Adam Miller collection

Record Group

Identifier: UA-10.3.257

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of Student Ghetto – The Last Stop for Cheap Beer, a compilation of cartoons by Adam Miller depicting the lives of many of his friends. The cartoons appeared in The State News, the student-run newspaper at Michigan State University, during the 1990s.

Dates

Creation: 2007

Creator

Miller, Adam (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Biographical Note

While he was a student at Michigan State University in the 1990s, Adam Miller drew editorial cartoons for the school newspaper, the State News. His most famous cartoon was titled ‘Student Ghetto’ and depicted the lives of several of his real-life friends living in the student ghetto. The strip ran for three semesters and was so popular, it was re-run. Miller graduated in 1999 and tried to get the strip syndicated but there was no real market for strips about college students. So he changed the characters to college graduates and renamed the strip ‘Bachelor Party.’ Miller signed a contract with Creators Syndicate and ‘Bachelor Party’ debuted in September 2002.