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Marjorie Liu Collection of Comics and Graphic Novels

 Collection
Identifier: MsC1235

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains critically acclaimed comics and graphic novels written by Marjorie Liu, an attorney and professor of comic book writing at MIT. Included are issues from major Marvel series and Monstress, a series from Image Comics of which Liu is co-creator alongside Sana Takeda. Monstress has won multiple national and international awards. Liu is the first woman, and the first woman of color, to win an Eisner in the Best Writer category.

Marjorie Liu – Author Website Accessed June 17, 2024

Dates

  • Creation: 2008 October -2023 November

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections and Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/.

Extent

1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Separated Materials

Liu's graphic novels such as volumes of The Night Eaters can be found in Special Collection's general monograph collection and are searchable on InfoHawk+ (https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/).

Title
Marjorie Liu Collection of Comics and Graphic Novels
Status
Completed
Author
Rachel Romero
Date
June 17, 2024
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)