A major academic conference poses the question “Do comics have a role to play in wellbeing?” next month
Julia Round
Coming Soon: 1900, a Victoriana-inspired picture anthology
A new independent anthology inspired by Victorian story papers is edging closer to launch
Who remembers “Spellbound”, DC Thomson’s mystery comic? New database launched
A great new resource for fans of the fondly-remembered British girls comic of the 1970s
Outside In: A Comic Reader’s Look at Academic Comic Journals
Peter Duncan offers a layman’s eye review of three academic comic journals
In Review: Gothic for Girls by Julia Round
Peter Duncan reviews Julia Round’s fascinating and much-praised academic study of Misty comic…
In Memoriam: Jack Cunningham, Art Editor of Misty
The recent death of artist Jack Cunningham ended a long life that contributed to many British girls’ comics. Jack was one of IPC’s unsung heroes, and worked on a number of their women’s magazines and girls’ comics, including Mirabelle (1956-77),… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Creating Comics, Creative Comics
The first University of South Wales Cardiff: Comics Symposium whose Key Note will be from Dr Julia Round, author of an upcoming book on girls comic Misty, has re-issued a Call for Papers on the theme of “Creating Comics, Creative… Read More ›
Bournemouth University Seeks Misty Comic Fan for Research Work
(Updated 23/1/2016 with amended job description): A research assistant is needed to conduct a data analysis project studying page layout and lexis in the comic book Misty at Bournemouth University. The post is part-time at 8 hours a week. The… Read More ›
Transitions 3 – Keynote announced
The Transitions symposium is fast approaching, taking place on Saturday 3rd November at Birkbeck College, London. Transitions is a one-day symposium promoting new research and multi-disciplinary academic study of comics/ comix/ manga/ bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art…. Read More ›