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SUMMARY:HI Annual Lecture and Alumni Award
DESCRIPTION:\n"\;Battling\, in the Sea of Comics&rdquo\;: EC&rsquo\;
s Invisible Man and the Jim Crow Future of &ldquo\;Judgment Day!&rdquo\;
\n\nHow did the most notorious comic book publisher of the 1950s employ
the discursive instruments of horror\, crime\, and the weird to confront
racism and other forms of social discrimination? Prof. Qiana Whitted&rs
quo\;s lecture explores the stakes and strategies behind EC Comics durin
g the early years of the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement. Through
the controversial science fiction story &ldquo\;Judgment Day!&rdquo\;\,
her discussion will consider how EC grappled with the legacy of racial
caricature in popular media to convey a different message\, all while bu
ilding new reading communities and expanding the visual and verbal dynam
ics of comics narrative in unprecedented ways.\n\nFor more details: http
s://events.la.psu.edu/event/hi_annual_lecture_and_alumni_award/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"Battli
ng, in the Sea of Comics”: EC’s Invisible Man and the Jim Cr
ow Future of “Judgment Day!”
How did the most noto
rious comic book publisher of the 1950s employ the discursive instrument
s of horror, crime, and the weird to confront racism and other forms of
social discrimination? Prof. Qiana Whitted’s lecture explores the
stakes and strategies behind EC Comics during the early years of the Col
d War and the Civil Rights Movement. Through the controversial science f
iction story “Judgment Day!”, her discussion will consider h
ow EC grappled with the legacy of racial caricature in popular media to
convey a different message, all while building new reading communities a
nd expanding the visual and verbal dynamics of comics narrative in unpre
cedented ways.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/e
vent/hi_annual_lecture_and_alumni_award/
URL:hi.psu.edu
LOCATION:Hintz Family Alumni Center
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