Margaret Galvan
On April 3, 2016, at the annual MoCCA Arts Fest, I had the distinct pleasure of moderating a panel of artists who participated in Wimmen’s Comix (1972-1992), including Jennifer Camper, Phoebe Gloeckner, Diane Noomin, and Leslie Sternbergh. Each artist talked about their own work with the series, sharing strips and …
This post was created originally for the “Rise of Graphic Archives” first-year research seminar that I teach… To explore how images communicate differently and how they operate in a research context, you will contribute an image that you create for each digital reflection. As described in the digital reflection assignment …
This post, created originally for the “Rise of Graphic Archives” first-year research seminar that I teach, contains information about NYC-area archives and finding guides. This list is far from exhaustive, but should get you started thinking about what and where you might research.
My essay, “Thinking through Thea: Alison Bechdel’s Representations of Disability,” has been published in the collection, Disability in Comic Books and Graphic Narratives (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). Read the initial proposal for the essay below. The Initial Proposal for “Thinking through Thea: Alison Bechdel’s Representations of Disability” Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home (2006) has quickly become …
My essay, “Archiving Grassroots Comics: The Radicality of Networks and Lesbian Community,” has been published in “Radical Archives” issue of Archive Journal (2015). In this open-access article, I recuperate networks of lesbian comics artists in the 1970s-1980s alongside a discussion of newly emerging comics archives. I theorize how these archives can reshape future comics …
