Comics! Academics! The Bible?! When I tell people I study the Bible and comics, I never quite know how they’re going to take it. Will they be more offended by the Bible part or the comics part? In my North American context, many people conflate the Bible and its intense study with very conservative Christianity, but…
Comics Academe: Imposter Syndrome! I Have No Idea What I’m Doing
I wish I could be the type of brilliant academic that feels motivated by the muse, the type that drinks red wine during the day, writing down all of her inspired thoughts in a leather bound journal. Basically Olivia Pope getting her doctorate. I am sure this brilliant academic superhero exists somewhere; she probably did…
Comics Academe
My name is Francesca Lyn, and I am a second year doctoral student in the Media, Art, and Text program at Virginia Commonwealth University. My research interests center on graphic memoirs written by women. I didn’t come to VCU knowing I wanted to study comics. In fact, my path to studying comics is a rather winding one….
Previously on Comics: Ends and Beginnings
Good morning! It’s my last week of the Fall quarter at school, so I’m taking a break from finals to give you the NEWS!
The Symposium on Comic Arts: At the Intersections of Comics Education and Industry
Timing is everything, and for this Comics Academe, I wanted to share another type of Comics Academe submission: Con Diaries. Just like our WWAC con diaries, Comics Academe con diaries are a way for contributors to share their experiences when attending conventions that are organized by academic organizations in comics studies — like ICAF or…
Previously On Comics: Twenty-Twenty-Sue
Good morning! Before anything else, a hearty cheers for our former editor and occasional star writer, Adrienne Resha, who has just been named as a winner of the 2022 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award. Adrienne, you’re as brilliant as ever, and we’re so glad to know you. Congratulations! Now, as for the rest of you…
Previously on Comics: Of Mouse and Marvel (and Copyright)
Hello again faithful readers! I’m back this week with another Previously. There’s a lot of news to share, so I’m gonna jump right in to talk about the biggest story early in the week, which is the news that Disney is pulling the same bullshit it pulls with The Mouse and using all of its…
Previously on Comics: Unfuck Your Habitat
Hello again, faithful readers. It’s been awhile. And yet, looking at the news from the past week, it’s like nothing’s changed. Some white male creators who have long overstayed their tenure in comics are still out there slotting and harassing people–but then there’s good shit too. Some weeks there’s a little more of column A…
I Draw (A Graphic Dissertation), Comics as Method and Holding Environment
Last week, in “I Draw (A Graphic Dissertation), Therefore I Am,” I wrote about how I got to drawing my dissertation, drawing comics as scholarship, and about comics as a way to think. Building on that, this week I want to start with the concept of “holding environments” (term originally coined by Donald Woods Winnicott…
UK Comics Laureate Hannah Berry Takes on Chapter 3 of Planet DIVOC-91
COVID-19 isn’t going away any time soon, and neither is the discussion and issues around it, which leaves lots of room for Planet DIVOC-91 to continue its exploration of the impact of this pandemic. Created by Sara Kenney, Creative Director at Wowbagger Productions, and Dr. Bella Starling, Director of Vocal at Manchester University NHS Foundation…
Previously On Comics: It’s a Good News Week – Huzzah!
It’s my turn to write the news roundup for the week, and how sweet it is to see that, at least for the moment, the major events are positive!
ComicCon@Home Teaching With Comics Panels Roundup
Hello! You may have noticed that there was not a Comics Academe this month, and that was because we elected to save this spot to review the Comics Studies and comics education panels at SDCC’s Comic Con @ Home. Well…some of them.