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Save the Date for the 2011 MSU Comics Forum

Admin / / 2011

We’re happy to announce that planning for the 2011 MSU Comics Forum is well under way.  This year we welcome Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole; Eisner Award winner for Best Graphic Novel, LA Times Book Prize Finalist, and Ignatz Award winner) as our keynote speaker.  This year, the keynote address wil be delivered in the RCAH Theatre in the basement of Snyder/Philips Hall (same as last year) on Friday, Jan. 21st, 2011.  The following day (Saturday, Jan. 22nd, 2011) will feature our Artist Alley and Panel Discussions from 11am-5pm in and around the RCAH LookOut Gallery on the second floor of Snyder/Philips Hall (also, conveniently, the same location as last year).  We?ll be announcing more details shortly, so please watch the site for upcoming announcements!

Comics Exhibit

Admin / / 2010, annoucements

The Michigan State University Comics Forum is pleased to announce that the comics exhibit at The LookOut! Gallery is now open.  “From Superman to the Small Press: The Library of Comic Shows Its Stuff” is running from Tuesday March 16-Friday March 26.  The exhibit is open to the public from 12-3 PM Monday-Friday.  In addition, on Tuesdays and Thursdays the exhibit is open from 4-6 PM, and on Wednesday it is open from 5-8 PM.  Come and see some of the earliest examples of comic art in the world.  The exhibit displays examples of pre-Golden Age comics, Golden Age superhero comics, independent and underground comics, as well as original art by Guy Davis, the keynote speaker at this year’s Comics Forum.  The Comic Art Collection is also making available stacks of comics for anybody to browse and read.  The LookOut! Gallery is located on the second floor of Snyder-Phillips Hall on the Michigan State University campus.