Research Guides: ENGL 348: Comics and Ecology: Scholarly Books & Articles

Reserve Books

The Metamorphoses of Tintin by Jean-Marie Apostolidès; Jocelyn Hoy (Translator); Jean-Marie Apostolidès
The Metamorphoses of Tintin is the English translation of the first critical study of the canonical Tintin cartoons. Published in French in 1984 and republished many times since, this pioneering work examines the long career of both the cartoonist and his creation.
Intersectional Feminist Readings of Comics by Sandra Cox (Editor)
Intersectional Feminist Readings of Comics collects several theoretically informed close reading of comics and graphic literature that apply an intersectional feminist lens to the interpretation of several contemporary North American graphic narratives.
Anime from Akira to Princess Monono by Susan J. Napier
This book investigates the ways that anime presents these issues in an in-depth and sophisticated manner, uncovering the identity conflicts, fears over rapid technological advancement, and other key themes present in much of Japanese animation.

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Relevant Journals

The Comics Grid
Call Number: Online Access

The Comics Grid is a collaborative, peer-edited online academic journal dedicated to comics scholarship. Its purpose is to make original contributions to the field of comics scholarship and to advance the appreciation of comic art within academia and the general cultural mediascape.
ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies by University of Florida, Department of English
Call Number: Online Access

Publication Date: 2018 -

The objective of ImageTexT is to advance the academic study of an emerging and diverse canon of imagetexts. Chief among these are comic books, comic strips, and animations, but also represented are illustrated fiction, children’s picture books, digital-concrete poetic forms, visual rhetoric, etc.
Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society by Comics Studies Society
Call Number: Online Access

Publication Date: 2017 -

Inks, the journal of the Comics Studies Society, features scholarly research on sequential art, graphic narrative, and cartooning. The journal seeks to bring together scholarly essays, archival materials, and insights and discoveries from leading comics professionals.
Image [&] Narrative: online magazine of the visual narrative by Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven
Call Number: Online Access

Publication Date: 2000 -

Image [&] Narrative is a peer-reviewed e-journal on visual narratology and word and image studies in the broadest sense of the term. It does not focus on a narrowly defined corpus or theoretical framework, but questions the mutual shaping of literary and visual cultures. Beside tackling theoretical issues, it is a platform for reviews of real life examples.

ENGL 348: Comics and Ecology: Scholarly Books & Articles

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