Comics Archives
It is through archives, in all their many forms, that comics scholarship builds its history and expands the scope of its inquiries. It is through archives that comics history is preserved, studied, and advanced forward. We’ll talk about it in the threads below.
An Introduction to Comics Archives
Comics archives hold a unique place in the study of comics and even within the broader culture of comics at large. This place (often literal) thus merits some consideration as an abstract concept – something that our next unit is hereby undertaking. #comicsstudies 1/9
You can also jump ahead to specific threads. Here’s a full list of topics:
An Introduction to Comics Archives
Digital Archives and Comics Pedagogy
The World of Archie Comics Archive
Fan-Made Comics Archives
Jared Gardner on the Archival Nature of Comics
Karen Green, Comics Curator
Margaret Galvan’s In Visible Archives
Ethics of Illegal Archiving