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#WomenOnPanels, One Year Later

January 24, 2020

Editors Note: Comics Academe is back for 2020! In 2019 we published 15 articles, the majority of which were essays and reviews from scholars from different disciplines, some which are traditionally excluded from comics studies annotated bibliographies, such as Spanish Language Instruction, and ...

Comics Academe, Essays, Indie & Small Press, Reviews

Ladies-in-Waiting (Las meninas) Is a Docu-Drama about Murder, Ambition, Deceit, and Palace Intrigue

December 20, 2019

As a Spanish professor with an affinity for comics and graphic novels, I am known to make time to peruse the comic book stores whenever I get to Spain. But I also have a special affinity for the great masters of art, and so I also make sure I have time to visit El Prado museum so that I can see ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Interviews

Curating “Ladies First”: An Interview with Caitlin McGurk and Rachel Miller

November 22, 2019

The impact of comics and cartoon art made by women is often lessened or missing altogether from historical narratives, and Caitlin McGurk and Rachel Miller are out to set the record straight. Together they have curated a new exhibit at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum titled Ladies ...

Comics, Comics Academe

Unlikely Superhero: Margaret Atwood’s Angel Catbird

October 18, 2019

In 2016, before the first volume of the three-part graphic novel by world renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood was released, a lot of interviews with her flooded comics news websites, as well as the literary subsections of major newspapers. Mike Richardson described it: “a bold and ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Interviews

The Canadian Comics Open Library Is Shaping Our Shelves

September 27, 2019

Finding comic books at your local library can sometimes be an effort in frustration, or worse, futility. If they are available at all, they are often lumped under a single label, hidden away on a shelf in the corner. Part of the issue, explained librarian Rotem Diamant in a CBC interview, is ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis

September 20, 2019

Having made its recent debut, Lost City Explorers is a brand new comic series by Aftershock Comics. In this series, siblings Helen and Homer Coates find themselves reeling from the sudden death of their archaeologist father, Dr. Tom Coates, who they believe has died in an underground work ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Con Diaries, Events

Con(ference) Diary: CSS19 Comics/Politics

August 2, 2019

The Comics Studies Society held its second annual conference at Toronto’s Ryerson University over the last weekend of July. Drawing on the theme, Comics/Politics, CSS19 attendees from around the world participated in a conference that foregrounded Canadian comics scholarship and practice in ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Interviews, Zines

Our Queer Older Siblings Will Guide Us: An Interview with the Queer Zine Archive Project

July 25, 2019

I am sick of articles and think pieces that tell us zines are back. The more I visit zine festivals, talk to zinesters, buy zines, and check out zine libraries, the more I realize that zines never left. Zines, and the people who make them, have grown, found new avenues to reach people, and ...

Comics, Comics Academe

Comics Academe: Calls for Action and CFP

July 19, 2019

It’s been a banner year in Comics Studies, with new series, edited collections, and conferences debuting. And with the growing opportunities come the Calls for Proposals, Calls for Papers, and Calls for Panels.

Comics, Comics Academe

4 Colorism, or, White Paper/Brown Pixels

May 31, 2019

Welcome back to this two part series on comics, color printing technology, and dark skin! We’re still here, trying to figure out brown. Luckily, things get a little less ashy from here on out. In the last section, we thought about technological biases against brown skin, which have cropped up ...

Comics Academe

#WomenOnPanels, One Year Later

Ladies-in-Waiting (Las meninas) Is a Docu-Drama about Murder, Ambition, Deceit, and Palace Intrigue

Curating “Ladies First”: An Interview with Caitlin McGurk and Rachel Miller

Unlikely Superhero: Margaret Atwood’s Angel Catbird

The Canadian Comics Open Library Is Shaping Our Shelves

The Harmful Pseudoarchaeology of Mythological Atlantis

Con(ference) Diary: CSS19 Comics/Politics

Our Queer Older Siblings Will Guide Us: An Interview with the Queer Zine Archive Project

Comics Academe: Calls for Action and CFP

4 Colorism, or, White Paper/Brown Pixels

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