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Out of the Closet and Into the Costume: A History of Queer Comix. Presented by, Valentino L. Zullo, a Teaching Fellow in the Department of English at Kent State University.
Comics is queer, existing outside of the boundaries of art and literature, the medium challenges conceptions of storytelling. For decades comics circulated stories about lived experience otherwise silenced in popular media as the lives of LGBTQ people were drawn, preserved and distributed in a form that was often overlooked as childish or silly. These so-called silly objects, though, created an archive of history for queer people.
From the early underground comix to the popular superheroes Batwoman, Iceman, and America, this lecture considers the history of queer comics and characters. Together we will explore questions of representation and the many ways that queerness intersects with other identities.
Presented by, Valentino L. Zullo, currently working toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree, is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of English at Kent State University.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Community Discussion |
TAGS: | superheroes | LGBTQ | Iceman | Fandom | comix | comics | comic book | books | Batwoman | America - comic book character |
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