Department of English

• Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Van Pelt Library, 2nd floor West

Well known for illustrating prestigious comic series like Final Crisis, Before Watchment: Comedian, and Wanted, as well as painting countless covers for mainstream superhero books, J.G. Jones has created some of the most iconic and memorable images of the modern comics age.

Last year he partnered with Mark Wald to debut the gorgeous and controversial Strange Fruit, a fully painted science fiction comic confronting bigotry in the Jim Crow south. Join us for a talk with J.G. about art, race, and the difficulty of telling challenging stories in the comics industry.