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Photo: Marcus Wachira, a young man, with his hands behind his head and BU jersey laying on top of his artwork.
Books

The Bold World of Marcus Wachira

March 27, 2024
Photo: An ornate library with many books are wood/stone carvings
Things-To-Do

The Weekender: September 28 to October 1

September 27, 2023
Image: Cover art for Christopher Rhodes’ come book, TEN. A silver-themed masked superhero wearing a cape is shown flying with black and red background. He flies toward the red title "TEN".
Books

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Politically Charged Superhero Comic!

June 14, 2023
Photo: Two hands with black painted fingernails hold a copy of "Stamped from the beginning", a graphic novel adapted from Dr Ibram X Kendi’s book
Books

Ibram Kendi, Joel Christian Gill Team up for New Graphic Version of Kendi’s Stamped From the Beginning

June 5, 2023
Photo: Joel Christian Gill teaches a new MFA program in Visual Narrative on November 7, 2022. A black man wearing a short-sleeved red collared shirt gesticulates with arms outstretched as he speaks to a student sitting in front of an electric drawing tablet. Other students can be seen in the bright classroom working on similar tablets.
Academics

Comics Artist Joel Christian Gill Launches BU’s New Visual Narrative MFA Degree

February 27, 2023
Photo: Two people are looking at framed artwork and comic pages in a gallery. The individual on the left is wearing a tan jacket, a white canvas bag, denim pants, sneakers, and a scarf in their hair. The individual on the right is wearing an all black ensemble with a black fedora.
Gallery

New Stone Gallery Show Makes the Case That Comics Aren’t Just for Kids, but for Everyone

February 21, 2023
Studio photo of CGS senior lecturer Charles Henebry and student Rachel Do (CGS’22). Rachel stands in front in a Wonder Woman pose and Henebry stands slightly behind her and to the right with arms crossed and head tilted slightly up. Both where stoic faces as green and blue lights cast a heroic light on them.
Arts & Culture

Ms. Marvel Gets the Scholarly Treatment

November 5, 2021
image of superman kissing his boyfriend from the newest issue of the comic
Comics

Superman Is Queer: Is That a Big Deal?

November 1, 2021
Photo of CFA SVA Director Dana Clancy in a red button down looking towards the camera as she holds a painted page of the NYTimes in a gallery of her work.
Visual Arts

Two Ways of Exploring Visual Narrative

July 21, 2021
Paul Karasik who teaches “drawing into animation” at the College of Fine Arts holds up a book of comics to show his class
Arts & Culture

Drawing Out the Punch Line

November 7, 2019
Lynda Barry self portrait
Students

Helping Creativity Flow

November 8, 2017
Jessica Kent
Academics

One Class, One Day: Studying Comics as Literature

June 27, 2017
Karen Allen in her office
University News

Office Artifacts: Karen Allen

February 22, 2017
Andrew Tripp, Boston University BU School of Theology STH, religion in comic books, superheroes and religion theology, faith and comic book superhero characters
University News

STH Student Tackles Questions of Faith, Through Comics

July 18, 2013
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Comics

Holy Burkas, Batman!

June 16, 2011
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Computational Science

Comic and Tragic

November 21, 2008
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Arts & Culture

On Monsters, Myths, and the End of the World

March 6, 2008
Religion

Comic Conspiracy

February 12, 2007
Photography

BU grad inspired Wonder Woman’s character

February 28, 2006

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