The last week of October, in addition to leading up to Halloween celebrations, is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW). The theme for 2026, “Keep Kids Safe from Lead,” provides an opportunity for us to remind ourselves of three important messages, outlined on the NLPPW website as follows: Get the Facts: Learn about lead hazards… Read more »
April 28 is probably most recognized in the world of comics as National Superhero Day, but it also happens to be Workers’ Memorial Day, honoring a special kind of superhero, and World Day for Safety and Health at Work. This post looks at two NIOSH comic books—one real, one fictional; one about safety, one about… Read more »
Well, the Spring of 2025 has been a hectic semester of library work, scholarship, writing, service, travel, political happenings, life events, and general work-life imbalance, but I did manage to squeeze in some comics-related activities and events, both here at UNT and elsewhere in our comics community. So here’s a little recap of what… Read more »
Welcome back, everyone, to the Fall 2024 semester and a new year of school, work, and Comics Studies at UNT! We’ve got lots of updates on our Comics Studies initiative and other comics-related events and activities happening at UNT.
Please join us for an upcoming Artist’s Talk: Christopher Sperandio, “Teaching Comics Making: The Comic Art Teaching and Study Workshop” Willis Library, 250H, Monday, November 13, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. This talk is free and open to the public.
Please join us on Wednesday, November 8, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., in Willis Library 130, for an “Into the Archieverse” Research Day!
At the end of July 2023, UNT hosted the annual Comics Studies Society Conference at the UNT Gateway Center. The conference included over 150 registered attendees, online and in-person, plus over a dozen artists, publishers, and libraries represented in the Artist’s Alley, which was open to the public. The conference was organized and hosted… Read more »
As of this Summer 2023, “Comics Studies” is now an official subject area in the UNT Libraries Public Services division, and John Martin has been designated as the subject librarian for comics studies. In addition to providing research, reference, and instructional support for patrons and courses at UNT, subject librarians help with collection development,… Read more »
Registration is now open for the 2023 Comics Studies Society Conference, “Comics on the Margins,” coming to UNT this summer (July 27-29, 2023) at the Gateway Center https://comicsstudies.org/2023-conference/
We’re excited to share the news that the 2023 Comics Studies Society Annual Conference, “Comics on the Margins“, is coming to the University of North Texas, July 27-29, 2023!
