Comic books, strips, etc.
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Afrofuturist Comics Collection
ATCA Comics Collection
Artists' and underground comics.
Brent Johnson Iowa Killed Buddy Holly Small Press and Zine Shop Collection
Collection of zines and other small press publications assembled by Johnson, an Iowa City native who operated the Iowa Killed Buddy Holly Small Press and Zine Shop in Iowa City. Many of the zines are authored/created by Iowa City or Iowa natives.
Comic Book Collection
Numerous comics acquired by Special Collections at various times and which are not attached to a particular donor or otherwise dedicated collection. Generally the comics in this particular collection are professionally-produced items and not mini-comics, zines, or similar sorts of amateur or self-published writings.
Comic Books of the Bronze Age
Comic Books of the Bronze Age, 1969-1986, bulk dates 1970-1976.
Jen Wolfe Comic Book Collection
Collection of comic books that mostly feature major female characters, are written and drawn by female artists, and/or chronicle stories of traditionally female interest, such as romance comics.
Mariellen (Ming) Wathne Fanzine Archives Collection
Large assemblage of fanzines and works of fan fiction relating to multiple media fandoms, including Star Trek, Star Wars, and other movies and television shows. Contains fanzines and fanfiction relating to various SF media properties, including Star Wars and Star Trek.
Marjorie Liu Collection of Comics and Graphic Novels
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
Max Allan Collins papers
Author, filmmaker, and comic strip writer. The papers document his film and literary career. His novels, comics (including Dick Tracy and Ms. Tree), and screenplays are represented in various forms of completion, with typescript drafts, artwork, correspondence, research, galley proofs, and promotional material.
Sarah and Jen Wolfe Zines
Collection of amateur publications primarily from the feminist riot grrrl movement of the 1990s, together with numerous zines documenting various independent/underground music scenes.
Sean Stewart Zine Collection
Collection of zines dealing with a wide variety of subjects, themes, and creative styles, collected by a Baltimore-based zine writer, editor and reviewer.
Steampunk and Neo-Victorian Comics and Graphic Novels Collection
A growing collection of comics relating to Steampunk and New Victorian themes.
Thomas Ollive Mabbott Papers
English professor. Correspondence, subject, and research files documenting Mabbott's scholarly pursuits and his hobbies. It is primarily made up of research files relating to Edgar Allan Poe.
Zine Machine Collection
Collection of zines taken from the Zine Machine, a repurposed vending machine in the University of Iowa Main Library that distributes zines to interested parties. Many of the zines are local to Iowa City in origin.
Zines and Fanzines Collection
The Fanzines Collection consists of numerous zines acquired by Special Collections at various times and which are not attached to a particular donor or otherwise dedicated collection. This collection is, in a sense, the equivalent of a general materials collection in a library.
The zines in this collection constitute a wide variety of subjects and concerns. Many are perzines, that is, "personal" zines that describe the author's own experiences, thoughts and feelings. Others are anthologies of stories or poetry, or consist of comic or other types of art. Still other zines are designed as outlets for political or social expression. Many zines encompass more than one type or style, reflecting the fluidity of the zine as a product of creative endeavor.
This collection was previously known as the Floating Zine Collection.