Coming soon: The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai’s classic novel, in English
A classic of Japanese literature, brought to life in manga for the first time! This is the first manga edition in English of The Setting Sun, Osamu Dazai’s classic novel,…
Free book: Comics Research Bibliography 2023, E-book Edition
The Comics Research Bibliography began as an online resource in 1996. John Bullough, struck by the success of the Grand Comics Database crowd-sourcing project, proposed a companion project of a…
New Book: Wildfire by Oregon Cartoonist Breena Bard
An inspiring and moving graphic novel, Wildfire follows climate change through the eyes of one middle-school girl, who’s eager to turn her anger into action. Julianna loved her life in…
RIP, Walt Curtis
By now, most of you have heard that Portland icon Walt Curtis passed away. Walt was well connected with the Oregon Cartoon Institute (now OCP), and a good friend of…
Free ebook: Recovering the Radical Promise of Superheroes: Un/Making Worlds
Superhero meaning making is a site of struggle. Superheroes (are thought to) trouble borders and normative ways of seeing and being in the world. Superhero narratives (are thought to) represent,…
Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics
Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal…
Comics and Migration: Representation and Other Practices
Comics and human mobility have a long history of connections. This volume explores these entanglements with a focus on both how comics represent migration and what applied uses comics have…
Stirling Maxwell Centre, University of Glasgow: Autumn 2023 Seminar Series
Goya’s Caprichos and Emblems María de los Dolores Cabrero Rodríguez-Jalón (Complutense University, Madrid) Thursday, 5 October 2023, 5 p.m., Glasgow University Library Special Collections Seminar Room and online C.L.R. James’s…
Now in Paperback: Female Cartoonists in the United States Bad Girls and Invisible Women
This book by Hélène Tison provides an introduction to women cartoonists in the US, reading their work from a feminist, literary and stylistic perspective, which shines a light on their…
Call for Submissions: ‘Comic Ethnographies’ special issue of European Comic Art
Guest edited by Sophie Fuggle and James Walker, Nottingham Trent University This special issue of European Comic Art explores the growing use of comics and graphic novels as visual ethnographies.…