The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is seeking contributions to its book reviews section.
The journal seeks 2000- to 2500-word scholarly reviews of academic publications on comics and graphic novels, historical to contemporary, global north to global south, in all comics cultures.
Founded in 2010, The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is an open-access, researcher-led, peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal aims to publish original and specialised contributions to the field of comics scholarship from multidisciplinary and media-specific perspectives.
The journal aims to promote innovative comics scholarship where the writing is energetic and theoretically and interpretively bold, and that presents specialised knowledge in accessible and engaging forms. It also considers submissions that explore the ways in which comics can be used for scholarly purposes. The journal has peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed sections. All claims expressed in articles published by this journal are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers.
The journal is looking for reviews that go beyond synopsis to thoughtful and critical engagement with the scholarly content of books in the area of Comics Studies. Reviews do not have to be positive but should be respectful, well argued, and engage with current scholarship.
For full guidelines, please see comicsgrid.com/submissions/ and check out a list of academic books they have received at the journal that they can make available for review here, which include Drawing (in) the Feminine – Bande Dessinée and Women, edited by Margaret C. Flinn (2024, Ohio State Press), Growing Up Graphic – The Comics of Children in Crisis by Alison Halsall (2023, Ohio State Press) and Superevil – Villains in Silver Age Superhero Comics by Anke Marie Bock (2023, Logos Verlag Berlin).
You can submit an expression of interest to review any of these publications by completing this form.
The reviews will be assigned on a competitive basis. The Comics Grid provide a review copy, which will be in either digital or physical format depending on the book and the location of the reviewer.
Please note all submissions are subject to editorial review and editorial revision processes including copyediting.
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Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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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