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Comic Studies

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.

The (re)Collection Agency #8: A Conversation with Francesca Lyn

In the 8th installment of our series of talks with comics scholars, we talk to doctoral student Francesca Lyn about collecting, autobiographical comics, and stand-up comedy.

29 May 2018 in Comic Studies, Interview.

Countering the Gaze: The Liberatory Potential of Bitch Planet’s Exploitation Aesthetic

Making use of the naturalized male gaze to challenge its reductive results and explore questions raised by our Bitch Planet Round Table.

8 May 2018 in Comic Studies, Gender, Guest Post.

Hard Women, Hard Time: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part three)

Part Three in a scholarly round table examining Kelly Sue DeConnik and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet.

13 March 2018 in Comic Studies, Gender, Guest Post, Independent Comics, Round Table.

Bound By Law: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part two)

Part Two in a scholarly round table examining Kelly Sue DeConnik and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet.

8 March 2018 in Comic Studies, Gender, Guest Post, Race, Round Table.

Caged and Enraged: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part one)

Part One in a scholarly round table examining Kelly Sue DeConnik and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet.

6 March 2018 in Comic Studies, Gender, Guest Post, Round Table.

The (re)Collection Agency #7: A Conversation with Brannon Costello

The seventh in our series of conversations with comics scholars. Dr. Brannon Costello discusses his new book on Howard Chaykin, serial monomania, and how relatively radical stuff can happen in a What If? comic.

23 January 2018 in Comic Studies, Comics, Interview.

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