
UBC scholar Elizabeth Nijdam explains how comics and graphic novels help people remember history
Nijdam spoke about her research at Green College UBC in a presentation with Taiwanese graphic novelist Ruan Guang-min.

Nijdam spoke about her research at Green College UBC in a presentation with Taiwanese graphic novelist Ruan Guang-min.

Following the talk, there will be a guided tour of Ruan Guang-min’s exhibition, Comics on the Island – Taiwan, at the Pendulum Gallery.

This weekend, LNY Splash and the VIFF Centre are co-presenting films about Asian families to get into the Lunar New Year spirit.

台湾漫画家、图像小说家阮光民 (Ruan Guang-min) 的作品中,从不见超级英雄击败邪恶势力的画面。他更喜欢透过笔下角色,刻画台湾庶民的心境、情感与价值观。

台灣漫畫家、圖像小說家阮光民 (Ruan Guang-min) 的作品中,從不見超級英雄擊敗邪惡勢力的畫面。他更喜歡透過筆下角色,刻畫台灣庶民的心境、情感與價值觀。

Ruan has created sensitive and empathetic depictions of working people in comics such as Dung Hua Chuen Barbershop and Yong-Jiu Grocery Store.






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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
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