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Explore comics like you've never seen before!
Join UC Irvine Libraries to celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit, Comics Beyond the Margins: Stories of Empowerment, Identity, and Imagination.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Langson Library Lobby
Exhibit viewing, program, and reception
Immediately after the program, you are invited to stay for a reception and to make your own comic as part of a special DIY Comics activity.
PROGRAM
5:15 p.m. Guest Check-In
5:30 p.m. Exhibit Viewing
5:45 p.m. Welcome and Guest Speaker
6:45 p.m. DIY Comics Activity and Reception
GUEST SPEAKER
Rocío Pichon-Rivière is an assistant professor in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures and the founding director of the Graphic Narratives Research Cluster at UC Irvine, dedicated to the critical study of comics. She is a scholar, artist, and educator, and her research tells stories of a femme and queer intellectual history of marginalized thinkers and the role of alternative media in the dissemination of transformative ideas. She also facilitates online and in-person workshops on creative writing and comics-making and is a member of the Graphic Medicine International Collective Board of Directors.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
From heartbreaking memoirs to surreal, intergalactic tales, Comics Beyond the Margins showcases the unique ways comics provide a platform for empowering underrepresented voices. Featuring comics from UC Irvine Libraries’ general collections, this exhibit highlights examples from the 1960s to the present, covering wide-ranging themes and diverse modes of storytelling. This exhibit traces the underground comics that emerged in the 1960s and later efforts to represent a diverse range of identities. With humor and stunning graphics, Comics Beyond the Margins illustrates the current realities of our world and what a better future might look like for all.
Curated by Scott Stone and Madelynn Dickerson
Designed by Allan Helmick and Sylvia Irving
Exhibit will be on display in UC Irvine Libraries' Langson Library March through October 2026 during regular library hours.
Related LibGuide: Celebrating One and All by Scott Stone
This event is open to all UC Irvine faculty, staff, students, and community members. For questions about this or other UC Irvine Libraries events, please contact partners@uci.edu.
Parking permits are required on the UC Irvine campus at all times. For campus maps and parking rates, see the UC Irvine parking permits webpage.