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Book Review - Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin.
reviewed by Lizzy Walker, Wichita State University Libraries DePastino, Todd (ed.) (2020). Drawing Fire: The Editorial Cartoons of Bill Mauldin. Chicago: Pritzker Military Museum & Library. 250...
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Comics Research Bibliography 2020 ebook edition available now
For many years, John Lent and Mike Rhode have been collecting citations for comic art, and putting them out in various ways, most recently through a Facebook page. For 2020, they have decided to try to...
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Book Review - Strong Bonds: Child-animal Relationships in Comics
reviewed by Chris YorkMaaheen Ahmed, ed. Strong Bonds: Child-animal Relationships in Comics. Presses Universitaires de Liege, 2020. 295 pp. ISBN 978-2-87562-259-4....
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An Obituary & Remembrance of Manga Historian Shimizu Isao
Shimizu Isao, 2015 Japan Cultural Affairs Agency Award winner by Ronald Stewart Shimizu Isao, a giant in manga studies scholarship (and founding International Editorial Board member for IJOCA) left us...
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New Issue of IJOCA is out - 22-2 Fall/Winter 2020 table of contents
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ARTVol. 22, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2020 Editor's Notes1Survilo and Historical Trauma in Contemporary Russian ComicsJose Alaniz5Tintin: From Violent Communist-Hating...
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Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker Exhibition book talk (online) and exhibit in...
Comics and CovidSat May 1, 2021 11:30 AM - 12:30 PMSGThttps://chronicles.peatix.com/Description A year after Singapore's circuit breaker, author of Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker, Joseph Chiang joins...
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Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Blue Lives Matter no.2"
DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock, sent this out on April 23rd but it slid down my screen. Sadly, it will remain relevant."Blue Lives Matter no. 2"http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3196 Mere hours...
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When Le Chat Was Put Among the Pigeons
Musings by Wim LockefeerIn a time of pandemic, it was no more than a fait divers on the global news cycle, but it was a fait nevertheless: the plan of the Brussels regional government to invest 9...
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Book Review: Spanish Comics: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
Spanish Comics: Historical and Cultural Perspectives. Ann Magnussen, ed. New York: Berghahn Books, 2021. 268 pp. $27.95. ISBN: 978-1-78920-997-6. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/MagnussenSpanish...
View ArticleBook Review: Dirty Biology: The X-Rated Story of the Science of Sex
Dirty Biology: The X-Rated Story of the Science of Sex. Léo Grasset (scripter) and Colas Grasset (artist), translated from French by Kendra Boileau. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University...
View ArticleTribute to Tom Inge for next issue of IJOCA
We have space in the current issue, so John Lent would like anyone's tributes and photographs.Let him know if you want to write one at "John A. Lent" <jlent@temple.edu> ASAP. The deadline is June...
View ArticleMemories of Tom Inge, part 1
When I began as the new editor at University Press of Mississippi, I did not really know a lot about comics. Fortunately for me, I could confer with Tom Inge. What a pioneer in the field of comics...
View ArticleMemories of Tom Inge, part 2 - Remembering Tom Inge by Joseph Witek
Remembering Tom IngeJoseph WitekDept. of Creative ArtsStetson University Many of the deserved tributes to my friend, mentor, and role model Tom Inge[1] will call him a “pioneer,” most of them meaning...
View ArticleMemories of Tom Inge, part 3 - A Tribute by José Alaniz
A TributeJosé AlanizUniversity of Washington, Seattle Though I would describe our relationship as mostly collegial, Tom Inge never failed to greet me with a warm smile and handshake at the various...
View ArticleMemories of Tom Inge, part 4 by Marc Singer
Marc SingerHoward UniversityIt’s rare that a single scholar can be said to shape an entire field, but I can think of no other way to describe the profound impact that Tom Inge had on comics studies....
View ArticleMemories of Tom Inge, part 5 - A note about Tom Inge by Charles Hatfield
A note about Tom IngeCharles Hatfield My initial thoughts on hearing about Tom's passing....On Saturday, December 30, 1978, at the New York Hilton, M. Thomas (Tom) Inge presided over the first-ever...
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Book Review: A History of Women Cartoonists by Mira Falardeau
A History of Women Cartoonists. Mira Falardeau. Oakville: Mosaic Press, 2020. 298 pp. ISBN 9781771613514. $24.99. http://www.mosaic-press.com/product/history-women-cartoonists/ reviewed by Jean...
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Book Review: EC Comics: Race, Shock and Social Protest by Qiana Whitted
EC Comics: Race, Shock and Social Protest. Qiana Whitted. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2019. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/ec-comics/9780813566313 Book Review by Maite Urcaregui...
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Book Review: Critical Directions in Comics Studies edited by Thomas Giddens
Critical Directions in Comics Studies. Thomas Giddens, editor. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2020. <https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Critical-Directions-in-Comics-Studies> Book...
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