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  • D.B. Dowd, “K is for Knowledge," from A is for Autocrat: A Trumpian Alphabet, Illustrated. Spartan Holiday Books, 2020.
    D.B. Dowd, “K is for Knowledge," from A is for Autocrat: A Trumpian Alphabet, Illustrated. Spartan Holiday Books, 2020.
  • DB Dowd, “X is for Xenophobe, Y is for Yahooism,” from A is for Autocrat. Spartan Holiday Books, 2020.
    DB Dowd, “X is for Xenophobe, Y is for Yahooism,” from A is for Autocrat. Spartan Holiday Books, 2020.
  • D.B. Dowd, Final spread, Pneumonia Lessons, about a Covid-19 scare, published in Plague Journal Vol. 2, Detroit.
    D.B. Dowd, Final spread, Pneumonia Lessons, about a Covid-19 scare, published in Plague Journal Vol. 2, Detroit.
  • D.B. Dowd, Introductory spread, Spartan Holiday No. 3: French Lesson. 2019.
    D.B. Dowd, Introductory spread, Spartan Holiday No. 3: French Lesson. 2019.
  • D.B. Dowd, “Akron St. Vincent game, 2014,” Spartan Holiday No. 3: French Lesson. 2019.
    D.B. Dowd, “Akron St. Vincent game, 2014,” Spartan Holiday No. 3: French Lesson. 2019.

D.B. Dowd

Professor

Director, D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library

dbdowd@wustl.edu
Campus Box 1031
Biography 

D.B. Dowd is an illustrator and writer who lectures and curates exhibitions on the history of illustration and cartooning. Through his award-winning travel zine Spartan Holiday, he documents his engagement with the social landscape through a blend of reportage, memoir, and history. His book Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice tackles the history of mark-making from pre-alphabetic times to the cloud-based present. Dowd is a professor of art and serves as the faculty director of the D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library; he also holds a courtesy appointment in American Culture Studies in Arts & Sciences.

Related links 

D.B. Dowd's website
Spartan Holiday Illustrated Journal