Articles from and news about the premier and longest-running academic journal devoted to all aspects of cartooning and comics -- the International Journal of Comic Art (ISSN 1531-6793) published and edited by John Lent.

Saturday, May 9, 2026

IJOCA delayed due to EiC John Lent's accident

Last week (roughly ten days ago), publisher and editor-in-chief John Lent fell down the stairs of his house and badly injured himself. His family has rallied around him, including his wife Xu Ying who flew in from China, but Dr. Lent has not yet regained consciousness. When I have any news, I will update this blog post. 

In the meantime, some activity will continue and contributors should send their book and exhibit reviews to me, and may also send articles if they would prefer to see them published here since the print edition is indefinitely postponed.

 I can be reached at mrhode at gmail.com 

 Mike Rhode

assistant editor (or something like that)