Posted by The Editors on 2024-09-02

Update: the journal is no longer considering new submissions for this collection at this time.

To allow for more submissions and considering everybody's hectic summer schedule the special issue editors extended the deadline to 31st of October. 

We hoped this way potential authors felt encouraged to submit their work.

If …

Posted by The Editors on 2024-03-11

Thank you for your interest; we'll be contacting those who submitted an expression of interest soon- we have closed this call now. [13 June 2024].

The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is seeking contributions to its book reviews section.

The journal seeks 2,000- to …

Posted by The Editors on 2024-02-15

We are happy to announce there's new content in the journal, corresponding to our 13th and 14th volumes.

Both volumes include a variety of work by 13 international scholars with affiliations in academic institutions based in nine different countries.

Volume 13

Posted by Ernesto Priego on 2023-12-21

What a year it's been. It's been busy and exciting. Under normal circumstances we would have a new volume out by now. (Then again, what are 'normal' circumstances?). Alas, we don't. Yet. But we will, soon.

Authors, reviewers and the editorial team worked very hard to try to get this …

Posted by The Editors on 2023-08-31

The Lower Decks: A symposium on Janeway and Open Access Publishing

Dates: 07/09/2023 – 08/09/2023

Cost: Free

Registration: https://thelowerdecks.janeway.systems/signup 

Conference programme: https://thelowerdecks.janeway.systems/programme

Posted by The Editors on 2023-06-02

The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is seeking contributions to its book reviews section.

The journal seeks 2,000- to 2,500-word scholarly reviews of academic publications on comics and graphic novels, historical to contemporary, global north to global south, in all comics cultures.

We are looking for reviews that go …

Posted by Ernesto Priego on 2023-03-02

Professor Jonathan Gray delivering his seminar talk, "Social Depths: Representing Race & Disability in Comics & Graphic Novels", on Monday 20 February 2023 at City, University of London, UK.

Many thanks to those of you who joined us for (or expressed an interest in) Prof Jonathan Gray's stimulating talk on …

Posted by Ernesto Priego on 2022-12-22

Hello!

The end (of the year) is nigh... and we have now closed the 12th volume of The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship.

Please note the journal will not conduct editorial processes between 23 December 2022 and 16 January 2023.

We at the Comics Grid would like to …

Posted by Ernesto Priego on 2022-09-21

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conjuring a New Normal:

Monstrous Routines and Mundane Horrors in Pandemic Lives and Dreamscapes 

A Special Collection for The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship

Deadline extended to 15th January 2023

[full papers; please indicate you are submitting to this special collection]

Publication: Summer 2023

  …

Posted by The Editors on 2022-08-04

From summer 2022, we will be publishing two issues per volume:

1. Winter – open submissions
2. Spring/Summer – special collection articles

The journal has no deadlines for open submissions.

Some special collections may have specific deadlines. You will find those in the calls for papers, which we publish in our news …

Posted by The Editors on 2022-04-11

We are happy to announce the publication of our latest special collection 'Rapid Responses: Comics in and of the Moment'. 

This special collection invited timely creative responses concerning how comics are used in generative ways as spaces for people to find community, as tools for dissemination of stories otherwise …

Posted by Ernesto Priego on 2021-11-25

This is an update to our announcement of changes in our submission process from 24 May 2021.

The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship remains closed for open submissions for the time being.

The journal will reopen on 1 July 2022 to receive submissions for the Conjuring a New Normal: …