Superheroes and Technology are at the heart of this year’s academic event in September
Comics Studies
Items on comic studies from around the world – course information and more
British Newspaper Strips – A Contextual History offers informative insights into an often overlooked comic form
A welcome study of the newspaper strip form
Call for Papers: Comics Forum 2024
Details about this Thought Bubble tie-in conference
In Memoriam: Cartoonist and Comic Archivist John Adcock
We’re sorry to report the passing of cartoonist, illustrator, storyteller and comic archivist John Adcock, best known, perhaps, to many downthetubes readers for his fantastic blog, Yesterday’s Papers. He was 74, and had been unwell for some time. Born in… Read More ›
Dundee University scraps Comics Masters design course, claiming numbers had dwindled
Dundee University has closed its Comics Masters Design course
Who Cares for Comics? Online event with Kay Sohini and Jared Gardner will discuss “Graphic Medicine and Comic Art”
The comics form and practice will be discussed in relation to graphic medicine in a special online event
Comics: The Answer to The UK’s Literacy Crisis?
Jaw-dropping data about the power of comics on improving literacy
The Comics Grid Journal of Comics Scholarship seeks reviewers
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is seeking contributions to its book reviews section
Dave Gibbons teases future “Martha Washington” project at Comics Up Close: Origin Stories
Sim Leech and Chris Wright report on the recent Comics Up Close event at Sheffield Hallam University
Major academic book, “The Edinburgh History of Children’s Periodicals”, coming soon
A major academic work about children’s periodicals on the way