Karen Green (she/her)
Curator, Comics & Cartoons; Lecturer in English & Comparative Literature
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Areas of Expertise
- Graphic Novels
- Greek, Modern
About
Karen Green maintains the circulating graphic novels collection she established in 2005, and has been overseeing comics archives in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library since 2010. She has spoken globally on comics history and archival methods; served as judge for numerous awards; co-produced the documentary "She Makes Comics"; and teaches a summer course on how to do close-readings of comics.
Research Guides
Selected Publications
Comic adventures in academia (2007-2012) for ComiXology; now archived
Preface, "Welcome to the Obscure Cities" in Peeters, Benoit and Schuiten, Francois, The Leaning Girl. Alaxis Press, 2014.
Introduction, I hate minicomics. [Tom Daly], 2016
Introduction, in Friedman, Drew, More heroes of the comics. Fantagraphics Books, 2016
Introduction, in Weird love: I joined a teen-age sex club!, Yoe Books & IDW Publishing, 2016
Introduction, in Neilson, Mickey, The invisible empire: Madge Oberholtzer and the unmasking of the Ku Klux Klan. Insight Comics, 2019
"Comics as art criticism: the cartoons of Jonah Kinigstein" with Kim Munson in Munson, Kim A. (ed.) Comic art in museums. University Press of Mississippi, 2020
Introduction in G., Julien, Myths of Making: true tales & legends of great artists. Beehive Books, 2023