[Comicsstudiessociety] Introduction

[Halsband, Megan]

Hello All,

I’m going to take advantage of the introduction(s) to feel like less of a “lurker” – but I’m also looking to talk more with anyone working with/on comics.

Currently I am a Kluge Staff Fellow at the Library of Congress doing research on genre comics (westerns, romance, etc) through March 2021. I am also the subject specialist for comic books at the Library of Congress, which I sort of fell into about ten years ago. I have a double masters in Art History and Library Science with a focus on ephemeral objects and the history of photography – so in a certain way I see comics as fitting in within that tradition.  I’m hoping to talk with you all about your research both from a librarian and researcher perspective, hopefully learning more about all of your current work. I am also wondering if anyone is looking at webcomics as I am also the curator for the Library’s webcomics and comics lit and crit web archives.

Looking forward to talking more!

Megan


Megan Halsband
Kluge Staff Fellow
John. W. Kluge center
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., SE
Washington, DC 20540
mhals at loc.gov<mailto:mhals at loc.gov>
t: (202) 707-0197



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Hi Michael! We haven’t been doing introductions, but since the list is fairly new I really like this idea, especially since we won’t be meeting each other in person at conferences for the foreseeable.

I’m trained in Canadian literature and culture, and work mostly on autobio comics, Canadian comics, Indigenous comics, and refugee/migrant comics. I’m interested in print and digital comics, and I am keeping track of online Canadian Covid comics for a future project about how cartoonists here documented the first six months of the pandemic.

Any other list members want to introduce themselves? Would love to know who’s “here” and what connections we can make across our diverse field.

Candida


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Hi,

I'm new to the list and didn't know if new members introduced themselves or not.

My academic training is as a medievalist, but I mostly work on the medieval in modern popular culture, especially comics. My main research interests are in representations of the Arthirian legend in comics, but I've also looked at depictions of Beowulf, Frankenstein, and (just recently) Dracula.

Thanks for your time,
Michael


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