...
"From the Archives: Deathless Deer"
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #DeathlessDeer #comics #ComicHistory #WomensHistory #TimeTravel #superhero
Illustration: 3 people listen to man with microphone who has 3 speech bubbles with illustrations of journalism and cartooning tools like camera and blank comic pages
Learn how Joe Sacco mixes cartoons and journalism!
"I Am Always Amazed About What I Find Out When I Get on the Ground": Joe Sacco On, Before, and After the Page
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #WritingAdvice #comics #journalism #ArtAdvice #activism #interview #JoeSacco
HAPPY MONDAY! Grab and cup of coffee and check out this article: Class and National Imaginaries in Call Me Iggy: Searching for a place in US Culture by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
Black-and-white cropped comic: Two women kiss with silhouetted couples behind and a group of surprised people in the doorway, saying "Far out!"
Serial Critique: The Counterpublic of Wimmen's Comix
Read about Wimmen's Comix, a serial anthology of cartoons for and by women!
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth #feminism #lesbian #WimmensComix #TrinaRobbins #UndergroundComics #WomensMonth
1 panel of a black-and-white comic: A man with fabric around his hips holds open a giant stone-looking door, saying "You are expected!" to the man outside the door.
"Preserving the Legacy of Black Press Cartoonists"
Jenny Robb considers the significance of preserving/digitizing high-quality Black cartoons & comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #BlackComics #comics #library #digitization #ChicagoDefender #BlackPress #HowardUniversity
Ad: Man with dark skin points at viewer. Written below is "Remember - Crime doesn't pay, kids." Man stands in front of a torn background, as if he's just broken through it.
ALL-NEGRO COMICS and the Birth of Lion Man, the First African American Superhero
Learn about the pioneering Black superhero: Lion Man.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSuperhero #LionMan #ComicHistory #BlackPanther #PopularCulture #comics #BlackCulture
3-panel comic: In front of the panels is T'Challa's kneeling silhouette with a red splatter on his head. Each panel shows someone looking down at him, disappointed, including his father.
"The Body of the Nation": Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther and the Black Literary Tradition
This article follows the work of Ta-Nehisi Coates, especially his portrayal of Marvel's Black Panther. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic...
@projectmuse.bsky.social #Marvel #BlackPanther #comics #BlackSuperhero
Comic book cover: Spawn flies in the center of the page with a glowing green hand, billowing red cape, and chains around his waist and collar, with bats in the foreground.
Check out Jake Zawlacki’s neat article on the controversial racial identity of Spawn, a comic superhero!
“Unintended Consequences: Spawn as “Superman Black”
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #Spawn #BlackHistoryMonth #comics #ImageComics #superhero #BlackSuperhero #Superman
Comic illustration: Swamp Thing stands tall in a spiky new form. In the background are a couple of cloudy looking people and a red and yellow sky.
Who is Swamp Thing?
Costello examines Swamp Thing’s portrayal in “Strange Daddy: Uprooting the Environmentalist Family Romance in Nancy A. Collins' Swamp Thing.”
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #DC #SwampThing #comics #ecology #politics #queer #family #QueerEcology #horror
Figure 1. Composite image from Baldo, by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos
Check out the introduction to our latest special issue 9.3 on Latinx Comics
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Figure 1. Composite image from Baldo, by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos
Check out the introduction to our latest special issue 9.3 on Latinx Comics
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Photo: 8 comic covers with Spanish text, including “Kaliman” and DC’s “Los 4 Fantásticos.”
Notable Latinx/e Comics Collections in the United States
Jenny E. Robb and John Edward Martin curate a list of notable Latinx/e comics collections in the U.S.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #libraries #FindingAids #research #ComicCollection #Latinx #fyp
Photo: 8 comic covers with Spanish text, including “Kaliman” and DC’s “Los 4 Fantásticos.”
Notable Latinx/e Comics Collections in the United States
Jenny E. Robb and John Edward Martin curate a list of notable Latinx/e comics collections in the U.S.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #libraries #FindingAids #research #ComicCollection #Latinx #fyp
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Comic: A teenager sits on a grassy hill beside a translucent person. A bunch of translucent figures dressed in historical clothing stand watching.
Class and National Imaginaries in CALL ME IGGY: Searching for a Place in US Culture
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste examines immigrant experience and identity in a graphic novel about a Colombian American teen in Ohio.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #identity #immigrants
4-panel comic: A boy and a jaguar eye each other. The panels between them show the boy's family reflected in the jaguar's eye and the jaguar's family reflected in the boy's eye.
Crossing Borders, Shifting Narratives: Speculative Agency in Julio Anta's Migration Graphic Novels
Mauricio Espinoza discusses precarious migrant agency in Julio Anta’s HOME and FRONTERA.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #migration #SpeculativeFiction
Black-and-white comic: Two children with braided hair and big eyes appear worried. An upside-down crown is in a thought bubble above them.
Latinx Identity Uprooted: Tracing Destierro in the Comic Biography WHO IS ANA MENDIETA?
Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado comments on a comic commemoration of Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #AnaMendieta #LatinArt #destierro
Comic: Dozens of people of different ages, skin colors, and styles walk in a curved line toward a table of comics. Most already hold comics. A speech bubble comes from the person behind the table.
Latinx Comics: Past, Present, and Future
Frederick Luis Aldama and Miguel Ángel Hernández share a unique, word-drawn essay on the persistence of Latinx creators.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #representation #stereotypes #decolonization #LatinxCreators
Black-and-white photo: Someone’s hands shape clay on a pottery wheel.
Drawn from Clay: Mexican Cerámica, Material Culture, and Bilingual Visual Modernism in Gus Arriola's GORDO
Nhora Lucía Serrano examines a comic strip through the lens of Mexican cerámica.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #cerámica #ceramics #comics #MexicanAmerican #narrative
Comic sketch: Indistinct face with speech bubble, "Resist them little artist! Fight!!" Sketched on lined filler paper.
As fall comes to an end, check out this 2023 fall article, "Monstrous Beauty: The Alternative Aesthetic of Difference in Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thing Is Monsters."
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicStudies #comics #MonsterTheory #formalism #LiteraryStudies #Chicago
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Comics are Subversive medium! Check out this article by Margaret Galavan @projectmuse.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social
Comic: A gray-haired person's mouth is open in fear. An indistinct text bubble is beside them.
Since DC's wedding anniversary between the Flash and Iris West was on Monday, check out Sean Guynes’s article on the DC multiverse, which originated in a Flash arc.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social @guynes.bsky.social #DetectiveComics #comics #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #DCComics
Good afternoon! Check out this article: “Are Superhero Comics Copaganda?” By Shea Hennum
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Photo: 5 people stand with their arms around each other and their backs to the camera, looking at the fall forest scenery.
For University Press Week, check out this article that connects academic writing and comic publishing to our personal lives.
“The 1976 Project: On Comics and Grief, or How Our Lives Intersect with What We Study”
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@projectmuse.bsky.social @tigerpride.bsky.social #TeamUp
Book Cover: Gold ring with two lines crossing through it that mimic the symbols for male and female. One line has an arrow at one end, and the other line has a plus at one end and “x” on the other end.
Book Review!
Charlotte J. Fabricius comments on nuances in J. Andrew Deman’s The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #XMen #GenderStudies #UncannyXMen #comics #ComicStudies #BookReview #Research #superhero #FeministStudies #comic
Book cover: The title in front of a cloud background. Below are thin colorful lines that resemble comic art.
Book Review!
Siobhán Jolley analyzes the unique details of Christianity and Comics: Stories We Tell About Heaven and Hell by Blair Davis
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ChristianStudies #ComicStudies #comics #BibleStudies #storytelling #scholar #ScholarlyPublishing
Book cover: Indistinct fist punches with brass knuckles. A different-looking hand holds up something gray. The title is written in comic lettering between the two hands.
Book review!
Harriet E. H. Earle comments on the significance of violence in “BOOM! SPLAT! Comics and Violence” ed. by Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #censorship #PoliticalViolence #Politics #censor #scholarship
Photo: Strip of storefronts. One has a large sign saying “Texas,” and above it is a plaque in Texas’s shape.
How Do Your Students Feel About That? A Reflection on the Use of Graphic Narratives in History Surveys in the State of Texas
Gabrielle Lyle argues for teaching history holistically through comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #history #education #ComicStudies #TexasHistory