Scott McCloud spoke about his years at DC Comics and venturing into his own comic book creations Monday night at the Art and Journalism Building.
He worked at DC Comics at a young age and left the comic book company at age 23 to create his own stories. McCloud authored “Zot!” and wrote for “Justice League Adventures” and “Superman.”
McCloud brings together two genres, American superhero style comics and Japanese manga.
He was the first speaker in the inaugural Marilyn K. Cory Speaker Series, which has speakers centered on graphic narratives and comic book culture for the year.
The next speaker in the series will present at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at David Letterman Communication and Media Building Room 125. The speaker is Christina Blanch, a Ball State doctoral student. Blanch has pioneered comic book classes at the university with the course she created called, “Gender Through Comic Books.”
Blanch looks at comic books through gender roles and also writes online comics. She is a co-owner of Alter Ego Comics in downtown Muncie, as well.
The series will continue into Spring Semester with Rachel Williams and Ramzi Fawaz. In January, Williams will run a hands-on workshop on creating a flash graphic memoir. In April, Fawaz will visit. He’s writing his book “The New Mutants: Comic Book Superheroes and Popular Fantasy in Postwar America.”
Author, artist first in series on comic book culture
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Slade Smith, a Ball State alumnus, is the owner of Atomic Comics Games and Music at 120 N. Mulberry St. Smith said he wanted a comic book shop, despite the fact that it isn’t a lucrative career. DN PHOTO TAYLOR IRBY
