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Welcome!
Welcome! This is the blog for the course English 333: Comics and Graphic Novels, offered by the Department of English at California State University, Northridge. 333 is a perennial course, the current...
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Nonfiction Comics of Note (first in a series)
I’ve asked several of my colleagues (fellow comics teachers and critics) to guest on our blog and share their recommendations for nonfiction—or, as the Eisner Awards judges say, reality-based—comics,...
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Recent Comics of Note
333ers, here are some of the books of comics (or in one case about comics) that I’ve mentioned in class so far. Clicking on the author’s name will take you to a relevant webpage. My Friend Dahmer, by...
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Great Comics of 2012
Students! Fellow travelers! If you’re searching for a guide to the most acclaimed comics and graphic books of 2012, you could do worse than going to The Comics Reporter and checking out Tom Spurgeon’s...
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Nonfiction Comics of Note, continued (Guest Blogger 2)
My colleague Derik Badman, artist, comics creator, web developer, critic, and proprietor of MadInkBeard, has generously agreed to be our second guest blogger in 333. Though nonfiction comics are not...
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Nonfiction Comics of Note, continued (Guest Blogger 3)
Once again our blog is graced with a guest post! This time, our guest is my colleague Dr. Corey Creekmur of the University of Iowa, a distinguished scholar and teacher of world cinema, literature,...
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What’s New in Comics Studies: Mix 2013 (plus video from 2012)
About a year ago, in October 2012, the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) launched Mix, its annual series of symposia about comics. I hope it lasts forever. Under the leadership of CCAD’s...
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Jed McGowan visits 333!
Newsflash! Comics author and Angeleno Jed McGowan—author of Lone Pine, Voyager, Work and Play, and Take Care, Part One—will be visiting CSUN this week to talk to both English 333 classes about the...
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Making History Graphic @ the Los Angeles Central Library
Next Tuesday, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, as part of its lively, ever-ongoing event series ALOUD, will be hosting an event of special appeal to comics readers—as well as anyone interested...
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