We are delighted to announce the opening of a new exhibition in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library‘s Kempner Gallery: Original Copies: Facsimiles and their Mediations of Authenticity and Ownership. The desire to capture likenesses, to reproduce things of value as closely as possible, stretches deep back into human history. We have been creating visually […]
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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 […]
RBML welcomes “Fandom’s Fantucchio” fanzine/fan art collection
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is delighted to announce the acquisition of the collection of the late artist John Fantucchio (1938-2016), consisting of fanzines, art, con programs, and more. We extend our profound thanks to Mary Fantucchio for her generous gift. The history of comics fandom is fascinating, and dotted liberally with teenagers who […]
EVENT: “¡Actívate! Activism + Representation in Latinx Comics”–Thursday, 9/19, 6 pm
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Comics@Columbia will host a panel discussion on the history of Latinx-American comics, and the roles that activism and representation have taken in them. Cartoonist and CUNY professor Sara Gómez Woolley will moderate the conversation with comics artists Sandy Jimenez (World War 3 Illustrated) and Nicole Virella (City of bones), along […]