{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 40, Joel Christian Gill","description":"The inaugural chair of the Master of Fine Arts in Visual Narrative at Boston University, Joel Christian Gill recently talked to Strip Search about the exhibit he curated there, \u201cComics Is A Medium, Not a Genre,\u201d running through March 24, 2023. It\u2019s a free exhibit that covers a century and a half of American comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and more, in an attempt to show how comics can tell any kind of story to any age group or demographic. (Not just kids, in other words.) \u201cIt becomes this really pure art form,\u201d Gill says, explaining that comics, with their unique blend of words and visuals, have a way of reaching readers that other media might not. \u201cIt teaches you things because it talks to you on this subconscious level,\u201d he says. Gill talked about curating the exhibit, about his own work \u2014 including the great graphic novel series "Strange Fruit" \u2014 and about why comics sometimes scare people to death.  Also: Dave and Pete discuss the big announcement that "Calvin and Hobbes" creator Bill Watterson is coming back to comics! (Sort of.)     ","author_name":"Strip Search","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/396983","html":"