In addition to learning from Ernest Hemingway, students at UNL can look forward to learning from Spider-Man or the Flash, thanks to a project led by UNL assistant professor and media services librarian Richard Graham.
“In all respect,” Graham said, “comic books are indeed worthy of scholarly research.”
Through funding from Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences and the Pepsi Foundation, Graham worked since fall 2007 to compile a database of more than 180 comic books and related items such as congressional hearings dealing with comics. He said most of the material in the collection is government related, but there are plenty of popular titles as well.
Just about everybody can find a use for the database, Graham said.
See Also: U. of Nebraska-Lincoln Digital Collection: Government Comics
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Source: Daily Nebraskan (via Twitter/UNL_Lib)
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