Thursday, June 06, 2024
Starting in 30 minutes: Censorship, the Comic Book, and "Seduction of the Innocent" at 70: A Roundtable Discussion
| Censorship, the Comic Book, and "Seduction of the Innocent" at 70: A Roundtable Discussion | ||
| Date & Time | Jun 6, 2024 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) | |
| Webinar ID | 161 745 5860 | |
| Passcode | 831293 | |
| Description | In 1954, psychiatrist Fredric Wertham published "Seduction of the Innocent: The Influence of Comic Books on Today's Youth," a book that cemented his role as America's most prominent critic of comic books. At the time, comic books were near the peak of their popularity, with titles like Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel selling as many as 1.5 million copies per month. The content of those comics was also entirely unregulated. Writing amid a moral panic that Wertham himself helped create, "Seduction of the Innocent" almost immediately helped spur the formation of the Comics Code Authority, which dramatically reshaped the nation's comic book industry. Join staff of the Manuscript and Serial & Government Publications divisions for a roundtable discussion with three comic studies scholars who will make brief presentations on current research, and discuss Wertham's anti-comics legacy and its afterlives in more recent clashes over representations of race and sexuality in comics and graphic novels. Panelists will include: • Margaret Galvan, Assistant Professor of visual rhetoric, Department of English, University of Florida • Carol Tilley, Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • Qiana J. Whitted, Professor of English and African American Studies, University of South Carolina The panel will be moderated by Josh Levy of the Library's Manuscript Division and Megan Halsband of the Serial and Government Publications Division, who will briefly highlight the Fredric Wertham Papers and the Library's vast collections of comic books and zines. Join us to reflect on race, gender and representation, visual culture and archives, and Wertham's anti-comics crusade seven decades on. | |
Comics Research Bibliography citations update, 6/5/2024
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June 6: Snailords & uru-chan at Scrawl Books
Snailords & uru-chan
Join us at Scrawl Books on Thursday, June 6 at 7PM as we welcome WEBTOON authors Snailords and uru-chan! Snailords and uru-chan will be discussing Freaking Romance Volume 2 and unOrdinary 2.
Aidyn Arroyal aka Snailords (he/they) is a manga, comic, and WEBTOON artist. He's best known for his romance WEBTOON Freaking Romance (completed) and thriller WEBTOON Death: Rescheduled (ongoing). He is also the creator of Snailogy and Snailed It, two slice-of-life comic series.
uru-chan (Chelsey Han) grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. She always had a love for manga and anime, and taught herself how to draw and write her own stories. As a teen, she enjoyed posting short comics online for others to read. Now, she is the creator of the action webcomic unOrdinary.
