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Comic book cover of Nick Fury and American soldiers fighting Nazi soldiers with men in prison uniforms running away; Soldier with a swastika on his helmet in the foreground and a fire in the background

WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda

Scarlett Jones, BA in English, 2026.

WWII Comic Arts and Propaganda is an online exhibition of comic arts materials held by Mizzou Libraries Special Collections that address the relationships between comics and propaganda as related to the Second World War. This online exhibition is curated by Scarlett Jones, fourth-year student in the BA in English program as part of her 2026 internship in Special Collections.

Leaders and Heroes 2: The Arts

Curated by Courtney Gillie and John Henry Adams, 2021.

This exhibit was born out of a desire to showcase materials within Special Collections at the University of Missouri that were produced by historically excluded people. We want all of our students to be able to see themselves proudly reflected in our collections.

Cartoon of three men on a ladder with people looking at them out of buildings and below them

John T. McCutcheon: A Cartoonist in his Prime, 1930s

Curated by Allison Cathey, 2021.

Works from American cartoonist John T. McCutcheon in the 1930s.

Black and white comic panel of a caveman and a dinosaur

Alley Oop

Curated by Katie Carr, 2008. Updated in 2021.

In September 2008, MU Libraries celebrated the 75th anniversary of the syndication of the comic strip Alley Oop with an exhibition drawing from the libraries'V.T. HamlinandComic Art Collections.