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- 21 Days of Unlearning Racism and Learning Anti-RacismAll day
- Mathemalchemy Exhibition 11:00 am
- Comics is a Medium, Not a Genre11:00 am
- BU Graduate Christian Fellowship (Lunch provided)11:30 am
- At Every Stage of the System: The Criminalization and Over-Incarceration of LGBTQIA+ People 12:00 pm
- Resume & Cover Letter Review Drop-Ins12:00 pm
- BU Wheelock Ed Policy Seminar Series #1, featuring Katharine Strunk12:30 pm
- A Conversation with Ambassador Jim Kolker on African Health Issues2:00 pm
- Marsh Chapel Create Space: Origami Art 3:00 pm
- Four-Week Mindfulness Series3:00 pm
- Venice Architecture Info Session4:00 pm
- Resume Workshop & Get to Know McKinsey!4:00 pm
- Money Matters4:00 pm
- Gear Up for Midterms: Study Strategies & Test Taking4:00 pm
- Paris Programs Info Session5:00 pm
- First Generation Students Support Group5:00 pm
- Pépin Lecture Series: Ingredients for Revolution6:00 pm
- CCD Connect for Success: Student & Alumni Networking Night6:30 pm
- Cuban Relief Ping Pong Tournament At BU Hillel6:30 pm
- Grad Challah Baking By BU Hillel6:30 pm
- Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Catharine Czudej7:30 pm
- CFA: Boston University Wind Ensemble7:30 pm
- CAS Student Programs and Leadership Professor Perspectives: What's Law Got To Do With It? 7:30 pm
Comics is a Medium, Not a Genre
If there was ever a sentence that makes Comics makers and scholars cringe, it’s this one: “Bang! Pow! Zap! Comics aren’t for kids anymore!” How many times have we heard that over the last 20 years? Too many. It’s my sincere hope that this is the last time anyone writes about comics this way. Comics have never been just for kids. Comics have never been only about superheroes. In one of the defining books on comics, Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud explains that comics are a vessel for expression. He demonstrates that comics are like a glass pitcher: If you are in Spain and having a siesta on the beach in Valencia, that pitcher is for Sangria; if you are at a kid’s party, then the same pitcher is for a red drink; if you are at a bar, it’s for beer, and so on. The point here is that comics are the pitcher – they are a holder of meaning, not the meanings themselves. The goal of this exhibition is to help us all come to terms with the fact that regardless of their content, Comics, Graphic novels, visual storytelling, sequential art, manga, Bande dessinee, etc. are all the same thing.
When | 11:00 am – 5:00 pm on every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday until Friday, March 3, 2023 |
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Location | Stone Gallery 855 Commonwealth Avenue |