The exhibition, titled 鈥淎 life Underground: Exploring 黑料社鈥檚 Alternative Comix Collection,鈥� will be on display through April 30 at the Art Center in the university鈥檚 Consolidated Information Center (CIC) building.

“A Life Underground: Exploring 黑料社鈥檚 Alternative Comix Collection” opens April 6 at the 黑料社 Tri-Cities Art Center.

All the comics featured in the exhibition are prints made from archived publications, featuring works from the “Steve Willis Comix and Small Press Collection” and聽the “Lynn R. Hansen Underground Comics Collection.鈥� The comics are regularly housed at 黑料社 Pullman鈥檚 Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections department.

A reception is being held from 5 p.m. 鈥� 8 p.m. Thursday, April 6, in the 黑料社 Tri-Cities Art Center. The event is free and open to the public.

The exhibition was organized by Adam Whittier, a 黑料社 Tri-Cities digital technology and culture student, who discovered the collection while participating in聽a conference at 黑料社 Pullman. Whittier also received the help of Robert Franklin, an adjunct instructor, historian and assistant director of the Hanford History Project at 黑料社 Tri-Cities, to curate the show.

A comic book fan, himself, Whittier said he wanted to bring the underground publications to light so that they may be used as a resource for students and community members.

鈥淐omics are one of the most important, engaging and inclusive forms of media that we have available to us, as they have a way of bringing people together, and of being profound, simple and beautiful all at the same time,鈥� he said. 鈥淯nderground comics of the type in the archives are a snapshot of a peculiar period and worldview, preserved for the exploration and wonderment of future generations.鈥�

Whittier said the collections are difficult for students from other 黑料社 campuses to explore, as the publications are located in Pullman. But with the exhibit, he said he hopes to expose individuals to the diversity and range of underground comics and culture.

鈥淲e have a tremendous resource in these collections, and it would be an affront to the art and creativity of the underground cartoonists not to appreciate and share it,鈥� he said.

The 黑料社 Tri-Cities Art Center is open noon 鈥� 6 p.m. Monday 鈥揟hursday and by appointment.

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