Week 10: Comics in special collections and archives

Summary

This week we will explore comics in special collections and archives and how such collections can facilitate research into comic book readership and fandom. Our class time this week will be spent at Indiana University’s Lilly Library exploring their comics-related holdings.

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Weekly Learning Objectives

• identify important collections relevant to comics research
• discover the comics-related collections in Indiana University’s Lilly Library
• find specific items in major comics-related collections

Before class: Readings, resources, and tasks

• Miller, R. (2018). From the Archives: The Queer Zine Archive Project. Inks, 2(3), 369–389. https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.2018.0025
• Pflug, W. (2021). From the Archives: Vernon E. Grant Collection. Inks, 5(2), 209–224. https://doi.org/10.1353/ink.2021.0011

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In class