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Jurgen Comics Contest Newspaper And Artwork - 2022, Alyson Piccione
Jurgen Comics Contest Newspaper And Artwork - 2022, Alyson Piccione
Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest
Digital edition of the Jurgen Comics Contest broadsheet newspaper celebrating the 2022 Contest winners. The newspaper design and supplemental artwork was created by contest student editor Alyson Piccione. Supplemental promotional materials include poster, comic, and caricatures of historical figures who played a role in the censorship of James Branch Cabell's work Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice.
The 2022 Jurgen Comics Contest invited VCU students to explore some episode or aspect of the seizure and censorship of James Branch Cabell’s Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice in a single-page, multi-panel comic.
Cabell Walks Into A Bar, Erin Crawford
Cabell Walks Into A Bar, Erin Crawford
Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest
Grand Prize winner in the 2022 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.
Literary figures F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald make an appearance in this wry work calling to mind the Sunday comics of Winsor McCay. The Prohibition era story is told with a modern twist, as characters drink from juice boxes. Their heads are drawn as speech bubbles as a commentary on how we are all our thoughts and words/actions.
Moral Of The Story, Katy Hooper
Moral Of The Story, Katy Hooper
Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest
Honorable mention in the 2022 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.
A student works with laptop and sketchbook to develop insight into the events and issues surrounding the censorship of James Branch Cabell's book Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice. A drawing of a devil taunts the artist throughout the comic.
The Banning Of Jurgen, Hannah Smith
The Banning Of Jurgen, Hannah Smith
Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest
Honorable mention in the 2022 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.
Inspired by the work of Frank C. Papé, one of the illustrators of Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice, this comic features a young Jurgen and numerous fanciful creatures surrounded by an angry crowd calling for them to be banned.
Swear To It, Jay Crilley
Swear To It, Jay Crilley
Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest
Runner-up award in the 2022 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.
This colorful comic draws from a newspaper account of the “Propriety and Impropriety in Literature” debate held at the National Arts Club on Nov. 8, 1922, only weeks after the case against Cabell's Jurgen was dismissed.
The Judging Of Jurgen, Tess Wladar
The Judging Of Jurgen, Tess Wladar
Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest
Runner-up award in the 2022 Jurgen Banned Art Comics Contest.
Playing with sight gags and double-entendre, this comic refers to James Branch Cabell's own response to New York Society for the Suppression of Vice censor John S. Sumner. Cabell wrote a satirical fable called "The Judging of Jurgen," featuring a tumblebug, or dung beetle, who made accusations against King Jurgen in the court of Philistia.