A welcome study of the newspaper strip form
Comics Studies
Items on comic studies from around the world – course information and more
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
Comics Up Close returns next month, at Sheffield Hallam University
Details of an academic comics event next month Sheffield Hallam University
WebFind: Children in Comics – An Intercultural History, aka COMICS project
A pan European comics research project that’s caught our eye
Third edition of “The Power of Comics” available now
A substantially updated version of this popular guide was recently published by Bloomsbury Academic
Sequential art in the spotlight in new online event series from Lakes International Comic Art Festival and Oxford Comics Network
Explore some mysteries of sequential art through four free online events with top international academics
Latest Journey Planet ‘zine dives deep into The American War in Vietnam
The latest issue of the long-running, Hugo Award-nominated fanzine, Journey Planet is available now
Call For Chapters: Battle Lines Drawn: War Comics since 1914
Articles wanted for new war comics study
Origin Stories: Call for Papers for Comics Up Close event in February 2024
The next Comics Up Close conference takes place in February 2024, the deadline for proposals fast approaching
Call For Papers: Comics and Life: Illustration, Intersections, and Insights
A Call for Papers, and related short strips, from India
“Comic Book Women”, offers revisionist history of women’s pivotal roles as creators
Check out this revisionist history of women’s pivotal roles as creators of and characters in American comic books
“Cambridge Studies in Graphic Narratives” series launches
Two new comic studies launch a new series from Cambridge University Press
Comics Cultural Impact Collective launches survey on UK arts funding for comics
Ever applied for arts funding for a comics project? This survey is for you