# Event Details

- **Event Name**: IL Road Scholar: Comic Book Culture and Illinois: A Living History
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Registration is required due to limited space.
https://whiteoak.librarycalendar.com/event/road-scholar-comic-book-illinois-66407

Illinois has consistently served as a touchstone for the history of comic strips and books: creators have lived here, publishers have set up shop here, and important events have occurred here. While Chicagoland has inspired memorable characters (Dick Tracy, Blondie, and Brenda Starr), downstate has made lasting contributions to the culture as well (Popeye, Black Panther, and The Phantom).

This presentation traces the many ways that Illinois and comics have formed a symbiotic relationship: politics, labor, law and order, education, architecture, and identity. Through contextualizing how comics culture has responded to these aspects of Illinois history, this program will demonstrate a complex unity between the two. From Hollywood to Broadway, the Mafia to Congress, and a future King of England, Illinois has shaped an entire industry. This, in turn, has nurtured a rich and vibrant comics community, thereby reinforcing the important relationship between Illinois history and comics culture. 

Dr. Stephen Harrick is a writer, historian, scholar, educator, and theatre artist. He has written about comics culture for Comics Beat, Straight Up Magazine, and The Arts STL. He has delivered dozens of presentations on comics, literature, theatre and performance at libraries, and conventions and academic conferences in the United States and internationally. His comics have been published by GrayHaven Comics and Ink & Drink Comics. 

Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Illinois General Assembly [through the Illinois Arts Council], as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lockport/il-road-scholar-comic-book-culture-and-illinois-a-living-history/200030229410719
- **Event Categories**: Art, Theatre, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Lockport
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: White Oak Library District (Lockport, IL)
- **lat**: 41.58992
- **long**: -88.05606
- **full address**: White Oak Library District (Lockport, IL), 121 E 8th St,Lockport, Illinois, United States

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- **Alt text**: IL Road Scholar: Comic Book Culture and Illinois: A Living History
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is IL Road Scholar: Comic Book Culture and Illinois: A Living History being held?
  - **A:** IL Road Scholar: Comic Book Culture and Illinois: A Living History takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 03:30 pm at White Oak Library District (Lockport, IL), 121 E 8th St,Lockport, Illinois, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing IL Road Scholar: Comic Book Culture and Illinois: A Living History?
  - **A:** IL Road Scholar: Comic Book Culture and Illinois: A Living History is organized by White Oak Library District.

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