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Laurie N. Taylor October 18th, 2007

In working on some of the comics materials here and setting up the Alice exhibit, I was looking at other online exhibits and kept stumbling across online comics exhibits. Each of these are different in terms of material covered and scope, but together these are absolutely fantastic for comics research.

The exhibits I’ve found so far (in random order) are:

• The Yale Library exhibit collection on comics, with the collection group titled the Illustrated Word
• Library of Congress’ exhibit on Blondie and UF’s exhibit on Blondie
• UF Exhibit on Superhero Comics
• Early Comic Strips at Duke
• Several from San Diego State University including work by Donna Barr and women cartoonists
• The University of Buffalo’s comics cover browser
• 9/11 Comics from the Library of Congress
• Japanese Woodblock prints at the University of California, San Francisco
• And, the Cartoon Art Museum lists many others

I found all of these looking for ideas for the Alice exhibit, but now I’m still looking because I’d like to do a comics exhibit once I have enough materials digitized. I was able to get the Superman Fanzine digitized, so that’s a great start and other materials are slowly being added to the comics collection as well.

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Laurie N. Taylor October 15th, 2007

The Afterlife of Alice in Wonderland Exhibit is now open. The exhibit website has some of the text and images, and it’s here. The exhibit also has a video on Youtube and a huge slideshow with images from the exhibit materials.

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Laurie N. Taylor October 8th, 2007

The Jewish Museum of Florida is having a comics exhibit starting later this month. The exhibit details are online and below. I’ll be presenting on October 21 on some of the resources available on comics for teachers.

Zap Pow Bam - Super Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics 1938-1950
OCTOBER 16, 2007 – APRIL 30, 2008
Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane! It’s Zap Pow Bam, a colorful dynamic exhibit that immerses visitors in an interactive world of Super Heroes, highlighting the Jewish creators of comic books. These are America’s timeless icons like Superman, Batman, Captain America, Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman – including the phone booth where Superman changed his clothes and a Batmobile. The exhibit offers a unique perspective on the way pop culture portrays issues and how identity and culture can shape popular opinion. Fun for visitors of all ages and backgrounds. Originated by The Breman Museum, Atlanta.

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