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Comics Communities: Three Case Studies (And a Party)

Will Hansen Assistant Curator of Collections David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University. Comics Communities: Three Case Studies (And a Party). Edwin and Terry Murray Comic Book Collection. 65,000+ comics, 1930s-2000s

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Comics Communities: Three Case Studies (And a Party)

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  1. Will Hansen Assistant Curator of Collections David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Comics Communities: Three Case Studies (And a Party)

  2. Edwin and Terry Murray Comic Book Collection • 65,000+ comics, 1930s-2000s • Part of Murray Pulp Culture Collection: Fanzines, RPGs, Magazines, Books, etc. • Largest institutional collection in Southeastern US, one of the largest in the country • Supplemented by additional collecting: over 75,000 comics at Duke

  3. Community #1: Governor’s School • NC East program based at Meredith College, Raleigh • Five-week summer residential program • For intellectually gifted rising high school seniors • Robin Follet, class on Comic Books and Graphic Novels

  4. Governor’s School Session: “Pop Quiz”

  5. Community #2: Comics Fest • “Comics Go to College”

  6. Community #3: NC ComiCon

  7. The Library Party

  8. The Library Party

  9. Returns on Investment • Reduce intimidation factor for current and future users • Demonstrate that we want materials to be useful • Increase circulation: welcome users to visit or send ???s) • Public events = Public knowledge = Public interest • Leverage pop culture to show why SCLs are important • Potential donations (time, money, collections) • Potential Friends of Library with no other connection • Improved curatorial knowledge and understanding • Practice with different interpretive frames

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