RIP, Dennis!
Dennis Nyback, co-founder of the Oregon Cartoon Institute (now Oregon Cartoon Project) died after a long battle with cancer on October 2, 2022. Dennis was known to many people as…
2022
Kickstarter: Popeye Variations: Not Yer Pappy’s Comics – An’ Art Book News
Popeye the Sailor Man is pushing 100 these days, but he’s still scarfing down spinach and clobbering bullies as readily as he was back in 1929. To celebrate Popeye’s enduring…
Free talk on Zoom: Crossing Borders, Drawing Lives. Barbara Yelin’s Graphic Novels.
Lecture | December 2 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Zoom Speaker: Barbara Yelin, Graphic Novelist Moderator: Brett E. Sterling, Associate Professor of German in the Department of World Languages, Literatures and…
The Mud and the Mirth : Marine cartoonists in World War I
Visual arts constitute a significant portion of the Marines’ life, from training manuals to public appearances. Illustrations may inform, educate, or entertain the masses, be they civilians or military personnel.…
2022 Comics Studies Society Prize Winners
The Comics Studies Society recently announced recipients of their annual awards, celebrating work released in 2021. If you’d like to nominate your work or the work of a colleague for…
How to Study Comics & Graphic Novels: A Graphic Introduction to Comics Studies
You want to study comics but are uncertain about where and how to start? In this guide, Josean Morlesín Mellado, Enrique del Rey Cabero and Michael Goodrum cover some of…
Online Symposium Illustration and Race: Rethinking the History of Published Images
The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies invites you to join an ONLINE SYMPOSIUM Illustration and Race: Rethinking the History of Published Images Friday and Saturday • September 23 &…
Call for submissions: The Comics Grid
We are reposting a call for papers for all academics and comics scholars among you. CALL FOR PAPERS Conjuring a New Normal: Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives…
Logo contest
While we ponder the excellent submissions, join us in admiring some of the proposals. We will upload them as they get scanned in. Not all submitted designs have been selected…
Rose City Comic Con Day 3
We wrapped up another busy day with a ton of submissions in our “Create our Logo” contest on site. Stay tuned while we sort through them, along with the ones…