{"id":29,"date":"2017-10-20T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/comics\/?p=29"},"modified":"2018-02-09T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T20:23:06","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/comics\/2017\/10\/20\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Comics Studies @UNT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the brand new Comics Studies at UNT Blog.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0This blog is a project of the UNT Libraries<\/a>, and will include contributions from across the Libraries’ divisions, as well as from faculty, students, and others in the UNT community who share an interest in comics studies.<\/p>\r\n

We include under “comics studies” the scholarly or critical examination of comic books, comic strips, graphic novels, cartoons, animation, films, and other forms of graphic narrative or sequential art. This examination may, but doesn’t have to,\u00a0<\/em>conform to traditional modes of scholarly inquiry. We encourage alternate ways of thinking and writing about comics, including interviews, images, videos, or multimedia artwork.\u00a0 Our scope is purposely broad in order to reflect the interests and range of disciplinary expertise in the comics studies community, as well as the scope of the collections and resources available at the UNT Libraries.<\/p>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\"Bam!\r\n

Over the next few months\u00a0we’ll feature submissions from various members of the UNT community who have an interest in any aspect of comics: theory, history, popular culture, production, creation, collecting, or pedagogy.\u00a0While we hope to use this forum to highlight both the collections of the UNT Libraries and the work being done by members of our community, we\u2019re also interested in broader conversations around comics and their cultural, artistic, and intellectual value.<\/p>\r\n

Among the topics we hope to include are:<\/p>\r\n