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Join Loyalty Bookstores for a virtual event with co-authors Colin Kaepernick and Eve L. Ewing for the release of Change the Game!

This touching graphic novel explores the story of how a young change-maker learned to find himself and never compromise. How the right decision is very rarely the easy…

Alternate logos

Below are some of our alternate logos we are going to use on our site. The “Penciltree” logo was designed by Serena Yetter. The OCP Cat logo was…

New book: Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition

Michael Rhode and John A. Lent. 2023. Comics Research Bibliography 2022 E-book Edition. Arlington, VA: ComicsDC. Online at https://archive.org/details/crb-2022-final-edition The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John…

Documentary about the history of LGBTQ comics airs on PBS as controversy rages about books in schools

If you missed our OCP-sponsored screening of NO STRAIGHT LINES, cry no more. The film is coming to PBS as part of their Independent Lens series. Watch it…

We have a winner!

After many rounds of discussions, selections, more debates, and then a vote, our jury has selected the following design to become the new OCP logo: The jury selected…

New book: Art History for Comics. Past, Present and Potential Futures, by Ian Horton and Maggie Gray

From the publisher’s website: This book looks at comics through the lens of Art History, examining the past influence of art-historical methodologies on comics scholarship to scope how…

New book: Comics and Nation. Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in Poland, by Ewa Stańczyk

From the publisher’s website: Comics and Nation offers a fresh perspective on the role of popular culture in the one-hundred-year history of the Polish state, from its foundation…

New book: Dirty Pictures by Brian Doherty (June 2022)

Straight from the publisher’s website: A COMPLETE NARRATIVE HISTORY OF THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF UNDERGROUND COMIX In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags,…

Queen of Snails (New book and Zoom interview on November 18)

Uprooted from her childhood in Germany and set adrift in the American Midwest, Maureen was raised by a kind but neglectful mother who loved Jesus more than her…

George O. Frink: A Pioneer in Queer Cartooning

If you are interested in the fascinating history of George O. Frink, head over to the blog “The Middle Space” to learn more. Part One Part Two