Two brief, unpublished, painted manuscripts, by Frans Masereel, are new to RBML’s collections. […]
Category: Comics and Cartoons
Research at the RBML | Nadav Millman investigates the Chris Claremont papers
Nadav Millman recently visited the RBML to dive into the papers of comic book writers and novelist Chris Claremont, which include works in progress, discarded story ideas, and unpublished manuscripts. Nadav describes finding correspondence with editors discussing some of Claremont’s best-known plots. What brings you to Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library? When I heard that […]
Tips for researchers’ first time in the archives: photos and scanning
Carrie Smith, Lecturer at Cardiff University, recently posted a thread on Twitter with basic advice for first-time archives researchers. The thread has tips that work well for our own RBML users — even for our more regular visitors. […]
Marvel Comics Shareholder Reports: A Marriage of Corporate and Creative
Thirty years ago today, on December 17, 1991, a bombshell exploded in the worlds of comics, Wall Street, and the media. After a spectacularly successful year in which, among other triumphs, Spider-Man #1 sold an unprecedented 2.5 million copies, owner Ronald Perelman launched an Initial Public Offering of Marvel Comics, raising more than $63,000,000. Gary […]
Formation of a comic book artist
A new addition to the Jerry Robinson papers sheds a startling light on the early years of a storied comics artist and illustrator. In the Poconos, in the summer of 1939, Bob Kane–the artist who, with writer Bill Finger, had developed the character Batman a year earlier–spotted a teenager named Jerry Robinson, sporting a jacket […]