Call for Indigenous Cartoonists: Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Heroes Tribal Journey Indigenous Comics Initiative Project
Special Call for Indigenous Cartoonists Project Title: Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Heroes: Tribal Journey Indigenous Comics Initiative Project Following the success of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel (2024)—a landmark project that brought Elders’ voices to new generations through comic art —TSL Enterprises Ltd, the Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) First Nation (HFN), Education without Borders, and the UBC Comics […]
Meet the Indigenous Comics Artists & Game Designers Headed to the Arctic Winter Games with the Pop Culture Cluster
The Pop Culture Cluster, with its partner project Visual Storytelling in the Indigenous North, are traveling to the Yukon with six Indigenous comics artists and three Indigenous game designers to the 2026 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) to document and create AWG-inspired artworks.
‘Understanding Through Comics’ End-of-Term Workshop with Cartoonist Jeff Ellis
On 24 November 2025, the Understanding Through Comics: A Comics and Comics Studies Journal Club held an end-of-term comic making workshop in the IKBLC Peña Room with Cloudscape Comics president and local cartoonist Jeffrey Ellis. Jeff tells us that when Comics Studies members and UBC students completed the workshop with comics of their own, they too earned the title of cartoonist. Today we will be highlighting both the past workshop and the work produced therein, the art of a new generation of […]
Comics & Knowledge Mobilization in Migration Studies (Nov. 27 @ 12:30 PM)
Comics & Knowledge Mobilization in Migration Studies with María Cervantes-Macías & Sofi Donner Thursday, Nov. 27th @ 12:30 PM, Zoom Register here This session explores how comics can serve as a powerful tool for knowledge mobilization in migration studies. Featuring CMS Postdoctoral Research Fellow María Cervantes-Macías and visual facilitator Sofi Donner, the event highlights their […]
Comics Workshop with Cartoonist Jeffrey Ellis
Join Understanding Through Comics: A Comics and Comics Studies Journal Club for our end-of-term social! We will be hosting a hands-on workshop with cartoonist Jeffrey Ellis. Learn about the art of comics and try your hand at making your own! This event will take place on Monday, November 24 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM in the IKBLC Peña Room, or on […]
Comics Talk: Romani Literary History & the Role of Comics and Graphic Narratives
Thursday, October 23 12:30 – 2 PM BuTo 997, CENES Seminar Room & Online The talk will discuss graphic narrative production in the context of the historical developments of Romani literature, with examples from Eastern, Central, and Northern Europe. As with other forms of Romani literary production, various factors intersect in the creation of graphic […]
Comics Talks events with Dr. José Alaniz
José Alaniz, professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Cinema and Media Studies (adjunct) at the University of Washington, Seattle, has published the monographs Komiks: Comic Art in Russia (University Press of Mississippi, 2010); Death, Disability and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond (UPM, 2014); Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia (OSU Press, 2022); and Comics […]
Comics Talk Event with Czech illustrator and comics artist Štěpánka Jislová
We are hosting an online event with Czech illustrator and comics arts Štěpánka Jislová on Monday, Oct 20th at 11:30AM! Štěpánka Jislová’s graphic memoir “Heartcore” is an intimate autobiography about love, relationships and the toxic cycles we often find ourselves in. This type of “confessional” comics is a relatively new phenomenon in the Czech scene […]
Comics Talk with artist Léandre Ackermann
Léandre Ackermann is a Swiss comic artist and illustrator whose career bridges creativity, cultural policy, and community-building. From her published collaborations with La Boîte à bulles to co-founding the feminist fanzine La bûche—now gathering over 150 female artists—she has carved out a unique voice in the world of comics. Today, she also serves as co-president of the Swiss […]
Understanding Through Comics – Comics for Equity Events at the UBC iSchool
Understanding Through Comics: A Comics and Comics Studies Journal Club A Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund-funded project that explores issues of equity and social justice through graphic narratives. From October 2025 to March 2026, Understanding Through Comics will host two start-of-term welcome luncheons, seven discussions, one colloquium, and two end-of-term socials. We invite […]