Please join Black Mountain Institute for a reading and conversation with Jean Munson, author and illustrator of Stretch Marks, an autobiographical graphic novel. This program will be moderated by Lille Allen.

Jean Munson is a feminist Filipina activist and cartoonist from Guam. She loves using comics as a means to educate and empower those that are underrepresented and misrepresented in comics. Jean co-founded Plot Twist Publishing, a local comics company, and co-founded Comics and Zines Las Vegas (Co-Zi LV). With both local entities, she teaches comic and zine workshops all over the Vegas Valley. Currently, she is a part-time professor in the University of Nevada Las Vegas Art Department, Program Coordinator for the Women's Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN), and a graduate student in the University of Nevada Las Vegas School Counseling Program. Her goal is to build comic literacy and creativity among underserved communities.

Lille Allen is a Latinx designer and writer based in Las Vegas, NV. Currently the in-house designer at Eater, her writing can be found in Hyperallergic, McSweeney's, and others.

This event is co-sponsored by the Women’s Research Institute of Nevada (WRIN).

Parking/getting there: Parking on UNLV’s campus is free and open to all after 7pm; “reserved” parking spots are enforced 24 hours a day, but you may park in any “staff,” “student,” or paid spots. To find the Rogers Literature & Law Building, please turn onto East Harmon Ave and take it as far as you can into campus. We encourage you to park in Lot I or Lot J as they’re closest to our building. Questions? Please email blackmountaininstitute@unlv.edu or call (702) 895-5542.

This program is supported in part by Nevada Humanities.