You’re Invited! Announcing September Events.
Posted by: Amber Paranick
This post spotlights three September 2023 events that feature the Library’s newspaper and comic book collections.
Posted in: Comic Books, Newspapers
Category: Comic Books
Back to School: Comic Book Stories
Posted by: Malea Walker
What better way to ease the nerves of going back to school than to read some comic book stories…about school! Take a look at some of these classic school moments from the comic book collections of the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Comic Books
Finding Comic Books and Newspapers at the 2023 National Book Festival
Posted by: Malea Walker
This year’s National Book Festival will take place on August 12, 2023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Find out more about the Library’s presentations on our comic book and newspaper collections at the Library of Congress Pavilion, and take a look at some of the incredible authors and artists who will be speaking at the Festival!
Posted in: Comic Books, Newspapers
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New Website! Read All About It!
Posted by: Mike Queen
Blog post promoting new Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room website.
Posted in: Comic Books, Digitized Newspapers, Government Documents, Newspaper Comic Strips, Newspapers, Web Archives, Web Comics
Let’s Talk Comics: Identity, Gender, and 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
X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years
Posted by: Mike Queen
Post highlights some X-Men comic book issues in the Library of Congress collection in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the publication of X-Men no. 1 (September 1963).
Posted in: Comic Books
Let’s Talk Comics: Superhero Clowns
Posted by: Joanna Colclough
There are many clown villains, but are there clown heroes? Meet four comic book superheroes who clown around and fight crime with pranks, jokes, and laughter: the Jester, Funnyman, Slapstick, and the Jack-in-the-Box.
Posted in: Comic Books, Let's Talk Comics
H.G. Wells’ Fighters from Mars?
Posted by: Mike Queen
Does that title above look a little off to you? It should. H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic War of the Worlds has been adapted many times since the novel’s original released in 1898. Fighters from Mars, however, is one of the earliest versions serialized in a newspaper or magazine and is most definitely not a …
Posted in: Comic Books, Newspapers
Horror Comics: Happy Halloween!
Posted by: Mike Queen
Halloween is almost here! For a real fright on all hallows’ night, let’s delve into horror comics. I’ve always wondered what titles might make Batman’s Halloween reading list, so I decided to take a stab at it by combing through the depths of the Library of Congress’ vast comic book collection and came up with …
Posted in: Comic Books, Halloween, Holidays