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Posted by: Megan Halsband
It’s September and that means its time for comics and the Small Press Expo (SPX)! Every year the Library hosts a speaker in connection with SPX – usually accompanied by a small display and of course, a lively conversation. This year’s lecture will be a bit different than years past – as it will be …
Posted in: Comic Books, Let's Talk Comics
Posted by: Megan Halsband
This post shares information about LGBTQIA+ comics and periodicals in the Library of Congress' collections.
Posted in: Comic Books, Let's Talk Comics, LGBTQ+, Web Comics
Posted by: Megan Halsband
In 1966, Bertram A. Fitzgerald began publishing an educational comic series on Black history in the hopes of inspiring students in much the same way he had been inspired by comics series like Classics Illustrated and Black writers such as Alexandre Dumas, author of the Three Musketeers, and Alexander Pushkin, a Russian poet, playwright, and …
Posted in: African American History, Comic Books, Let's Talk Comics
Posted by: Megan Halsband
We’re excited to announce that our research guide, American Women: Resources from the Serial & Government Publications Collections, is now available online!
Posted in: Comic Books, Government Documents, Newspapers, Pulp Fiction, Women's History
Posted by: Megan Halsband
United States Census records are some of the most important government documents - learn more about the 2020 Census and about historic materials from the Serial & Government Publications Division at the Library of Congress!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Government Documents
Posted by: Megan Halsband
Ice cream recipes from the early 20th century courtesy of Chronicling America, and a little history sprinkled on top!
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Recipes
Posted by: Megan Halsband
It’s hard to believe that our blog, Headlines and Heroes, is turning two! Since May 4th, 2018 we’ve had a chance to share some of our favorite comic finds, highlights, and the just plain cool with you, and I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about them. Although the …
Posted in: Comic Books, Web Archives, Web Comics
Posted by: Megan Halsband
Good news everyone – the first webcomics dataset is available here!!! Wait, what? As a part of the Library’s work to explore our web archives, my colleagues at LC Labs and the Web Archiving Team have made a dataset generated from content harvested from the Library of Congress’s web archive of qwantz.com (Dinosaur Comics!). So …
Posted in: Comic Books, Web Archives, Web Comics
Posted by: Megan Halsband
Dr. Daniel Peretti, Assistant Professor of Folklore at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, is the author of “Superman in Myth and Folklore” (University Press of Mississippi, 2017), as well as other essays on folklore, myth, and popular culture. His current research focuses on Santa Claus, ritual, and the traditions of Christmas. Here Dr. Peretti answers …
Posted in: Comic Books, Holidays, Let's Talk Comics