ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies

15.2 is live! Come read Anni Lappela's work on Nikitina, @RsquaredComicz on justice in superhero comics, and Tim Murphy on Lovecraft! We also have a gorgeous zine by Marhevka and book reviews of Chiu by Fraser, @magdor by Skinner Saint, and Weibe and Woodman by @Prateeticdsa.

We're seeking article submissions, book review requests, and From the Classroom multimodal projects! Check out the instructions on our website(imagetextjournal.com/submissions) and the submission portal(imagetext.submittable.com). We look forward to hearing from you!

15.1 is out! It features Weihsin Gui on graphic medicine, Amy Matthewson on Du Maurier, and Sohini Naiya and Smriti Singh on Aranyaka. We also have some fantastic student-made zines in our "From the Classroom" section and a collection of new book reviews! imagetextjournal.com

The deadline for proposals has been extended to Jan. 8, 2023! Now's your chance!

@ComicsUf is seeking proposals for their 20th annual conference "Ink and Imagination: Exploring Children's Comics," which will be held at UF April 5-7, 2024. Flyer attached! See the full CFP here: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/10/17…

Was a real treat to read this positive and thoughtful review of my book in @ITTjournal. imagetextjournal.com/review-of-alan…

In this fascinating @ITTjournal article, @Cambridge_Uni doctoral student Yi Wang explores two comics about Japanese-American incarceration camps during the 1940s, how they deal with questions of trauma and identity, and their educative potential. imagetextjournal.com/wang-memories/

It appears that my long-ish review of Silke Horstkotte and Nancy Pedri’s Experiencing Visual Storyworlds: Focalization in Comics is now live in @ITTjournal 14.2! Check it out: imagetextjournal.com/gilmore-horstk…

Issue 14.2 is out, featuring Seamus O’Malley on DC's Hellblazer, Nao Tomabechi on Marvel's Silk, and Yi Wang on post-incarceration trauma in YA comics. See the full issue here: imagetextjournal.com

@ohiostatepress Ashley Ecklund's fabulous review is up! Check it out here: imagetextjournal.com/ecklund-stancz…

ImageTexT is seeking a book reviewer for Ewa Stańczyk's new book "Comics and Nation: Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in Poland," published by @ohiostatepress. Interested? Email us at imagetext@english.ufl.edu.

ImageTexT is seeking a book reviewer for Shawn Conner's new book "Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters," published by @McFarlandCoPub. The reviewer gets a copy! Interested? Email us at imagetext@english.ufl.edu.

Very grateful for this glowing(ly) thoughtful review of "Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero" by @RachelMHartnett for @ITTjournal 💖 @UTexasPress #Supersex #ComicsStudies

Claimed! Check out our website for a list of other books currently available for review: imagetextjournal.com/books-availabl…

ImageTexT is seeking a book reviewer for Scott Bukatman's new book "Black Panther," published by @UTexasPress. Interested? Email us at imagetext@english.ufl.edu.

ImageTexT is seeking a book reviewer for "Queer Transfigurations: Boys Love Media in Asia," edited by James Welker. Reviewers get a copy of the book and have 3 months to write a review. Interested? Email us at imagetext@english.ufl.edu. uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/queer-tr…

Info about the book available here: ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9…

The University of Florida's Graduate Comics Organization's annual conference will be held from May 20 to 22. Featuring keynotes from Dr. Ramzi Fawaz, Rob Sheridan, and the Sequential Artists Workshop. The conference is free, virtual, and open to all. More info below!

This issue also features book reviews of recent comics scholarship by @JacksonAyresPhD, @JasonDDeHart1, @RachelMHartnett, Daun Fields, Nicholas Orlando, and Ryan Bedsaul, plus student multimodal projects from @MandyBethMoore's fanfiction class.

Issue 13.2 of ImageTexT is live! Featuring articles on Asian caricature in "The Yellow Kid" by Michelle Ann Abate, space and place in "This One Summer" by Chester Scoville, and vigilantism in "The Dark Knight Returns" by @mattholder93. Check it out here: imagetextjournal.com