African-American comic book heroes will be the topic of a free public lecture Feb. 22 at Wilson Library at UNC.
Randall Kenan, associate professor of English, will present “It’s Clobbering Time! Comic Books and Creating the Idea of Black Masculinity†at 5:45 p.m. in the Pleasants Family Assembly Room. A reception at 5 p.m. in the Melba Remig Saltarelli Gallery will allow visitors to view the Rare Book Collection exhibit “Popular Culture in Print,†to be up Feb. 22 through May 31.