Upcoming California Rare Book School course "The Social and Material Lives of Comic Art,"

Prof. Charles Hatfield's California Rare Book School course, "The Social and Material Lives of Comic Art," is to be held at UCLA from July 28 through August 1 (the week after the San Diego Comic-Con).

https://www.calrbs.org/the-social-and-material-lives-of-comic-art-or-how-comics-get-around-2025/

International Journal of Comic Art Index 1999-2023 now available as free ebook

International Journal of Comic Art Author, Country, and Genre Index Volumes 1-25 (1999-2023)

by Grace Livingston Wright Hulme, Jae-Woong Kwon, John A. Lent, and Xu Ying

Drexel Hill, PA: International Journal of Comic Art, 2025

online at https://archive.org/details/ijoca-index-1-25-2023

This index includes all articles published in International Journal of Comic Art from Vol. 1 (1999) through Vol. 25 (2023).

This index is a culmination of previous indices created after five and ten years. Jae-Woong Kwon and John A. Lent were responsible for the five-year index. Xu Ying joined them on the ten-year index. Grace Hulme incorporated them into this twenty-five-year compilation that she updated from Vol. 10 through Vol. 25. She received help from Denise Gray, John A. Lent, and Mike Rhode.

originally published in International Journal of Comic Art 25:2, Fall/ Winter 2023, and slightly corrected and updated from that version

A print on demand version is in production for libraries and those who prefer paper.

IJOCA seeks David Kunzle memorial articles

submit material directly to John please.

from:

John A. Lent <john.lent@temple.edu>

David Kunzle Memorial

 

As many of you know, prominent comics scholar, David Kunzle, died January 1, 2024. In my view, there has not been any of us in comics studies who stood on David's level as a pioneer in the field.

With support of his widow, Marjoyrie Kunzle, I will devote a considerable amount of space in the International Journal of Comic Art, Vol. 27, No. 1, as a memorial to David.

I call upon the comics studies community to contribute essays about Prof. Kunzle, their interactions with him, how they benefited from his work, and/or more generally, what makes an important scholar, using David as a model.

The deadline is June 1, 2025. There will not be any specific limitations on number of words. If appropriate, include photographs or other illustrations.