A History of Queer Comic Books

Learn how the LGBTQ community has been portrayed in this popular medium and explore its evolution throughout history from the early underground “comix” to popular superheroes. The lecture considers the history of queer comics and characters. Valentino Zullo is Assistant Professor of English, co-director of the Rust Belt Humanities Lab, and the Anisfield-Wolf Fellow in English and Public Humanities at Ursuline College. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, on the board of the Siegel & Shuster Society, and currently co-leads the Get Graphic program at Cleveland Public Library.