In honor of Will Eisner Week, BICLM invites you to join us via Zoom to hear from scholars Jared Gardner and Shawna Kidman as well as local presenters in a symposium devoted to recent comics scholarship. Sponsored by the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and Pop Culture Studies.

Tuesday, March 1st, 4:00pm – 6:45pm

4:00 Jared Gardner (OSU), “Will Eisner and Dropsie Avenue”

4:30 Shawna Kidman (UC-SD) “Reimagining Comic Book History Through an Industrial Lens”

5:30 Grad Scholar Panel:

-Morgan Podraza (OSU English) “The Art of Marie Severin”
-Sydney Heifler (OSU History) “Visualizing Female Independence: Romance Comic Books and the Dangers of ‘Women’s Lib”
-Rolando Rubalcava (OSU English) “The Comics of COVID-19”

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