{"id":1034,"date":"2018-02-24T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2018-02-24T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T21:44:00","slug":"saturday-of-the-2018-msu-comics-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/?p=1034","title":{"rendered":"Saturday of the 2018 MSU Comics Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, Feb 24th, 2018, started with back-to-back behind-the-scenes tours of the Michigan State University Special Collections Library (the largest public collection of comic books in the world) guided by MSU Comics Bibliographer, Randy Scott, whose life&#8217;s work has grown the collection to over 300,000 copies:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1042\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4912.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4912.jpg 480w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4912-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Academic panel discussions and Artist Alley started promptly at 11am:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1035\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_120235-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_120235-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_120235-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_120235-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_120235-1536x772.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_120235-2048x1030.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Diana Schutz delivered the 2018 MSU Comics Forum scholar keynote address at 12:30pm to a packed crowd:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1036\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_123828-1024x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_123828-1024x357.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_123828-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_123828-768x267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_123828-1536x535.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_123828-2048x713.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A shot of her title slide:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1037\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_122002-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_122002-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_122002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_122002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_122002-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_122002-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MSU Comics Forum Director, Ryan Claytor, talks with local news stations about the event:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1038\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_131251-1024x726.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_131251-1024x726.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_131251-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_131251-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_131251-1536x1089.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_131251.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Artist Alley continues to draw a crowd throughout the day:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1039\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_135216-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_135216-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_135216-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_135216-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_135216-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_135216-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two rooms of Academic Panel discussions ran concurrently all day Saturday, doubling the usual count of our panels:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1044\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_162753-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_162753-1024x398.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_162753-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_162753-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_162753-1536x598.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/PANO_20180224_162753-2048x797.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arie Koelewyn offered attendees the chance to personally print their own custom letterpressed bookmarks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1041\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_160954-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_160954-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_160954-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_160954-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_160954-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_160954-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;which could then be taken to the next table to have Lucy Knisley and Diana Schutz sign them:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1043\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_163659-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_163659-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_163659-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_163659-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_163659-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/comicsforum.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20180224_163659-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all the scholars, creators, and attendees who made the 2018 MSU Comics Forum such a successful year.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for an announcement about our 2019 event!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, Feb 24th, 2018, started with 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