Jim Mussell

How Comics Were Made is also “the history...of the modern newspaper and the numerous crafts and specializations—all of which required skill if not outright artistry—that rapid technological development demanded.” —Michael Chabon go.nybooks.com/3ZMBLdQ

Can’t believe it’s been a week since the Punch’s Pocket Book team hosted its first conference @ERIBIA_Caen! Thanks so much to our wonderful host @FIBaillet, as well as @DrHorrocks, Bethany Qualls and all the fantastic speakers incl. superb keynotes @DigiVictorian @jimmussell

@DrHorrocks @alisonfchapman @RS4VP @FIBaillet @NW_L19 It was great to spend some time with the project and think about it a bit. Currently working through the DHQ special issue

@alisonfchapman @RS4VP @jimmussell @FIBaillet @NW_L19 We did make recordings Alison and will distribute links shortly!

Closing plenary in Caen from @jimmussell, reflecting on endings and digital preservation, creating digital snapshots of projects that will recreate the past for the future @FIBaillet @NW_L19 @RS4VP #unlockingarchives

Fascinating talk from Bethany Qualls, the etymology of the Pocket Book & classification, key contextual information for Punch's Pocket Book Archive #WDPD2024 #unlockingthearchive @LJMUImpact @FIBaillet @NW_L19 @RS4VP Look out for @LJMU Study Day, next Spring for more on Almanacks

@FIBaillet introducing the #PPBkArchive, opening our first conference on Victorian Humour in the Digital Age @RS4VP #unlockingarchives @LJMUImpact @LJMU_SCA

Hathi Trust obligingly lets users create "collections" of its digital texts. Here's one I made entitled "19th-century literary life" that mostly consists of memoirs by authors, contemporary accounts of publishing houses and periodicals, etc. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/mb?a=listi… #victorian

Hey 19th century friends, don't forget to submit your abstract to RSVP (Research Society for Victorian Periodicals) for 2025's conference in Chicago: rs4vp.org/rsvp-conferenc…

An event of interest for many in our orbit, we imagine!

The Punch’s Pocket Book Archive team warmly invites you to join us for our debut conference: "We are Amused' Victorian Humour in the Digital Age," 7-8 November 2024, Caen Normandie U., France, and on Zoom. Registration is free and open, here: we-are-amused.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/…

For those who couldn't attend our last #RSVPDigEv and don't have time to watch the video (which you should), @marylshannon is giving another talk this Thursday!

Call for papers for the 2025 @cphc / Print Networks conference to be held at the lovely @winterbournehg. Our theme is 'From Provincial to "Regional' and it is a very special event in memory and celebration of Peter Issac and John Hinks. cphc.org.uk/events/2025/7/…

We’ve restored access to our hard copy newspaper collection, which you can now consult in our Newsroom in London, and Boston Spa in Yorkshire 📰 Search for what you need in our catalogue, and place your request using our new online form: bl.uk/research

Helen Clapcott's paintings of Stockport are stunning. Every place needs an artist who makes it their own private utopia.

There are more impotent things in the world But just a little mention of an historic day in Nottinghamshire - and a plea to save some iconic architecture that has symbolised “home” for many of us, all our lives. The cooling towers of Ratcliffe-on-soar. Soon to be blown up… /1

Lots of things that could be posted after such an incredible career but I always thought this was particularly sublime.

Thousands flock to Peace Museum’s new location in Saltaire. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

The deadline for our postgraduate workshop, Periodicals, History and Change @theleedslibrary is on the 27 September 2024. The workshop itself is on 6 December 2024. Full details plus CFP here: periodicalshistory.wixsite.com/periodicalswor…

One of Brum’s finest. Great to see it back

CFP: 'Nineteenth-Century Women Writers, Astronomy and Gender' 🪐 Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies Abstracts due: 15 January 2025. bsls.ac.uk/2024/09/cfp-a-…