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A boy sits in a chair reading a Superman comic book.

Back to School: Comic Book Stories Part 3

Posted by: Joel Mota

Summer break is in its final days and that means…there is still time to read some comics! Take a look at the college days of Aquaman and Daffy Duck, and the summer antics of Archie, Richie Rich, and more!

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AHHA! Firsts in Black and African American Cartoons and Comics

Posted by: Joel Mota

While participating in the Library’s Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA), Lucy Havens researched the representation of Black cartoon and comic creators in the Library’s Comic Book Collection. Here she highlights a handful of “firsts” in the history of Black and African American cartoons and comics. Read more about it!

A boy sits in a chair reading a Superman comic book.

AHHA! Discovering Black, Hispanic and Indigenous Comic Book Creators

Posted by: Joel Mota

The following is a guest post by Regan Chambers-Kleiner who recently interned at the Library in the Serial and Government Publications Division as a part of the Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program (AHHA). From September to November, I worked as an intern with the Library’s AHHA program. My project was to review and …