Fifth Anniversary of the Religion and Graphica Collection at Boston University STH Library

Quietly celebrating its five-year anniversary this year, the Religion and Graphica Collection at the Boston University School of Theology Library remains a one-of-a-kind resource for comics scholars. Available through inter-library loan (ILL), the Collection was founded 2009 through a fund from the Humanities Foundation, and much of their catalog can be found online at http://www.bu.edu/sthlibrary/collections/the-religion-and-graphica-collection/ .
Lucifer, volume 9

Millar (vs. Morrison’s) Christian Use for Swamp Thing

In their ongoing analysis of comic book writer Mark Millar’s body of superhero works, Sequart recently featured a piece written by Colin Smith on Millar’s Christian undertones for the Swamp Thing series, as compared to his collaborator Grant Morrison’s more universalist streak. Read here.

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Material Religion of Comic Books Discussed Immaterially on Twitter

Over on Storify, S&S’s own A. David Lewis has curated an online Twitter discussion between himself, S. Brent Plate, and S&S’s Asher J. Klassen, Elizabeth Coody, and Jeffrey Bracket on the materiality of comics in terms of modern religion. Read here.

 

S. Brent Plate
S. Brent Plate

 

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