Prof. Blair Davis recently received a grant from DePaul University's Vincentian Endowment Fund in support of a project entitled 'Christianity and Comic Books.' Davis seeks to build a collection of Christian comic books to be housed in the DePaul Library’s Special Collections department, where they may be used for both teaching and research purposes. The collection will contain approximately forty comic books dating back as far as the 1940s, and including such works as
Picture Stories From the Bible and
Bible Tales for Young Folk. Examples of more recent titles include the 1982 comic book
The Life of Pope John Paul II, and the 2003 comic book
The Bible: Eden.
"Comic books have served as a vibrant form through which Catholic beliefs and culture have been disseminated. By preserving this legacy, DePaul University will further add to its Vincentian identity by allowing current and future students and scholars to benefit from these rarely seen representations of Christianity in popular culture," says Davis.
Please see the
DePaul University Newsline article for further information on the Vincentian Endowment Fund Awards:
http://www.depaulnewsline.com/features/2015-vincentian-endowment-fund-awards-announced
