Comic, Cartoon and Graphic Novel Collection Tour
Join Karen Green for a guided tour of the “Fanzines: Passion Made Personal” exhibit and Columbia’s extensive Comics and Graphic Novel Collection. Offered to a limited number of participants, this tour offers an unparalleled opportunity to see the roughly 20,000 items in the collection.
About the Experience Columbia: A History of Graphic Novels Series
The Experience Columbia Summer Program provides you with special access to the university’s vast collection of 19,000 comics and graphic novels, including Uncanny X-Men writer Chris Claremont’s collection. In this event series, Karen Green, Curator, Comics and Cartoons, and Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature, will guide tours and host conversations with our senior scholars on this remarkable archive and the impact this medium has had on culture.
Explore the academic and global significance of comics and graphic novels, tied to Columbia's collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library with the help of Professors Aubrey Gabel and Jeremy Dauber. Professor Gabel and Dauber will elaborate with their respective expertise in Franco-Belgian and American comic tradition, interviewed by Green. In addition, Green will offer a tour of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library and highlight the Fanzine Collection.
