Comic Art in Museums
Comic Art in Museums by Kim A. Munson, published by University Press of Mississippi on July 23, 2020, is a comprehensive anthology that explores the evolution of comic art within museum contexts. This 400-page volume features contributions from a diverse array of artists, critics, and scholars who have played pivotal roles in advocating for the serious study of comics. Through essays and interviews, the book chronicles over thirty years of trends and controversies that have shaped institutional interest in comic art, highlighting significant exhibitions both in the United States and internationally.
Readers will find a rich discussion on the historical significance of comic art, tracing its journey from early displays in the 1930s to its resurgence in art museums during the mid-1960s. The anthology includes over eighty images and thoughtful essays that examine how exhibitions have broadened public dialogue about comic art, challenging perceptions of what constitutes “good art.” With topics spanning museum studies, popular culture, and literary criticism, this edition provides a detailed look at how dedicated individuals have transformed comics from a marginalized medium into a respected art form celebrated around the world.
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Contributions by Kenneth Baker, Jaqueline Berndt, Albert Boime, John Carlin, Benoit Crucifix, David Deitcher, Michael Dooley, Damian Duffy, M. C. Gaines, Paul Gravett, Diana Green, Karen Green, Doug Harvey, Charles Hatfield, M. Thomas Inge, Leslie Jones, Jonah Kinigstein, Denis Kitchen, John A. Lent, Dwayne McDuffie, Andrei Molotiu, Alvaro de Moya, Kim A. Munson, Cullen Murphy, Gary Panter, Trina Robbins, Rob Salkowitz, Antoine Sausverd, Art Spiegelman, Scott Timberg, Carol Tyler, Brian Walker, Alexi Worth, Joe Wos, and Craig Yoe
Through essays and interviews, Kim A. Munson’s anthology tells the story of the over-thirty-year history of the artists, art critics, collectors, curators, journalists, and academics who championed the serious study of comics, the trends and controversies that produced institutional interest in comics, and the wax and wane and then return of comic art in museums.
Audiences have enjoyed displays of comic art in museums as early as 1930. In the mid-1960s, after a period when most representational and commercial art was shunned, comic art began a gradual return to art museums as curators responded to the appropriation of comics characters and iconography by such famous pop artists as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. From the first-known exhibit to show comics in art historical context in 1942 to the evolution of manga exhibitions in Japan, this volume regards exhibitions both in the United States and internationally.
With over eighty images and thoughtful essays by Denis Kitchen, Brian Walker, Andrei Molotiu, Paul Gravett, Art Spiegelman, Trina Robbins, and Charles Hatfield, among others, this anthology shows how exhibitions expanded the public dialogue about comic art and our expectation of “good art”—displaying how dedicated artists, collectors, fans, and curators advanced comics from a frequently censored low-art medium to a respected art form celebrated worldwide.
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