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<div class="gmail-item-title"><img src="cid:ii_kteifaqx0" alt="image.png" width="541" height="257"><br><br><h1>With Great Responsibility: The Spider-Man Origin Story in Art and Comic Books
</h1><div><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/schedule/item/event-401864/__;!!KGKeukY!nwHgHChZMt6yqtI2l4Bzx5Hr_5Mi_nucTTIaLDmQmaiQ9jxJzPdOVntEjeJLyndDcCB9pvk36b13$">https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/schedule/item/event-401864/</a></div>
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<h2>Date and Location</h2>
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<h3><span>When: </span>
Thursday, September 23, 2021</h3>
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3:00 pm -
4:00 pm
EDT
<br><span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.loc.gov/item/event-401864/with-great-responsibility-the-spider-man-origin-story-in-art-and-comic-books/2021-09-23/?fo=ical__;!!KGKeukY!nwHgHChZMt6yqtI2l4Bzx5Hr_5Mi_nucTTIaLDmQmaiQ9jxJzPdOVntEjeJLyndDcCB9pnB3Z9dU$"> Add to calendar</a></span>
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</li><li><p>This live presentation will premiere online with
captioning as part of the National Book Festival and will be available
for viewing afterwards in the Library's
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.loc.gov/collections/event-videos/__;!!KGKeukY!nwHgHChZMt6yqtI2l4Bzx5Hr_5Mi_nucTTIaLDmQmaiQ9jxJzPdOVntEjeJLyndDcCB9pjzwSYlR$">Event Videos</a> collection.</p>
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<h3><span>Where: </span>Online Only
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zoomgov.com <i class="gmail-icon external gmail-icon-external-link"><span>External</span></i></a>.</li></ul>
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Genre:
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<p><em>Part of
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<p class="gmail-information">Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or <a href="mailto:ADA@loc.gov">ADA@loc.gov</a>.</p>
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<p>Before Spider-Man leaped off the pages of comic
books into the movies, Steve Ditko, a cartoonist, and Stan Lee, a
scriptwriter, sat down at their desks and invented him. The Library of
Congress possesses the original drawings for their collaboration, which
appeared in the August 1962 issue of “Amazing Fantasy.” Together we look
at the moment the radioactive spider bit Peter Parker, turning him from
a lonely teenager into a superhero. We discuss how Steve Ditko changed
his art in reaction to Stan Lee’s editorial notations in the margins of
the drawing. Specialists present the art in an interactive format,
highlighting the artistic creative process, including how Ditko drew the
costume for the first time and how it differs from what Spider-Man
wears today. We also discuss how Peter comes to learn “with great power
there must also come — great responsibility!” Conceived as an
interactive event aimed at children and young adults who may be aware
only of the Marvel movies, Library staff will highlight and discuss that
the story came from a book — a comic book — and the imaginative
possibilities of a talented writer and artist working as a team.</p><p>Learn more about the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.loc.gov/events/2021-national-book-festival/festival-information/library-experts/__;!!KGKeukY!nwHgHChZMt6yqtI2l4Bzx5Hr_5Mi_nucTTIaLDmQmaiQ9jxJzPdOVntEjeJLyndDcCB9pnu7Q5Jf$">Library of Congress experts</a>
participating in the National Book Festival, including Sara W. Duke
from the Prints and Photographs Division and Megan Halsband from the
Serial and Government Publications Division.</p></div></div>
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