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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/ .
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.
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.
Medieval Zombie Comics?
Even before The Walking Dead, even before Marvel Zombies, the unliving but shambling have been popular fodder for comic books. Now, though, io9 considers a much earlier, Medieval origin to zombie comics. Read here.