Heide Solbrig

Heide Solbrig is a Visiting Lecturer and Coordinator for Visual Storytelling and Comic Arts at Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt). She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of California, San Diego, where her dissertation explored the history of motivational film under co-advisors Robert Horwitz and Lisa Cartwright. She also earned an M.F.A. (field unspecified in source). Her academic and creative work bridges comics, media scholarship, and visual narrative.

Her research focuses on memoir and journalistic comics, particularly examining generational experiences like growing up during the 1970s divorce era. Her comics have been featured in Filmmaker Magazine, literary journals, and anthologies. She founded the Boston Comics Workspace (2012–2018) and is an original member of the Graphic Memoir Collective. She teaches art, comics, and media studies across Boston-area institutions.

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