Looking for some spine-chilling reads this October? We at the libraries wanted to share a list of fantastic indie, alternative, and mainstream horror comics and graphic novels to sink your […]
‘Tis the Season for Horror!

Looking for some spine-chilling reads this October? We at the libraries wanted to share a list of fantastic indie, alternative, and mainstream horror comics and graphic novels to sink your […]
Whether you are passionate about comics, zines, and independent publications, or simply curious about them, this weekend’s Small Press Expo (SPX) is the place to be. Held annually, SPX brings […]
Dean’s Undergraduate Research Award (DURA) recipient Rex Xiao conducted research with Special Collections’ romance comic book collection, exploring midcentury American life and teenage counterculture. By examining how romance comics, rooted […]
We, librarians, are fortunate that we get to meet a lot of incoming Hopkins students. We often request that they give us their “burning questions” — about Baltimore, Hopkins, the […]
Until fairly recently, the presence of comic books and graphic novels in the world of academia would be debated. However, the place of comic books and graphic novels in academia […]
Enjoy this post by Arusa Malik, one of our Special Collections Freshman Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year! Bam! Pow! Crash! Thump! When I think of these classic onomatopoeias, I […]