Please join us on Thursday, November 8th, for the next in the Columbia University Libraries' comics events. "A Bundle of Comics: Graphic Narratives from The Jewish Daily Forward's Bintl Brief" highlights the work of cartoonist Liana Finck, who has been adapting poignant, early 20th-century immigrant letters to the Forward's renowned advice column. Liana will be […]
Tag: Graphic Novels
A conversation with the creators of “Marzi: a memoir,” October 28th
On Friday October 28th, the creators of the graphic novel Marzi: a memoir will be in conversation in Butler Library. Marzena Sowa, the author, was born in Poland in 1979; by the time she was ten years old she had experienced Communist rule, Chernobyl, the Solidarity factory strikes of 1988, and the triumph of […]
New Database: Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
Debuting this week is a brand new database devoted to the history of alternative comics: Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels, the first ever scholarly, primary source database focusing on adult comic books and graphic novels. This collection includes original material from the 1950s to today along with interviews, commentary, theory, and criticism […]
Featured graphic novel: Pushwagners Soft City
A graphic novel with perhaps the oddest backstory ever, Pushwagners Soft City was created in the 19y0s by Norwegian artist Terje Brofoss (nom d’art: Pushwagner), only to be lost in a suitcase on a trip to London. Though it was found in 2002, Brofoss didn’t learn of the discovery until some segments were published. Soft […]
Graphic Novels exhibition in the Butler 3rd floor display cases
Butler Library has a thriving graphic novels collection with over 1300 titles to date. During the Spring 2010 semester, the display cases on Butler’s 3rd floor present an exhibition designed to encourage interest in using these unique resources in curriculum and research. Seven themes are presented; for each theme an image from traditional art–something more […]