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You have a study

Your research and experience should have public impact, but it is rarely cited or even read!

We illuminate the story

Our unique team of academics, non-profit organizers, editors, artists, and writers distill your knowledge and call to action in an invigorating story that connects with readers’ lived experience.

You impact
the world

Research is hard to approach; comics are hard to resist.

We communicate strategies and findings with a universal language that effortlessly conveys important information, drives understanding, and motivates people to act.

What’s New?

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Labor, Art, and Research: An Introduction
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Labor, Art, and Research: An Introduction
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The work we do at SP Comics is hard and challenging, but highly enjoyable. It is labor freedom.

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Narrative, the Scientific Method, & Character Voice
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Narrative, the Scientific Method, & Character Voice
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Like a good research project, a good story starts with a problem. Identifying the problem and working toward the solution is both a scientific method and a narrative story arc.

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The Story of Jones in Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story
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The Story of Jones in Martin Luther King and The Montgomery Story
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It is inspiring to see how the medium of comics was used not only to teach a method of nonviolent resistance and call people to action but to tell a meaningful story about the evil and violence people face, and how as the characters learn to fight back in new ways, they themselves experience change in their personal struggles.

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Team Feature: Meet Emily Ritter
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Team Feature: Meet Emily Ritter
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In this first entry for our new Team Feature blog series, we learn a little more about Emily’s love for comics and her fierce passion for her research, as well as how those two things work together!

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Our Passion for Service
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Our Passion for Service
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We have found our values arise out of the unique experiences of our individuality. Within us there’s fire-spings incredibly unending in blood, oxygen and faith to do anything to achieve our dreams.

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New Comic “The Cookout”
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New Comic “The Cookout”
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New Comic, New Talents: The Cookout

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  • Broaden your reach through the visual storytelling power of comics.

    Your custom comics showcase your research, programming, and message as an engaging, entertaining, and easily navigated story. Guide readers through an informative and emotional experience, inviting them to understand and care about your message, when you reach out and tell us your story.

Testimonials

  • "Sequential Potential was fantastic to work with. The illustrations are amazing and the team has been an absolute pleasure!"

    Isabel Muttreja
    International Affairs Journal

  • "We operate in an academic universe, so we have to write in a certain way. That can make it challenging for our work to inform the world. But the comic really helps to convey the information to a much broader audience in a very compelling way. "

    Jessica Trounstine
    Vanderbilt University

  • "I was particularly impressed with how SPC helped us translate our vague notions into the medium of comic art so that it worked in that format and told our story better than we’ve been able to for quite a while."

    Katy Stigers
    Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises (FAHE)

  • "Working with SPC has helped me think about what is most important in the research and how to communicate it efficiently."

    Jeffrey Harden
    University of Notre Dame

  • "The comic immediately got my book a lot more attention than it otherwise would have."

    Jessica Trounstine
    Vanderbilt University

  • "Many people have come up to me and said how much they like the cover. Students in particular seem to really like it."

    Jonathan Markowitz
    University of Southern California

  • "I was tremendously impressed by how well they were able to convey the book's key ideas in just a single page, and I was delighted with how the comic illustrations and text turned out."

    Jordan Tama
    American University

  • "Amazing team to work with. Creative, responsive, and took our vision for a grant application and brought it to life. Would strongly recommend."

    Shana Gadarian

    Syracuse University

  • "This was super fun. It felt a little bit like pitching a movie...It's not all that different."

    Joe Young
    American University

Our Services

  • Comic Abstracts

    Summarize your research in a single, colorful page to convey your ideas in an eye-catching format

  • Multipage Comics

    Preface your scholarly book with a narrative comic, highlighting its broader impacts

  • Book Covers & Posters

    Commission original art to precisely represent the contribution of your book

  • Comic Strips

    Quickly convey the highlights of an article, strategy, or op-ed piece in a newspaper-style comic strip

  • Impactful Illustrations

    Illustrate a process, a relationship, or a key idea for a program, article, or strategic plan

  • Graphic Novel or Non-Fiction

    Create a graphic book to share the histories, ethnographies, and processes of your research in a peer-reviewed or trade press book

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