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Graphic Novel Review: Adieu Birkenau: Ginette Kolinka’s Story of Survival
reviewed by Matt ReingoldGinette Kolinka, Jean-David Morvan and Victor Matet (writers), Cesc and Efa (illustrators), Roger (colorist) and Edward Gauvin (translator). Adieu Birkenau: Ginette Kolinka’s...
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Graphic Novel Review: The Incredible Story of Cooking: From Prehistory to...
reviewed by Cord Scott, UMGC AsiaStephane Douay and Benoist Simmat and Montana Kane (translator). The Incredible Story of Cooking: From Prehistory to today, 500,000 years of adventure. NBM...
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Graphic Novel Review: Woman & Man+
reviewed by C.T. LimCraig Yoe. Woman & Man+. Clover Press, 2024. https://cloverpress.us/products/woman-manCraig Yoe is best known as an editor and publisher of archival comic book compilations...
View ArticleAn Evening with Jules Feiffer at the Cosmos Club in 2007
The great cartoonist Jules Feiffer has passed away. IJOCA ran this interview in print in Fall 2008. An Evening with Jules FeifferBy Alan Fern The late Dr. John P. McGovern established an award...
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Graphic Novel Review: Sunday, by Olivier Schrauwen
reviewed by Luke C. JacksonOlivier Schrauwen, Sunday. Fantagraphics, 2024. US $39.99. ISBN: 9781683969679. https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/sundayHighly regarded Belgian cartoonist Olivier...
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Graphic Novel Review: Bald by Tereza Čechová (text) and Štěpánka Jislová (ill.)
reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, SeattleBald by Tereza Čechová (text) and Štěpánka Jislová (ill.); translated by Martha Kuhlman and Tereza Čechová. University Park, PA: Graphic...
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Exhibit review: Tove Jansson: Paradise
reviewed by Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan, University of CalgaryTove Jansson: Paradise. Heli Harni, curator.HAM Helsinki Art Museum, October 25, 2024 – April 6, 2025....
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Lucca Comics & Games 2024 Festival Review: "The Butterfly Effect"
reviewed by Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan, University of CalgaryLucca Comics & Games 2024. Lucca, Italy. October 30 – November 3, 2024.https://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/ The Butterfly...
View ArticleLent Comic Art Classification 2017 Edition online as free ebook
Now available at https://archive.org/details/lent-comic-art-classification-2017-edition-with-coversI've been updating it and hopefully a 2nd edition will come out next year as this version is dated due...
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Emil Ferris: My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Book Two exhibition review
reviewed by Laurie Anne Agnese Emil Ferris: My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Book Two. Paris: Galerie Martel, November 7, 2024 - January 11, 2025. https://www.galeriemartel.com/emil-ferris-2024/Like the...
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Comics Research Bibliography 2024 E-book Edition available online now
29 years in the making, the latest version of the Comics Research Bibliography by Mike Rhode; John A. Lent; Tony R. Rose is available for free online.Now at 1,614 pages (up from 2023's 1535 pages),...
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Graphic Novel Review: Wicked: The Graphic Novel Part I, by Scott Hampton
reviewed by Julian LawrenceWicked: The Graphic Novel Part I. Gregory Maguire, adapted and illustrated by Scott Hampton. New York: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2025....
View ArticleIJOCA seeks David Kunzle memorial articles
submit material directly to John please.from:John A. Lent<john.lent@temple.edu>David Kunzle Memorial As many of you know, prominent comics scholar, David Kunzle, died January 1, 2024. In my view,...
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International Journal of Comic Art Index 1999-2023 now available as free ebook
International Journal of Comic Art Author, Country, and Genre Index Volumes 1-25 (1999-2023)by Grace Livingston Wright Hulme, Jae-Woong Kwon, John A. Lent, and Xu Ying Drexel Hill, PA: International...
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Upcoming California Rare Book School course "The Social and Material Lives of...
Prof. Charles Hatfield's California Rare Book School course, "The Social and Material Lives of Comic Art," is to be held at UCLA from July 28 through August 1 (the week after the San Diego...
View ArticleMontgomery County art teacher publishes 8th children's book on space...
Montgomery County art teacher publishes 8th children's book on space adventures [Jonathan Roth]April 2, 2025...
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IJOCA vol. 1-1 (1999) and Index (vols 1-25 available via print on demand
The IJOCA team is pleased to announce that the long out-of-print 1-1 is available again. This was made from scans so the quality is slightly below that of current issues, but it's the same size and...
View ArticleThe Forum for Humor & the Law (ForHum) and CGFoE just launched the largest...
from the Columbia Global Freedom of Expression newsletterWe have more exciting news. The Forum for Humor & the Law (ForHum) and CGFoE just launched the largest survey ever conducted on political...
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Graphic Novel Review: Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn
Reviewed by Cassy LeeBriana Loewinsohn. Raised by Ghosts. Fantagraphics, 2025. 224 pp.ISBN: 9798875000508. U.S. $18.99https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/new-this-month/products/raised-by-ghosts...
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Graphic Novel Review: Trouble Is My Business, by Arvind Ethan David, Ilias...
review by Charles Henebry, Boston University.Arvind Ethan David, Ilias Kyriazis, and Cris Peter. Raymond Chandler’s Trouble Is My Business. New York: Pantheon Books, 2025. 116 pp. US $29....
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Interview with Holler Author, and Climate Justice Activist, Denali Sai...
Interviewed by Cassy Lee Denali Sai Nalamalapu . Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance, Timber Press, 2025. ISBN: 9781643265230, $21.99....
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Book Review: Tell Me a Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of...
reviewed by Alex DuebenCaitlin McGurk. Tell Me a Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2024.ISBN-13: 9798875000041. $45....
View ArticleComics Research Bibliography citations update, 5/27/2025
Society of Illustrators Bugs Out For Peter Kuper's Insectopolis ExhibitJon GorgaThe Beat 05/27/2025 https://www.comicsbeat.com/society-of-illustrators-bugs-out-for-peter-kupers-insectopolis-exhibit/...
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Graphic Novel Review: They Shot the Piano Player: The Graphic Novel
reviewed by Elk Paauw, PhD Student and Lecturer, University of Western OntarioFernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal; translated by Edward Gauvin. They Shot the Piano Player: The Graphic Novel. London:...
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The Catalog Raisonne of Will Eisner’s WWII Posters
The Catalog Raisonne of Will Eisner’s WWII Postersby Warren Bernard It was clear to US Army leaders after the blitzkrieg of 1939-1940, where German tanks overran first Poland and then most of Western...
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