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Book Review: Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker by Joseph Chiang
Chronicles of a Circuit Breaker, Joseph Chiang, Singapore: Epigram Books, 2021. https://epigrambookshop.sg/products/chronicles-of-a-circuit-breakerreviewed by Mike Rhode The burgeoning genre of what’s...
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Book Review: Empire of the Superheroes: America’s Comic Book Creators and the...
Empire of the Superheroes: America’s Comic Book Creators and the Making of a Billion-Dollar Industryby Mark Cotta Vaz. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021....
View ArticleThe Vault of Culture: a home for cultural criticism (with a comics...
The study of comics has become too big for any one journal, even IJOCA, to cover, and other venues may be of interest to our readers. I was in an online conference recently with Shawn, and asked him to...
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Book Review: Mixed-Race Superheroes, edited by Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins and...
Mixed-Race Superheroes.Sika A. Dagbovie-Mullins and Eric L. Berlatsky, editors. Rutgers University Press, 2021. https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/mixed-race-superheroes/9781978814592 reviewed by...
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Congolese Comics in Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa
by Wim LockefeerEver since it reopened three years ago after a long (and long overdue) overhaul, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (or AfricaMuseum for short) in Tervuren (Belgium), has moved its...
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Brecht Evens on exhibit in Belgium
by Wim Lockefeer Even though he has delighted international audiences for more than a decade now with colorful graphic novels like The Wrong Place, The Making Of, and most recently, The City Of...
View Article23:1 edition of IJOCA Delayed
The latest IJOCA, Vol. 23, No. 1, has been embarrassingly delayed for various reasons. During the Summer, inexperienced secretarial helpers messed up the schedule and put us a month to six weeks...
View ArticleSupport the Future of the Bonn Online Bibliography (BOBC)
Many comics researchers have been making use of the Bonn Online Bibliography for Comics Studies (BOBC), which Dr Joachim Trinkwitz has built up over many years to be perhaps the most comprehensive...
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Book Review - Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle Against...
reviewed by Leonard RifasCherian George and Sonny Liew. Red Lines: Political Cartoons and the Struggle Against Censorship. MIT Press, 2021. $34.95. ISBN: 9780262543019...
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Two upcoming presentations by IJOCA writer CT Lim
Where to Draw The Line https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/programme-details/conversations/where-to-draw-the-lineConversations | General | English | 1 hrBuy Festival Pass (FP) 13 Nov Sat, 2:30pm...
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Book Review - Pulp Empire: The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism by...
Paul S. Hirsch. Pulp Empire:The Secret History of Comic Book Imperialism. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2021. 335 pp. 9780226350554. $30.00....
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Exhibit Review: Beano: The Art Of Breaking The Rules
Beano: The Art Of Breaking The Rules. Andy Holden. London: Somerset House, October 21, 2021-March 6, 2022. https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/beano-art-of-breaking-the-rulesReviewed by Mark...
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Book Review - The Waiting by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim. The Waiting. Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2021. 246 pp. 978-1-77046-457-5. US $24.95. https://drawnandquarterly.com/waiting reviewed by John A. LentSouth Korean graphic...
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IJOCA 23-1 Table of Contents
The new issue is arriving in people's mailboxes now.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMIC ARTVol. 23, No. 1 Spring/Summer 2021In Support of Their Fathers' and Mother's Legacies: 13 Offspring of China's...
View ArticleInternational Journal of Comic Art super back issue package sale returns for...
Beginning November 26, 2021, the International Journal of Comic Art will offer 65 percent off for back issues, if and when bought as a package. Of the 46 issues published through Vol.23, No. 1,...
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Book Review - Is Superman Circumcised? by Roy Schwartz
Roy Schwartz. Is Superman Circumcised? McFarland, 2021. 374 pp. $45. ISBN 978-1-4766-6290-9. https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/is-superman-circumcised/Reviewed by Leonard (“Labe”) RifasDespite its...
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Exhibit Review: Moomin Animations – Thrills and Cuddles
Moomin Animations – Thrills and Cuddles, Minna Honkasalo. Washington D.C.: National Children’s Museum on September 3, 2021-January 9, 2022. https://nationalchildrensmuseum.org/ reviewed by Mike RhodeIn...
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Book Review: Authorizing Superhero Comics: On the Evolution of a Popular...
Daniel Stein. Authorizing Superhero Comics: On the Evolution of a Popular Serial Genre. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2021. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8142-1476-3. US $35 or $99.95....
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Review Essay: Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847-1870...
David Kunzle. Rebirth of the English Comic Strip: A Kaleidoscope, 1847-1870, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2021. Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-4968-3399-0, 472 pp., 309 b&w & 12 color...
View ArticleRemembrance of Giannalberto Bendazzi (1946-2021)
Remembrance of Giannalberto Bendazzi (1946-2021) by John A. Lent I first met Giannalberto Bendazzi when I picked him up at the Philadelphia International Airport, April 8, 2002, but I knew of his...
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