To mark the life of union organizer, songwriter, and cartoonist Joe Hill, the GHC is pleased to release this free commemorative colouring poster entitled “Don’t Mourn, Organize!” (see contest instructions below). Hill was executed by the state of Utah 100 years ago, on 19 November 1915. Joel Emmanuel Hägglund (also known as Joseph Hillström, or … Read More
In October, I traveled to the small Italian city of Ravenna as a guest speaker/artist for the 2015 Komikazen International Reality Comic Festival. I found the whole event stimulating and inspiring and I want to share some of my experiences for those interested in political comics and radical art in general. Komikazen is an annual comic … Read More
The Graphic History Collective was interviewed by Daniel Tseghay, in RankandFile.ca about how we recently unionized. He’s right, one day we should draw a comic about how we unionized. Read it here: http://rankandfile.ca/2015/09/22/illustrating-the-freelancers-organizing-model/ While the CFU is open to a variety of independent media workers, the GHC’s attention to labour history is particularly welcomed. “I think it’s important that any … Read More
We are proud to announce that GHC members have joined the Canadian Freelance Union, a new union for freelance media and creative workers like us. The Canadian Freelance Union is a Community Chapter of Unifor (Union of Canada), the largest private sector labour union in Canada. Unifor’s Community Chapters are a new way for workers … Read More
The Graphic History Collective warmly welcomes the newest member to the organizing collective, artist Kara Sievewright. We are honored that she will be sharing her artistic talents and organizing skills with the GHC. Kara Sievewright is an artist, writer, and designer who has published comics in many magazines and anthologies including Plenitude, Descant, World War Three Illustrated, Certain Days: Political … Read More
The Graphic History Collective is announcing the launch of our third major comics project, tentatively titled, Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike as Political Protest.
[metaslider id=1367] The Graphic History Collective was invited to give a keynote presentation at Mount Royal University, for the Mount Royal Historical Society’s Foothills Colloquium. Robin Folvik (labour researcher) and Sam Bradd (artist/graphic recorder), travelled to Calgary and presented a selection of the comics, which you’ll be able to read in full in our book … Read More
Educate! Illustrate! Organize! Working-class and Labour History Through Comics is a 3 month exhibit curated by Robin Folvik, a member of the Graphic History Collective. The exhibit was created for the Cumberland Museum and Archives to open in conjunction with the Pacific Northwest Labour History Association and Miners’ Memorial Weekend, June 12-15th, 2014. It highlights … Read More
The Graphic History Collective recently published an article on comics and history in Issue 40.1 (2014) of the Bulletin of the Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada (CHA/SHC). The article is called “Getting Graphic with the Past: Comics and Radical History” and you can read it here: Getting Graphic with the Past For more … Read More
Five years ago, the Graphic History Collective came together to publish May Day: A Graphic History of Protest. We had our launch party on May 1st at Rhizome Cafe, a wonderful venue we all miss. Since becoming a collective we’ve learned a tremendous amount, not only about comics and history, but also how to … Read More