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Book Review - Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon by Terence...
Reviewed by Jason D. DeHart, PhDTerence McSweeney. Black Panther: Interrogating a Cultural Phenomenon, University Press of Mississippi. 978-1496836090. $20....
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Book Review: Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History by Eike...
Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist Historyby Eike Exner. Rutgers, 2021. <https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/comics-and-the-origins-of-manga/9781978827226> Reviewed by Sam Cowing,...
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IJOCA goes electric is complete; all issues are available now digitally
Less than 1/2 the issues are visible on this bookshelf...IJOCA's project to digitize all of the back issues has finally been successfully finished. This was a massive task given that the Journal has a...
View ArticleMartin Barker in 2002 - Kicked into the Gutters: or, "My Dad Doesn't Read...
British comics scholar Martin Barker passed away last week. We're working on getting a remembrance of him, but here's something he wrote for us twenty years ago about his career.Kicked into the...
View ArticleRemembering Martin Barker by Ian Gordon and Jonathan Gray
IJOCA has reached out to some of the people close to the ground-breaking scholar and asked for their remembrances of Prof. Martin Barker. Martin Barker (1946-2022)Ian GordonI saw that Martin had died...
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Comments on the Top - John Lent & the history of the Comics Working Group of...
Comments on the TopGeisa Fernandeshttps://www.spreaker.com/show/comments-on-the-top Comments on the Top: the podcast of the IAMCR Comic Art Working Group. Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the CAWG....
View ArticleCFP: Turn The Page! Illustrating Indian Comics Scenes
Heads up on a forthcoming monograph on comics in India edited byShreyas R. Krishnan,Vidyun Sabhaney,Dr. Jeremy Stoll, andMara Thacker- Turn The Page! Illustrating Indian Comics Scenes. Our goal is to...
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Randy Scott retires from Michigan State University Library's Comic Art...
by Mike Rhode Randy Scott has left the building. Michigan State University Library's Comic Art Collection is without his guidance and leadership for the first time in decades.Halloween (October 31)...
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Paul Madonna's You Know Exactly What You Have to Do, the Third Collection of...
Reviewed by Cord ScottPaul Madonna. You Know Exactly What You Have to Do, the Third Collection of All Over Coffee. Portland, OR: West Margin Press, 2022. 176 pp. US $34.99. ISBN: 978-1-5131-3481-9....
View ArticleIJOCA 24-1 print edition corrections
The Vol. 24, No. 1 print issue shipped to subscribers Monday. Readers will notice a couple of errors made by the printers after I read the proofs. 1. All pages are numbered opposite where they...
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Book review: The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future...
The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader: Critical Openings, Future Directions. Eds. Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren. Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 2022. 355 pps. ISBN: 9781496841353....
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Cartoonists Rights Network International's Fall fundraiser
There are three cartoon-based charities* that I recommend that defend freedom of speech or help cartoonist's lives. CRNI takes on the international cases - the people who might be disappeared, sued,...
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Book review: The US Graphic Novel by Paul Williams
reviewed by Paul Levitz Paul Williams. The US Graphic Novel. Edinburgh University Press, 2022. $29.95 (Paperback). ISBN 9781474423373. Critical Insights in American Studies series....
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IJOCA 24-1 is shipping, and here's the Table of Contents
Almost 800 pages! Also available electronically!IJOCA Vol. 24, No. 1 Spring/Summer 2022Editor’s NotesJohn A. Lent1Ishinomori Shōtarō: Teaching the Art of the Manga PanelRamie Tateishi8More or Less...
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Book review: The Mud and the Mirth; Marine Cartoonists in World War I by Cord...
reviewed by James WillettsCord Scott. The Mud and the Mirth; Marine Cartoonists in World War I. Quantico, Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, 2022....
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Book review: Comics and Nation. Power, Pop Culture, and Political...
reviewed by John A. LentEwa Stańczyk. Comics and Nation. Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in Poland. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2022. 200 pp. US $34.95. ISBN:...
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Book review: Dirty Pictures by Brian Doherty
reviewed by John A. LentBrian Doherty. Dirty Pictures. How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels...
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Book Review Essay: A Colonial Perspective on the Indonesia-Netherlands Comics...
Book Review Essay: A Colonial Perspective on the Indonesia-Netherlands Comics Connectionby Rik SpanjersRuud den Drijver. Indocomics: de ‘katjangs’ van de stripkunst.Amsterdam: Baltimore Publications,...
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Book Review: Graphic Novels and Comics as World Literature
reviewed by John A. LentJames Hodapp, ed. Graphic Novels and Comics as World Literature. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. 285 pp. US $130.00. ISBN: 978-1-5013-7341-1....
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Book Review: Meri Nazaar Mein Pran: A Biography on Cartoonist Pran
reviewed by John A. LentAsha Pran. Meri Nazar Mein Pran. From a Sign Board Painter to Padma Shri Awardee. Creator of Chacha Chaudhary, Cartoonist Pran. New Delhi: Pran’s Features LLP, 2019. 80 pp....
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