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Book Review: Let’s Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook
Reviewed by Christina Pasqua, University of TorontoKen Forkish and Sarah Becan. Let’s Make Bread! A Comic Book Cookbook. PenguinRandomHouse, 2024. US$22....
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Book Review: Small Altars by Justin Gardiner
reviewed by Liz Brown, Outreach & Instruction Librarian, Kraemer Family Library, University of Colorado, Colorado SpringsJustin Gardiner. Small Altars. North Adams: Tupelo Press, 2024. US$22....
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Book Review: Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons
reviewed by Sam Cowling, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Denison UniversityPhil Witte and Rex Hesner. Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons. Globe Pequot, 2024. US$29....
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IJOCA 25-2 has shipped
I got mine yesterday. It's a full color silver anniversary issue that comes in at 882 pages including an index to the whole run. Table of contents and e-book to come.
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A Hulkologist’s Lament - Book Review of The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker,...
reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, Seattle Johnson, Rich. The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon. Universe, 2022. https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780789341242/ A Hulkologist’s...
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Book Review: Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach to Transmedia...
reviewed by Chris YorkMark Hibbett. Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach to Transmedia Characters. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. $110 (Hardcover)....
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Book Review: Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the...
reviewed by Edward Whatley, Georgia College & State UniversityShawn Conner. Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters. McFarland &...
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Book Review: The Complete Betty Brown, Ph.G. edited by Tom Heintjes
reviewed by David Beard, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Minnesota DuluthTom Heintjes (ed.) The Complete Betty Brown, Ph.G. self-published, 2024. $24.99 (Paperback). Available at...
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Exhibit Review: Gordo by/de Gus Arriola: Depicting Mexico and Modernism
Reviewed by José Alaniz, University of Washington, Seattle.Gordo by/de Gus Arriola: Depicting Mexico and Modernism. Nhora Lucía Serrano (curator). Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Ohio...
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IJOCA 25:2 Table of Contents
Photos only at the moment. I'll replace these bad photos with the text when I get it.
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Book Review: Final Cut by Charles Burns
reviewed by Luke C. Jackson Charles Burns. Final Cut. Pantheon Books, 2024. 224 pp. US $34.00 (Hardcover). ISBN: 978-0-593-70170-6. https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/book/?isbn=9780593701706I...
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Comments from Finland on the Huge Comics Exhibition at the Pompidou Center in...
by Harri Römpötti, a journalist and historian of comics based in Finland, who has been "a freelancer for 35 years writing reviews and articles about comics."Bande dessinée, 1964-2024,...
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Book Review: Drawing (In) The Feminine. Bande Dessinée and Women
reviewed by Manuela Di Franco, Ghent UniversityMargaret C. Flinn, editor. Drawing (In) The Feminine. Bande Dessinée and Women. Studies in Comics and Cartoons series. Columbus: The Ohio State...
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IJOCA 25:2 Silver Anniversary issue Table of Contents
The issue is available to order via http://www.ijoca.net or https://ijoca.blogspot.com We anticipate self-publishing the index as a stand-alone volume for those who are interested in having it...
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Book review: The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Cormac McCarthy and...
reviewed by Luke C. Jackson Cormac McCarthy and Manu Larcenet. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation. Abrams ComicArts, 2024. US $26.99. ISBN: 9781419776779....
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Book Review: Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight...
reviewed by Margaret C. FlinnEddie Ahn. Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice. Ten Speed Graphics, 2024. 208 pp. US$24.99 (Hardcover). ISBN:...
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Book Review: Drafted by Rick Parker
reviewed by Nicholas Wirtz, doctoral candidate, Department of Comparative Literature, University of OregonRick Parker. Drafted. Abrams ComicArts, 2024. 256 pp. $24.99 (Hardcover). ISBN...
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Book Review: The Anxiety Club, a graphic guide to understanding anxiety
reviewed by Ishita SehgalFrédéric Fanget, Catherine Mayer and Pauline Aubry (ill.). Translated by Edward Gauvin. The Anxiety Club, a graphic guide to understanding anxiety. SelfMadeHero, 2024....
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Book Review: Hurricane Nancy by Nancy Burton, edited by Alex Dueben
Reviewed by Cassia Hayward-FitchNancy Burton. Hurricane Nancy. Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2024. 112 pp. US$30 (Paperback). ISBN: 9781683969839. https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/hurricane-nancy This...
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Research Prompt: What is the most panels ever used on a comics page?
by Mike Rhode (updated 10/14/2024 with additional suggestions as an addendum)I was at a talk by Jonathan Roth this weekend, who was asking children how many panels a comics page should have. He...
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