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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The International Comics Art Forum 2017

An overview of the 2017 International Comics Art Forum conference in Seattle, WA.

The (re)Collection Agency #6: A Conversation with Aaron Kashtan

The sixth in our conversations with comics scholars. This time with Dr. Aaron Kashtan, discussing the backlash against diversity, fun comics as worthy of study, and how you shouldn’t be ashamed to love My Little Pony.

The (re)Collection Agency #5: A Conversation with Andréa Gilroy

The fifth in our conversations with comics scholars. This time with Dr. Andrea Gilroy, discussing how the tensions between image and text in comics reflect the messiness of identity, and how Ninja Turles and picture bibles might lead to being a comics scholar.

The (re)Collection Agency #4: A Conversation with Brian Cremins

The latest in our conversations with comics scholars: this time Dr. Brian Cremins talks comics and nostalgia as pitfall and strategy in (re)constructing personal and historical narratives.

The (re)Collection Agency #3: A Conversation with Leah Misemer

The third in our series of talks with comics scholars; this time we talk letters columns, graphic medicine, and keeping comics studies fun with Dr. Leah Misemer.