Autor: Damian Duffy

The cartoonist Damian Duffy is a writer, letterer, curator, lecturer, teacher, Glyph Award winning graphic novelist, and PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science. His many publications range from academic essays (in-comics-form) about new media & learning to a forthcoming graphic novel adaptation of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler. He has given talks and lead workshops about comics, art, and education internationally. A Mississippi native and University of Illinois native, John Jennings is an Associate Professor of Visual Studies at The State University of New York at Buffalo. Jennings is an award-winning graphic novelist and author. His research and teaching focus on the analysis, explication, and disruption of African American stereotypes in popular visual media. MFA candidate at the University at Buffalo. His work examines the African-American form through various media. By comparing and contrasting pop culture aesthetics with AfroFuturism, he utilizes the African American experience to create narratives that construct a space of healing from Black trauma.