Comics for Illuminating Youth Perspectives on Trauma-Informed Care: Featured Artists
Meet Kristina Luu, James Lloyd, and Ivana Filipovich: the artists working together to bring youth perspectives on trauma-informed care to life. Working in collaboration with the Canadian Paediatric Society and the BC Children’s Hospital’s Youth Advisory Committee and research team, including Lead Youth Researcher and UBC Presidential Scholar Damilola Mabadeje who spearheaded this comics-to-research project, these comics creators will transform lived experiences into powerful visual narratives. Through their distinct artistic styles and […]
Comics for Linguistics Research and Language Revitalization
In this interview, Ana Laura Arrieta Zamudio, a PhD candidate in Linguistics, reflects on creating a trilingual graphic novel with the San Pablo Güilá community. Designed as both a linguistic resource and a cultural artifact, Tùgûl̈ highlights how comics can make research accessible while supporting language preservation and education across generations. Could you start by […]
Introducing Waylon Asp: Selected Artist for Xwémalhkwu (Homalco) Heroes: Tribal Journey
We’re excited to welcome Waylon Asp as the selected artist for an upcoming Indigenous Comics Initiative, a community-driven project centered on the Homalco Nation’s annual canoe journey. Building on the success of Xwémalhkwu Hero Stories: A Graphic Novel 2024), this second project, which kicks off this month, will document and celebrate contemporary cultural practices, intergenerational knowledge, and storytelling through comics. Waylon will join returning artist Valen Onstine on the […]
Understanding Through Comics Club: Workshop with Comics Artist Jordanna George
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 comics artist Jordanna George. Learn about the art of comics and try your hand at making your own! This event will take place on Thursday, March 19th from 11:00AM to 2:00PM in person in Koerner […]
Arctic Winter Games Artist Spotlight: Cole Pauls
The UBC Pop Culture Cluster, Critical Play Lab, and the Indigenous Comics Initiative will set out for Whitehorse, Yukon, on March 8, 2026 with a dozen Indigenous artists and a support team for the Arctic Winter Games. Here’s a spotlight on artist Cole Pauls.
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 […]