Comicana: Comics and Graphic Novels Across the Humanities

(October 7-12, 2019)

Library exhibit to accompany:

1. Arab comic strips / Allen Douglas and Fedwa Malti-Douglas (1994)2. Comics and sacred texts / edited by Assaf Gamzou and Ken Koltun-Fromm (2018)3. Death, disability, and the superhero / Jose’ Alaniz (2014)4. Examining Lois Lane / edited by Nadine Farghaly (2013)5. Gender and the superhero narrative / edited by Michael Goodrum, et al. (2018)6. Graphic memories of the civil rights movement / Jorge J. Santos, Jr. (2019)7. Graphic novels as philosophy / edited by Jeff McLaughlin (2017)8. Heroines of comic books and literature / edited by Maja Bajac-Carter, et al. (2014)9. Holy superheroes! / Greg Garrett (2008)10. Medievalist comics and the American century / Chris Bishop (2016)11. Of comics and men / Jean-Paul Gabilliet (2010)12. Pioneering comics of color / Tim Jackson (2016)13. Superman on the couch / Danny Fingeroth (2004)14. The comics of Rutu Modan / Kevin Haworth (2019)15. The expanding art of comics / Thierry Groensteen (2017)16. The great women cartoonists / Trina Robbins (2001)17. This book contains graphic language / Rocco Versaci (2007)18. X-Men and the mutant metaphor / Joseph J. Darowski (2014)

Side 1. Comics Across the Humanities

Side 2. The Book Isn’t Always Better Than the Movie

1. Batman: the Dark Knight Returns / Frank Miller, et al. (2002)2. Batman: the Long Halloween / Jeph Loeb, et al. (2011)3. Beyond Watchmen & Judge Dredd / John Higgins (2017)4. Black Panther / Ta-Hehisi Coates (2016)5. Comics and adaptation / edited by Benoit Mitaine, et al. (2018)6. Essential the amazing Spiderman / Stan Lee, et al. (2011)7. Panel to the screen / Drew Morton (2017)8. Paper girls / Brian Vaughan, et al. (2016)9. Super comics / Chris Gavaler (2018)10. Superheroes on world screens / edited by Rayna Denison and Rachel

Mizsei-Ward (2015)11. The comic book film adaptation / Liam Burke (2015)12. The secret history of Marvel Comics / Blake Bell and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo

(2013)13. Veils / Pat McGreal, et al. (1999)14. Watchmen / Alan Moore, et al. (2005)15. X-Men. Dark phoenix saga / Chris Claremont, et al. (2006)

Exhibit prepared by Christina Torbert, poster design by Blake KingUniversity of Mississippi Libraries

Full conference schedule available here.