What is the art form found in comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and manga? Comics scholars, curators and graphic novelists John Jennings and Damian Duffy are here to provide the answer, or at least explain the question. They will discuss the history and future of the comics medium in the contexts of new media education and museum exhibition.? This presentation will be informed by their own work using graphic novels to critique racial representation in mass media, creating virtual reality comics, and curating the expansive Fall 2008 Krannert Art Museum exhibition Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics. In conjuction with: Krannert Art Museum; Program in Science and Technology Studies; School of Art and Design; Spurlock Museum This presentation is held in anticipation of the 2009-2010 CAS Initiative Interpreting Technoscience: Explorations in Identity, Culture and Democracy. Rayvon Fouche has been named CAS Resident Associate for this initiative.