MSU Comics Forum

FYI -- Coming up this semester.

Two Tribes: The Real-Life Story Of A Jewish-Native American In a Q&A with Professors Blaire Morseau and Laura Yares, Emily Bowen Cohen, author of Two Tribes, will discuss the childhood memories that inspired her debut graphic novel. The talk will be accompanied by slides of original drawings and illustrations from her book. Emily…

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Artist Alley roll call, part 4! Here are more of the artists you see this Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm at 2024 Michigan State University Comics Forum Artist Alley (FREE)

Mark Dudley – Worked in TTRPGs for 25 years. Put out comics as Drunkenstyle Studios in the 90s. Currently putting out print and webcomics as Imaginos Workshop.

Jiba Anderson – Jiba Molei Anderson is an artist, writer, designer, and educator. He is the publisher for Griot Enterprises and creator of its flagship title, The Horsemen, and is also the curator of the 4 Pages 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape anthology series.

Bill Campbell – I’m the owner of Rosarium Publishing, which specializes in comics and science fiction focusing mainly on marginalized voices. Entering into our 10th year, we have published the charity anthology, APB: ARTISTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY, as well as the works of John Jennings, Damian Duffy, Stacey Robinson, Whit Taylor, Ajuan Mance, and David Brame. I have personally written three graphic novels: BAAAAD MUTHAZ, THE DAY THE KLAN CAME TO TOWN, and REFUGE. In 2016, I won the Glyph Pioneer/Lifetime Achievement Award.

Adam Talley – In 2024, Adam celebrates 30 years in self publishing With his various works in all genres of storytelling. His new ongoing series, PLEASANT LIFE launched in 2023 and he continues to do nsfw storytelling comics on his Patreon. His past credits include work for Marvel, DC, Topps Cards (Star Wars, Walking Dead, Mars Attacks) Antactic Press and Dynamite Comics (KISS, Bettie Page, Red Sonja and Vampirella).

Mary Mitchell – I started making comics in college for my Comic Art and Graphic Narrative Minor. Since then I’ve primarily done webcomics and mini zines. I was also president of Graphic Novels Club during my Junior & Senior year at MSU which was a great experience where I was able to teach other students about making comics

Artist Alley roll call, part 3! More of the amazing artists you can see this Saturday at 2024 Michigan State University Comics Forum Artist Alley (FREE).

Corinne Roberts – Corinne Roberts is an illustrator working in comics with books such as “Bug Bites” and the “Out and About” silent sequence series (3 books so far in series).

Meggie Ramm – A non-binary cartoonist and comic educator.

They graduated from California College of the Arts with an MFA in Comics in 2017. They’ve done work for the New Yorker, Everyday Feminism and Silver Sprocket, and have comics in the Advanced Death Saves and Votes 4 Women anthologies. They are the sole creator of Stick World, and their anti-anxiety pocketbook You Will Be Okay was published through Silver Sprocket in 2019. They spent the last five years teaching comics to kids across the East Bay. while creating Littlest Dungeon Guard comic strips for Sunday HaHa.

Their first comic Batcat came out with Abrams in 2023, and the sequel is expected to come out in 2024.

Bill Pulkovski – Bill Pulkovski’s work can be found in comic books, trading cards, prints, magazines and film. Pulkovski has worked on many official projects for popular properties such as Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Paramount Pictures, as well as a number of small press and original creations. He is a co-founder of studio/ publisher Rocket Ink Studios and an educator at Macomb Community College.

Rory and Amanda Webb – Legends of Aukera was inspired by the many Dungeon and Dragons campaigns Rory and Amanda played. They decided to create their own world, called Aukera, with Rory as the mastermind behind all of the stories, and Amanda as the illustrator. The first of many planned series, The Ascendants tells the story of Felosial, an elven mage living in the port city of Dagruum, who finds herself caught up in an adventure she hadn’t intended on having. Four graphic novels have been published, making it a complete series.