Delve into Gilded Age cartoon politics with this early INKS article! muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #GildedAge #cartoon #history #nostalgia #CartoonPolitics #SourceMaterial

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! muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #colonialism #epistolary #migration #immigrants #HistoricalLetters #documentary

Read about a women-written 1940s comic strip so mistreated that its discontinuation was called a "mercy killing"... "From the Archives: Deathless Deer" muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #DeathlessDeer #comics #ComicHistory #WomensHistory #TimeTravel #superhero

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 muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @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

Serial Critique: The Counterpublic of Wimmen's Comix Read about Wimmen's Comix, a serial anthology of cartoons for and by women! muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth #feminism #lesbian #WimmensComix #TrinaRobbins #UndergroundComics #WomensMonth

"Preserving the Legacy of Black Press Cartoonists" Jenny Robb considers the significance of preserving/digitizing high-quality Black cartoons & comics. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #BlackComics #comics #library #digitization #ChicagoDefender #BlackPress #HowardUniversity

ALL-NEGRO COMICS and the Birth of Lion Man, the First African American Superhero Learn about the pioneering Black superhero: Lion Man. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackSuperhero #LionMan #ComicHistory #BlackPanther #PopularCulture #comics #BlackCulture

"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

Check out Jake Zawlacki’s neat article on the controversial racial identity of Spawn, a comic superhero! “Unintended Consequences: Spawn as “Superman Black” muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #Spawn #BlackHistoryMonth #comics #ImageComics #superhero #BlackSuperhero #Superman

Who is Swamp Thing? Costello examines Swamp Thing’s portrayal in “Strange Daddy: Uprooting the Environmentalist Family Romance in Nancy A. Collins' Swamp Thing.” muse.jhu.edu/article/855072 @projectmuse.bsky.social #DC #SwampThing #comics #ecology #politics #queer #family #QueerEcology #horror

Check out the introduction to our latest special issue 9.3 on Latinx Comics muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

Check out the introduction to our latest special issue 9.3 on Latinx Comics muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #libraries #FindingAids #research #ComicCollection #Latinx #fyp

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #libraries #FindingAids #research #ComicCollection #Latinx #fyp

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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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #identity #immigrants

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #migration #SpeculativeFiction

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #AnaMendieta #LatinArt #destierro

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #representation #stereotypes #decolonization #LatinxCreators

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #cerámica #ceramics #comics #MexicanAmerican #narrative

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." muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicStudies #comics #MonsterTheory #formalism #LiteraryStudies #Chicago

Comics are Subversive medium! Check out this article by Margaret Galavan @projectmuse.bsky.social @ohiostatepress.bsky.social

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social @guynes.bsky.social #DetectiveComics #comics #CrisisOnInfiniteEarths #DCComics

Good afternoon! Check out this article: “Are Superhero Comics Copaganda?” By Shea Hennum muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic...

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” muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social @tigerpride.bsky.social #TeamUp

Book Review! Charlotte J. Fabricius comments on nuances in J. Andrew Deman’s The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #XMen #GenderStudies #UncannyXMen #comics #ComicStudies #BookReview #Research #superhero #FeministStudies #comic

Book Review! Siobhán Jolley analyzes the unique details of Christianity and Comics: Stories We Tell About Heaven and Hell by Blair Davis muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #ChristianStudies #ComicStudies #comics #BibleStudies #storytelling #scholar #ScholarlyPublishing

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 muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #censorship #PoliticalViolence #Politics #censor #scholarship

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. muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @projectmuse.bsky.social #history #education #ComicStudies #TexasHistory