Course Guide ~ LIT 207 / Suffrage & Comics

• The Beat
  A blog of comics culture. Information about comics news, graphic novels, film, television, streaming, toys and fan culture.
   
• Bleeding Cool
  Source for news about comic books, film, tv, games, collectibles, and more.
   
• The Comics Grid
  An open access, open peer review academic journal dedicated to comics scholarship. The journal aims to make original contributions to the field of comics studies and to advance the appreciation of graphic narrative.
   
• The Comics Journal (TCJ)
  The Web-and-print magazine of record for comics criticism and journalism.
   
• The New Yorker: Humor & Cartoons
  Humor from The New Yorker, including news satire, humor articles, cartoons and comics, and the caption contest.
   
• The Nib
  A daily publication devoted to publishing and promoting political and non-fiction comics through journalism, essays, memoir and satire about what is going down in the world, all in comics form.

• Jamie Broadnax, "What the Heck is Afrofuturism," Huffington Post, February 16, 2018. View article
   
• Brian Cronin, "16 Comic Book Characters That Ran for President," CBR.com, July 28, 2016. View article
   
• Jonita Davis, "How Black Women Are Reshaping Afrofuturism," YES!, April 24, 2020. View article
   
• "Kelly Sue DeConnick on Fixing What's Wrong With Comics, Bleeding Cool, June 20, 2020. View video
   
• Jared Gardner, "Presidential Comics: Part 1," Public Books, May 18, 2017. View article

• ALA Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table
  Collects, creates, and promotes content around how to best use comics in the classroom, in the library, and in advocacy.
   
• Comic-Con International
  The San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con International) is a a non-profit dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.
   
• The Comics Studies Society (CSS)
  An interdisciplinary society open to all who share the goals of promoting the critical study of comics, improving comics teaching, and engaging in open and ongoing conversations about the comics world.

Comics Satire and The New Political Cartoon | Comic-Con@Home 2020

There's no shortage of fodder for political and social satire these days, yet some say political cartooning is a dying art! Join five very different cartoonists, Ben Passmore (BTTM FDRS, Sports is Hell), Ezra Claytan Daniels (BTTM FDRS, Upgrade Soul), Mr. Fish (Nobody Left), Ann Telnaes (Trump's ABC) and R. Sikoryak (Constitution Illustrated) as they discuss their approaches to making relevant, critical comics in the age of... whatever it is that's going on right now! Moderated by Jacob Brogan (assistant opinions editor at The Washington Post).