Scholarship

Selected Publications

Duffy, Damian. (2020). “Comics studies as practitioner-scholar,” in Frederick Luis Aldama (ed.), Handbook of Comics Studies, New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Duffy, Damian. (2020). “Remasters of American comics: Sequential art as new media in the transformative museum context,” in Kim A. Munson (ed.), Comic Art in Museums, Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi

Duffy, Damian. (2018). “The Metadata Thief: A biblioGraphic essay,” in Reynaldo Anderson and John Jennings (eds.), Cosmic Underground: A Grimoire of Black Speculative Discontent. San Francisco, CA: Cedar Grove Publishing.

Duffy, Damian. (2017). Teaching hypercomics: Comics as information organization in digital pedagogy. Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, 1(2), 205-225.

Duffy, Damian. (2016). Educational Hypercomics: Learners, Institutions, and Comics in E-Learning Interface Design. Dissertation. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Duffy, Damian. (2015). Hyper/Comics/Con/Text: Institutional Contexts and Interface Design in Online Educational Hypercomics. Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network, 8(4).

Duffy, Damian. (2013). “Collab Oration.” in Bardel, William and Baskinger, Mark, (eds.) Drawing Ideas: A Hand-Drawn Approach for Better Design, New York, NY: Watson Guptill.

Duffy, Damian. (2012). “Elk’s Run” and “The Filth” entries in Graphic Novels (multivolume encyclopedia). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

Duffy, Damian. (2011). “Keeping it (Hyper)Real: Autobiographical Fiction in 3D.” in Chaney, Michael, (ed.) Graphic Subjects, Madison, WI: Wisconsin University Press.

Duffy, Damian and Jennings, John. (2010). Black Comix: African American independent comics arts and culture. New York: Mark Batty Publisher.

Duffy, Damian. (2010). “Out of the Margins, Into the Panels: Toward a theory of comics as a medium of critical pedagogy in library education.” in Maria Accardi, Maria, Drabinski, Emily, and Kumbier, Alana, (eds.) Critical Pedagogy and Library Instruction, Duluth, MN: Library Juice Press.

Duffy, Damian. (2009). Remasters of American comics: Sequential art as new media in the transformative museum context. SCAN Journal, 6(1).

Duffy, Damian. (2009). Learning from comics on the wall: Sequential art narrative design in museology and multimodal education. Visual Arts Research, 35(1), 1-11.

Prudhomme, Thomas, Clark, Allison, and Duffy, Damian. “The Evolution and Application of Digital Divide Research” Illinois Report 2009, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Champaign, IL: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.

Duffy, Damian and Clark, Allison. (2008, May). OurComixGrid: Designing a Multimodal New Media Learning Environment. In C. Haythornthwaite, Making the Transition to Ubiquitous Learning. Symposium conducted at the Sixth International Conference on Networked Learning, Halkidiki, Greece.

Selected Presentations
Teaching With Hypercomics: Comics as information organization in digital pedagogical design. Festival of Cartoon Arts Academic Conference, Billy Ireland Cartoon Art Library & Museum at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, November, 2013.

Heroes/Creators: The Comic Art Creations of Civil Rights Legends. Comic Arts Conference Panel, Comic Con International, San Diego, CA, July, 2013.

Black Comics in Film. Convention Panel, Comic Con International, San Diego, CA, July, 2012.

Comics: Study, Practice, and Exhibition. Guest Lecture, ART 104: Graphic Design II, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, April 2012.

Creating and Curating Comics. Guest Lecture, ENG 104: Honors Composition, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, April 2012.

Creating Comics, Making Black Comix. Guest Lecture, Department of English, Illinois State University, Bloomington-Normal, IL, October 2011.

Angry Animals on Parade: The Narrative Tensions of Braided Stereotypes and Anthropomorphic Allegory in Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s Blacksad Graphic Novels.” 2011 International Conference on Narrative, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, April 2011

Horror, Voodoo, and The Hole. Guest Lecture, ENG 215: Lit of Fantasy and Horror, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, April 2011, April 2012.

Graphic Novels in Adult Collections. Guest Lecture, LIS 590KK: Adult popular literature, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, March 2011, April 2012.

Black Comix. Convention Panel, C2E2: Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, Chicago, IL, March 2011.

Black Comic Book Day. Guest speaker. Afri-ware Books, Oak Park, IL, February 2011.

“Holy $#%!”: Symbol swearing, comic satire, and pop culture identity politics in Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie’s “This is Information.” Festival of Cartoon Arts. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October 2010.

Reading in the Digital Age. Panel Participant, 2010 Harlem Book Fair on Book TV (C-SPAN2), New York, NY, July 2010.

Time Difference: Comics, Multimodality, and Critical New Media Pedagogy. Multimodality and Learning: Environments, Rhetoric, Recognition, Play, and Methods, University of London Institute of Education, London, UK, July 2010.

Teaching & Graphic Novels. Guest Lecture, Parkland Community College Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Champaign, IL, April 2010.

Graphic politics: Comics history and political expression. Guest Lecture, Parkland Community College Library, Champaign, IL, April 2010.

The Black Comix Panel. Convention Panel, C2E2: Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo, Chicago, IL, April 2010.

Making and thinking about comics. Guest Lecture, ENG 215: Lit of Fantasy and Horror, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, April 2010.

Making The Hole. Guest Lecture, IDS 201: CAPSTONE FOUR COLOR CULTURE: the Great American Graphic Novel, St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, April 2010.

Comics, race, and museums. Guest Lecture, LIS 390RGI: Race, Gender and Information Technology, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, April 2010.

Graphic novels in public libraries. Guest Lecture, LIS 590KK: Adult popular literature, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, April 2010.

Out of Sequence. Video Conference Presentation, Professional Practices classes, Center for Cartoon Studies, White River Junction, VT, December 2009.

Full curriculum vitae: CV_Duffy