This is the official blog of MCS - the Media and Cinema Studies Program in the College of Communication at DePaul University (Chicago, IL). Here you will find the latest updates from our faculty members about new research and publications, conference talks, sponsored events and more.You'll also find updates from current students and alumni (including career paths, publications and media events).

Friday, 26 August 2016

Prof. Davis part of an Award-Winning Anthology

The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, an anthology which features Prof. Blair Davis's essay "Bare Chests, Removable Afros and Silver Tiaras: The Visual Design of Black Comic Book Superheroes," recently won a Will Eisner Comics Industry Award  for Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Congratulations to editors Frances Gateward and John Jennings, and to Prof. Davis.

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The "Eisners" are the top award given by the comics publishing industry, and they give one annual award for comics-related scholarly work. For further information, see: http://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info

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