{"id":25,"date":"2017-05-10T12:37:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.165.133.238\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-07-09T02:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T02:06:41","slug":"msu-comics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"MSU Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-480 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/title-msucomics-300x21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"21\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/title-msucomics-300x21.png 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/title-msucomics.png 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-803 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MsuMinor_500-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MsuMinor_500-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MsuMinor_500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michigan State University is home of the interdisciplinary program of study, the Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor, where students take courses in both Art and English Departments. \u00a0Minor participants also have the ability to customize their path of study with the fifth and final class choice in order to tailor their experience to a more art or literature focused experience. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reg.msu.edu\/AcademicPrograms\/ProgramDetail.aspx?Program=5777\">Full outline listed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-801 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hr-300x3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Special Collections Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-798 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/msuspecialcollectionsreadingroom-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/msuspecialcollectionsreadingroom-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/msuspecialcollectionsreadingroom.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Comic Art Collection in the Michigan State University Special Collections Library is the largest public collection of comics in the world and holds over 300,000 items. Items included are American comic books, collected newspaper comic strips, nearly 45,000 foreign comic books, and several thousand books and periodicals about comics. Although some archival materials are held, the focus of the collection is on published work. \u00a0The Special Collections Library is open to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lib.msu.edu\/spc\/index\/\">See website for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-801 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hr-300x3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Comic Art and Graphic Novel Podcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-796 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/msuComicsPodcastLogo200-166x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/msuComicsPodcastLogo200-166x300.jpg 166w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/msuComicsPodcastLogo200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michigan State University also hosts the award-nominated Comic Art and Graphic Novel Podcast. \u00a0E<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ach episode consists of 3 segments, starting with updates and news items about comics-related events in and around Michigan State University, followed by a brief discussion with MSU Special Collections Comics Bibliographer, Randy Scott, who has built the largest public collection of comics in the world, which is housed in the Main Library of Michigan State University. \u00a0The third segment is an in-depth interview with an award-winning cartoonist. \u00a0New podcast episodes are released monthly throughout the academic year (Sept &#8211; May). \u00a0Listen at <a href=\"http:\/\/msucomics.libsyn.com\">msucomics.libsyn.com<\/a> or on any podcatcher service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-801 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hr-300x3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>MSU Comics Forum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-804 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crowd-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crowd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crowd-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crowd-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crowd-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/crowd-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/18.225.193.206\/\">Michigan State University Comics Forum<\/a> is a multi-day, annual event for scholars, creators and fans of the comics medium. \u00a0Events include keynote addresses from an award-winning creator and scholar in the field, an artist alley, academic panel discussions, exhibition of comic art, comic book discussion groups and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-805 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sturm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sturm-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sturm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sturm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sturm-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/sturm-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-801 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hr-300x3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Capital City Comic-Con<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1168\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capcity-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capcity-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capcity-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capcity.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Michigan State University partners with the <a href=\"https:\/\/capcitycomiccon.com\/\">Capital City Comic-Con<\/a>, a Lansing, MI based comic convention which annually awards a <a href=\"https:\/\/capcitycomiccon.com\/scholarships\/\">$1,000 scholarship<\/a> to a deserving MSU Comics Studies student.\u00a0 The Capital City Comic-Con was established in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1169 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capCityScholarship-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capCityScholarship-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/capCityScholarship.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comic Art and Graphic Novel Minor Michigan State University is home of 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