The Materials Room is now usually open from 11am to 3pm Monday to Friday during term-time for University staff and students. For safety, we are restricting numbers to not more than 10 in the room, and asking for masks to be worn where possible.
Please contact Marion (m.syratt-barnes@mdx.ac.uk) to make an appointment outside these hours, or for more information about the using the Special Collections.
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The Comics Collection is an assortment of comics which is held in the Materials Room, where there is also a display of items from the collection.
The Materials Room is located in the Basement of the Sheppard Library at Hendon and is open from 11am - 3pm Monday to Friday during term-time. Contact Marion (m.syratt-barnes@mdx.ac.uk) for more information.
The categories are:
Adult Comics
Including: Zit, Warrior, The Phantom,
Cartoons
Charlton/DC Comics
Children's Comics
Including: Beano, Beezer, Buster, Bunty, Dandy, Eagle, June & Schoolfriend, Mandy, My Guy, Princess, Teddy Bear, Victor
Chinese & Japanese
Comic Cuts
Comic Strips
Film and TV
Funday Times
Marvel Comics
Non UK/US
Oz
Punch Covers
Raw
R Crumb
2000AD
Underground
Viz, Gas & Smut
Warren