Comics Room collection

 
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Summary Information

Title: Comics Room collection
Inclusive Dates: 1959-2023
Bulk Dates: 2005-2023

Creators:
  • Barry, Lynda
  • Butler, Jeff
  • Comics Cousins
Unique Identifier: uac138

Quantity: Final project zines, assignments, lecture notes, ephemera, and comics
  • 3.5 Linear Feet
  • One records storage box, one flat metal edge box, and one letter document box


Quantity: Files include PDF, JPG, MOV, TIFF, PPT, and DOCX.
  • 87.2 Gigabytes
  • 87.2 GB digital files, including meeting minutes, syllabi written and illustrated assignments, student work, comic strips, photographs, PowerPoint presentations, written and illustrated reports, paintings, ink drawings, essays, teaching notes, interviews, and video drawing tutorials

Repository:

Abstract:
This collection includes both paper and digital materials. The paper materials include 32-page final projects, 2-page color comics, zines, sketches, and illustrations created by the students in the courses Images, Making Comics 1, and Making Comics 2 taught by Lynda Barry and Jeff Butler at UW-Madison between 2013 and 2022. It also includes original hand-drawn assignments, artwork, event posters, fliers, and lecture notes by Barry created between 1998 to 2022. Lynda Barry's digital materials include meeting minutes, syllabi written and illustrated assignments, student work, comic strips, photographs, PowerPoint presentations, written and illustrated reports, paintings, ink drawings, essays, teaching notes, interviews, and video drawing tutorials. Lynda Jean Barry is an educator, cartoonist, and graphic novelist known for her weekly comic strip "Ernie Pook's Comeek" and and award-winning graphic novels such as One! Hundred! Demons! and Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor. In 2013 she became the Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity. Her courses explore the transformative impact of drawing on self-expression, communication, and transdisciplinary research, particularly for students who do not consider themselves artists. Jeff Butler is an illustrator, cartoonist, and 3-D artist known for his work illustrating products for role-playing games including Dungeons and Dragons, and comics including The Green Hornet. Butler began teaching comics courses at UW-Madison in 2019. The Comics Room in the George L. Mosse Humanities Building is a popular community workspace used by students, alumni, and workshop attendees equipped with art supplies, a color copier, and a comics library funded by a grant from the Chazen Family Endowment. Barry hosts open studio hours on Sundays.

Language: English .

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac138
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