Jane Shim

Atop the narrow staircase leading to College Hall's Philomathean Art Gallery lies an intimate photography exhibit documenting the spring break trips of 300 Penn students. However, instead of the predictable beaches and bars, the captured images display moments from various Penn groups' community service trips.

The flat-screen television flashing with vivid images of superheroes and Charlie Brown seemed out of place at the time-worn Kelly Writers House last night as Pulitzer Prize-winning artist and author of Maus Art Spiegelman presented "Comix 101." The presentation was a condensed history of comic-book evolution intertwined with his personal experience writing graphic novels.