From Prince Valiant to Camelot 3000 and much more besides, Jamey Keeton, a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester in the US, presents and introduces the latest issue of Arthuriana, Volume 35, Number 3, Fall 2025, offering a diverse range of essays on Arthurian themes and characters and their portrayals in comics.
Published by Scriptorium Press, Arthuriana is the widely respected quarterly for the International Arthurian Society – North American Branch. This peer-reviewed journal considers all aspects of the Arthurian and chivalric cultures from the Middle Ages to the current moment.
Poised on the cutting edge of cultural studies, Arthuriana consistently publishes illustrated work by the most respected and innovative scholars in the field, including book reviews and brief notices on a wide range of medieval and Arthurian subjects.
The issue includes academic articles such as “The Once and Future Multiverse: Refracting Arthurian Visual Culture Through Comics” by Jamey; “Comics and the New Camelot: Continuation and Critique in Positive and Negative Adaptations of Arthurian Material” by Mark-Allan Donaldson, looking at comics such as Camelot 3000, the creation of writer Mike W. Barr and artist Brian Bolland, and Once & Future by Mora Gillen and Bonvillain; and “The Grail and the Glamour: Grant Morrison and Trans Themes in Arthurian Comics” by Adrian McClure.
• Full details and the articles for Arthuriana, Volume 35, Number 3, Fall 2025 here
With thanks to Paul Gravett
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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