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See an exhibition of comics from various countries curated by librarian Liladhar Pendse at UC Berkeley's Doe Library
Listen to novelists Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Anders Nilsen, and Chris Ware discussing their graphic novels
Why are superheroes so popular?
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Key People

Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
British writer
Jack Kirby
American comic book artist
Stan Lee
Stan Lee
American comic book writer
Miller, Frank
Frank Miller
American writer and artist
Alan Moore
Alan Moore
British writer
Gil Kane
American artist
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
American author
Grant Morrison
Grant Morrison
Scottish writer
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
American artist and author
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay
American writer and cultural critic
Julius Schwartz
American editor
William Moulton Marston, a pioneer in developing the lie detector
William Moulton Marston
American psychologist
Todd McFarlane
Todd McFarlane
Canadian-born comic book illustrator

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Publicity still of Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze in the 1997 film Batman & Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher.
Marvel or DC?