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 beyond synopsis to thoughtful and critical engagement with the scholarly content of books in the area of Comics Studies. Reviews do not have to be positive but should be respectful, well argued, and engage with current scholarship.
For full guidelines, please see https://www.comicsgrid.com/submissions/.
Please see the below list of academic books we have received at the journal and we can make available for review. You can submit an expression of interest to review any of these publications by emailing the editors.
[Crossed out titles have been already assigned and are no longer available for request].
Comics
and Modernism. History, Form, and Culture
Edited by Jonathan
Najarian. January 2024
Contributions by David M. Ball, Scott Bukatman, Hillary Chute,
Jean Lee Cole, Louise Kane, Matthew Levay, Andrei Molotiu, Jonathan Najarian,
Katherine Roeder, Noa Saunders, Clémence Sfadj, Nick Sturm, Glenn Willmott, and
Daniel Worden
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Comics-and-Modernism
Blockheads,
Beagles, and Sweet Babboos. New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts
by Michelle Ann Abate, 2023
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/B/Blockheads-Beagles-and-Sweet-Babboos
Asian Political Cartoons
by John A. Lent, 2023
https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Asian-Political-Cartoons
Super Bodies. Comic Book Illustration,
Artistic Styles, and Narrative Impact
by Jeffrey A. Brown, 2023
Comics and
Nation: Power, Pop Culture, and Political Transformation in Poland
by Ewa Stanczyk, 2022
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214961.html
Beyond the Icon. Asian American Graphic
Narratives
https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214947.html
Frames
and Framing in Documentary Comics
by Johannes
Schmid, 2021
Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics | SpringerLink
UK
Feminist Cartoons and Comics: A Critical Survey
by Nicola
Streeten, 2020
UK Feminist Cartoons and Comics: A Critical Survey |SpringerLink
Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement. Reframing History in Comics
by Jorge Santos Jr., 2019
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477318270/graphic-memories-of-the-civil-rights-movement/
All New, All Different?. A History of Race and the
American Superhero
by Allan W. Austin and Patrick L. Hamilton, 2019
https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477318973/all-new-all-different/
We also welcome proposals for reviews of academic books outside of this list. If you wish to review a specific academic book that is not on the list above, please contact us via email.
New available volumes may be added to this list as we receive them. Other academic publishers interested in the journal considering your Comics Studies titles, please get in touch!
In the case of multiple expressions of interest for the same book, book reviews will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis and this list will be updated accordingly. Acceptance of proposal does not guarantee publication, as all submissions are subject to editorial review.
Before submitting an expression of interest, please check previously published reviews here, and our submission information here. This is an ongoing call so there are no specific deadlines. The sooner the better of course!
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