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Book Review: The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and their...
The Comics World: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and their Publics. Edited by Benjamin Woo and Jeremy Stoll. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2021. HC $99. PB, $30....
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Film Review: Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People by Cesar Cabral
Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People, Cesar Cabral. Coala Filmes, 2021.Reviewed by Pedro MouraBob Spit is an hour-and-half stop-motion animation/feature documentary film directed by Cesar Cabral about...
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Book Review - The Life and Comics of Howard Cruse: Taking Risks in the...
Andrew J. Kunka. The Life and Comics of Howard Cruse: Taking Risks in the Service of Truth. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2022. 196 pp. $29.95, $69.95....
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Book Review - The Stan Lee Universe by Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas (eds.).
Danny Fingeroth and Roy Thomas (eds.). The Stan Lee Universe. Raleigh: TwoMorrows Publishing, 2011. 175 pp. ISBN: 978-1605490298. US $8.99....
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Good Humor, Bitter Irony: Reviewing “Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece” exhibit at JANM
Miné Okubo’s Masterpiece: The Art of Citizen 13660. Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum, August 28, 2021 - February 20, 2022. <https://www.janm.org/exhibits/mine-okubo-masterpiece/>...
View ArticleInternational Journal of Comic Art Index, Volumes 1-10 (1999-2008) online now
International Journal of Comic Art Index, Volumes 1-10 (1999-2008)John A. Lent, Xu Ying, Jae-Woong Kwon IJOCA 11:1 (Spring/Summer 2009). https://archive.orgCompiled by John A. Lent, Xu Ying, and...
View ArticleIJOCA delays due to COVID-19 international postage restrictions
Because of the Pandemic, some countries are not accepting packages, including those of IJOCA. So far, the U.S. post office here refuses to send IJOCA to New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, and...
View ArticleEditor’s Notes: Censorship and the Academic Community
Editor's Notes John A. Lent Censorship and the Academic Community Throughout my long run of interviewing cartoonists on every continent (except Antarctica, of course), I have heard of all types of...
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Exhibitions of the 49th Angoulême International Comics Festival: Introduction
After a cancellation in 2021 and a postponement from its traditional time slot during the third week of January at the start of 2022, the Angoulême International Comics Festival returned in full swing...
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Exhibition in photos: Christophe Blain at the 49th Angoulême International...
Christophe Blain, dessiner le temps. Sonia Déchamps, Antoine Guillot and Jean-Baptiste Barbier. Angoulème. Vaisseau Moebius. 17-20 March 2022.Twice the winner for Best Album at the Angoulême...
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A Visit to Family Crumb at Zwirner Paris
by Gerald Heng R. Crumb, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, and Sophie Crumb: Sauve qui peut ! (Run for Your Life)David Zwirner, Rue Vielle de Temple 108, Paris. February 10-March 26, 2022....
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Exhibition in photos: Aude Picault at the 49th Angoulême International Comics...
Sous la plume d'Aude Picault. Sonia Déchamps, Augustin Arrivé and Marie Corbin. Angoulème. Vaisseau Moebius. 17-20 March 2022.When I reflect on Aude Picault's comics, three observations immediately...
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Exhibition video walkthrough: Chris Ware at the 49th Angoulême International...
Building Chris Ware. Sonia Déchamps, Benoit Peeters and June Misserey. Angoulème. Salle Iribe - Espace Franquin. 17-20 March 2022.Winner of the 2021 Grand Prix of the Angoulême International Comics...
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Book review: Nancy Pedri. A Concise Dictionary of Comics.
reviewed by John A. LentNancy Pedri. A Concise Dictionary of Comics. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2022. 204 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4968-3805-6. US $25.00....
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Exhibition in photos: Chris Ware at the 49th Angoulême International Comics...
Building Chris Ware. Sonia Déchamps, Benoit Peeters and June Misserey. Angoulème. Salle Iribe - Espace Franquin. 17-20 March 2022.Chris Ware's Grand Prix exhibition at the 2022 Angoulême International...
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Exhibition in photos: Chris Ware 2022 at Galerie Martel
Chris Ware 2022. Galerie Martel. Paris. 16 March - 16 April 2022.Opening just a day before Chris Ware's Grand Prix exhibition debuted at the 49th edition of the Angoulême International Comics...
View ArticleIJOCA 23-1 delayed until June; Table of Contents for the issue
This issue is available now electronically. Here's the ToC for it.Vol. 23, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2021Editor's NotesJohn A. Lent1Comics in East Asia: Symposiumedited by Marie Laureillard with John A....
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We've finally undertaken to convert the files that our printer generates into pdfs for subscribers, or for individual sales. We have 11 issues currently available - the first from 1999 and then from...
View ArticleIJOCA e-book links have gone out to subscribers and contributors (for the...
This morning, I sent out Dropbox links to the issues that have been converted to ebooks for people and institutions that we have email addresses for. That is 1-1, 18-2 thru 23-2 (sans 21-1).If you DID...
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Introducing SG Cartoon Resource Hub, a new site for exploring Singapore...
by CT LimDespite my reservations about state funding of the arts [1] (not that I think it is not needed, but I hope it does not lead to a crutch mentality among writers, artists and publishers), I am...
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