Graphic Novels and Comics

Format: Academic Video Online streaming
Year: 2018
Description: "The subculture prospering in the Middle East: members of Dubai's comic book community discuss the rise of pop culture in the region."

Format: Academic Video Online streaming
Year: 2017
Description: "Trevor Getz and Liz Clark's graphic novel about a young woman who fights for her freedom in the courts of Africa's gold coast in the late 1800's comes to life in an animated feature produced by the Documentary Film Institute at San Francisco State University. The novel won the James Harvey Robinson prize in 2014."

Format: Academic Video Online streaming
Year: 2012
Description: "A valuable and colorful examination of 40 years of changing representations of Black masculinity in a significant area of popular culture - comic books."

Format: DVD
Year: 2012
Description: "A nuanced critique of gender and heroism in popular culture as well as a powerful dose of Vitamin F(eminism) for the undernourished. From the birth of the 1940s comic book heroine, Wonder Woman, to the blockbusters of today, Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society's anxieties about strong and healthy women."

Format: Films on Demand streaming
Year: 2008
Description: "Filmed in Japan, this program pushes beyond the stereotypes to objectively examine the history of manga, how manga are drawn, and manga's influence on Japanese life as illustrated by cosplay bars, where people dress up as their favorite characters; manga kissa, 24/7 manga cafes; and Comicket, the twice-annual comics market that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors. The program also introduces viewers to a cross-section of mangaka icons: Vagabond creator Takehiko Inoue; Naoki Urasawa, author of The Pushman and Other Stories; Jiro Taniguchi; Yoshihiro Tatsumi; and Kan Takahama."

Format: YouTube streaming
Description: "If you had told Alberto Ledesma as a child if he would become a college student or teach a university, he would have called you insane. Now, he is an illustrator and an esteemed professor at the University of California, Berkeley. In his talk, Dr. Ledesma illustrates his Chicano story and shares his journey through life as an undocumented immigrant."

Format: Vimeo streaming
Recording of livestream panel discussion with Jamila Rowser (Wash Day), Eve Ewing (Riri Williams: Ironheart), Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs (The Invention of E.J. Whitaker), Vita Ayala (The Wilds, Livewire, Submerged), and Karama Horne (theblerdgurl.com) as moderator.
Event took place on January 19, 2019 at The Schomburg Center’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival.

Format: YouTube streaming
Description: "Comic books and graphic novels belong in every teacher's toolkit, says cartoonist and educator Gene Luen Yang. Set against the backdrop of his own witty, colorful drawings, Yang explores the history of comics in American education -- and reveals some unexpected insights about their potential for helping kids learn."

Format: Films on Demand streaming
Description: "If not for Scott McCloud, graphic novels and webcomics might be enjoying a more modest Renaissance. The flourishing of cartooning in the '90s and '00s, particularly comic-smithing on the Web, can be traced back to his major writings on the comics form. His book Understanding Comics, a comic book about comics, has been translated into 13 languages and has made him an evangelist for comics as a valid literary form. McCloud coined the term "infinite canvas" for the new comics medium made possible with Web browsers. In this fun TEDTalk, McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures. This captivating look at the magic of comics will prove to viewers why McCloud's admiring fans include a laundry list of superstar cartoonists."