Collection Highlights on Display at ‘Focus on Comics’ Event Series
November 7, 2016
The NCSU Libraries’ Focus on Comics Event Series has highlighted the cultural and academic importance of comic books, both emerging and historical. At two of the series’ events, the screening of the documentary She Makes Comics and Dr. Maggie Simon’s discussion Comics and Graphic Novels: The New Literature , the Special Collection Research Center showed off highlights of our collections related to comic books, graphic novels, and books as art objects. The featured items were selected because of their connections to comic book history and cultural context, women in comics as creators and characters, and unique approaches to graphic media.
Display at She Makes Comics screening
Display of comics at Comics and Graphic Novels: The New Literature discussion
Display at Comics and Graphic Novels: The New Literature discussion: Graphic novel God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts, and comic collection The Pogo Party
Display of books as art objects at Comics and Graphic Novels: The New Literature discussion
Display of comics at Comics and Graphic Novels: The New Literature discussion
Display at Comics and Graphic Novels: The New Literature discussion: Book as art object Aunt Sallie's Lament, and The Wizard of Oz pop-up book
The displays included highlights from the Douglas Ward American Comic Books Collection , the Scott Green Collection of Comics-Related Publications , rare books such as Lynd Ward’s wordless novel God’s Man , Thomas Ockerse’s A-Z Book , and Claire Van Vliet’s Aunt Sallie’s Lament , and highlights from our collection of pop-up books.
If you are interested in using these or any other Special Collections materials , or would like to learn more about the Special Collections Research Center , please contact us!