PLEASE NOTE: Due to current restrictions on large gatherings, this event will no longer take place in person on campus. Register here to join the online event: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/6115868723845/WN_Ib635SqlRZ-4ngDLNvcy7w
Where We’re Coming From: Rebecca Wanzo, Barbara Brandon-Croft and Bianca Xunise on African American Comic Art and Belonging
Thursday April 30th, 6-8pm
Rebecca Wanzo, Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University will discuss her new book, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging. Following her presentation, Wanzo will join cartoonists Bianca Xunise and Barbara Brandon-Croft. Xunise and Brandon-Croft’s work pushes boundaries to explore the experiences of black women’s lives in America. Both are featured in The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s current exhibit, Ladies First: A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art. A book signing and reception will follow the program.
FREE and open to the public.
Cosponsors: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State, Pop Culture Studies, Ohio State English, Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Department of Comparative Studies at OSU.
More info on featured guests:
Rebecca Wanzo: https://nyupress.org/9781479889587/the-content-of-our-caricature/
Barbara Brandon-Croft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Brandon-Croft
Bianca Xunise: https://www.biancaxunise.com/
