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Comic Studies

Ms. Marvel’s Mise-En-Scène: How the MCU uses Environmental Storytelling to Adapt the Comics

Adrienne Resha examines how Ms. Marvel on Disney+ uses the mise-en-scène to help adapt and convey information from its comic sources.

20 December 2022 in Comic Studies, Guest Post.

George O. Frink: A Pioneer in Queer Cartooning (part two)

In Part Two, Dr. Kevin Cooley examines Frink’s life and other comic strips to provide evidence and context for Lucy and Sophie Say Goodbye queer imagination.

1 November 2022 in Comic Studies, Comics, Guest Post, Queer.

George O. Frink: A Pioneer in Queer Cartooning (part one)

The forgotten cartoonist George O. Frink (1874-1932) laid the groundwork for over a century of queer cartooning, created the comics’ first lesbian couple in 1905, and shared their tragic fate of death in an asylum 27 years later.

25 October 2022 in Comic Studies, Comics, Guest Post, Queer.

Making Refugee Stories Visible: Matt Huynh’s Adaptation of “The Boat”

How can digital comics help to tell refugee stories without erasing the actual refugees in the process?

15 February 2022 in Comic Studies, Comics, Guest Post.

One Moment in Time: Designer Willi Smith and Mary Jane’s Wedding Dress

In this guest post, Monica Gerrafo examines the designing of Mary Jane Watson’s dress for her 1987 wedding to Spider-Man and the implications of both’s live-action and on-the-page presence.

2 November 2021 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Marvel Comics.

The Other 80s: A Q&A with Editors Brian Cremins & Brannon Costello

Drs. Brian Cremins and Brannon Costello sit down to discuss their recent edited comics studies collection, The Other 80s: Reframing Comics’ Crucial Decade

15 June 2021 in Comic Studies, Interview.

The (re)Collection Agency #13: A Conversation with Anna Peppard

Discussing the intersection of collecting and desire, superhero sex, and avoiding spoiler aversion with Dr. Anna Peppard.

15 December 2020 in Comic Studies, Comics, Interview, Sexuality.

“There’d Be a Hanging!” – Spontaneous Authenticity and the Fluctuative Quality of Comic Art in Gilbert Hernandez’s “Human Diastrophism”

Exploring how NYC grafitti and Gilbert Hernandez seek to DESTROY ALL LINES.

13 October 2020 in Art, Comic Studies, Independent Comics.

Reading Comics at the Threshold: A Round Table on Letter Columns & Other Comics Paratexts (Part 3)

The third and final part of our round table on comics paratexts, looking at digital comics and representations of the digital in comics.

29 September 2020 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table, Webcomics.

Reading Comics at the Threshold: A Round Table on Letter Columns & Other Comics Paratexts (Part 2)

Part two of our round table on comics paratexts looks at ads, peritexts, and disruptive backmatter.

22 September 2020 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table.

Reading Comics at the Threshold: A Round Table on Letter Columns & Other Comics Paratexts (Part 1)

Part One in our three part roundtable on comics paratexts focuses on letter columns.

15 September 2020 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table.

The (re)Collection Agency #12: A Conversation with Rebecca Wanzo

In the 12th installment of our series of talks with comics scholars and teachers, we talk with Dr. Rebecca Wanzo, about her new book, the difference between caricature and stereotype, and not remembering a beginning of a political consciousness.

7 July 2020 in Comic Studies, Interview, Race.

1001 Variations: Narrative Mutation & Marvel’s Exiles

New and different, but not all-new and all-different, adaptation and change in superhero comics as narrative mutation.,

7 May 2019 in Comic Studies, Comics, Guest Post.

Seeing Sounds / Hearing Pictures – A Round Table on Sound & Comics (part four)

Part Four in a four-part scholarly round table examining the intersections of sound and comics.

18 April 2019 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table, Sound Studies.

Seeing Sounds / Hearing Pictures – A Round Table on Sound & Comics (part three)

Part Three in a four-part scholarly round table examining the intersections of sound and comics.

16 April 2019 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table, Sound Studies.

Seeing Sounds / Hearing Pictures – A Round Table on Sound & Comics (part two)

Part Two in a four-part scholarly round table examining the intersections of sound and comics.

11 April 2019 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table, Sound Studies.

Seeing Sounds / Hearing Pictures – A Round Table on Sound & Comics (part one)

Part One of a scholarly round table exploring the intersection of sound and comics.

9 April 2019 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table, Sound Studies.

The (re)Collection Agency #11: A Conversation with Marc Singer

In the 11th installment of our series of talks with comics scholars and teachers, we talk with Dr. Marc Singer about his new book Breaking the Frames, the state of comics studies, and which is worse, recommending someone watch Aquaman or read Kingdom Come.

12 March 2019 in Comic Studies, Interview.

“I AM (not) FROM BEYOND!” – Situating Scholarship & the Writing “I”

Our 2018 Year-End Meta Post considers the role of the personal – both identificatory perception and the labor of writing itself – in scholarship.

25 December 2018 in Comic Studies, Meta.

The (re)Collection Agency #10: A Conversation with Margaret Galvan

In the 10th installment of our series of talks with comics scholars and teachers, we talk to Dr. Margaret Galvan about comics archives, keeping a spreadsheet of a comics collection, and the importance of research into grassroots periodicals in the study of queer comics.

6 November 2018 in Comic Studies, Interview, Sexuality.

Mind the Gaps 2018! The First Annual CSS Conference

An overview of Mind the Gaps 2018 – the first annual conference of the Comics Studies Society.

28 August 2018 in Comic Studies, Comics.

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