Comic Book Resources: Journals
Links to online resources about comic books.
Comics-related journals available electronically at the University of Iowa
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BelphégorFree, international multilingual journal of popular literature and media culture.
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CLOSUREEin e-Journal-Projekt, das der wachsenden deutschsprachigen Comic-Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft ein Forum bieten möchte.
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ComicalitésFree, international multilingual journal of comics studies.
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The Comics GridAn open access, open peer review academic journal dedicated to comics scholarship.
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The Comics JournalTCJ also has a website: http://www.tcj.com/
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European Comic Art"The first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature."
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Image & Narrative"A peer-reviewed e-journal on visual narratology and word and image studies in the broadest sense of the term."
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Imagetext: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies"A peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comics and related media."
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Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies SocietyFeatures "scholarly research on sequential art, graphic narrative, and cartooning."
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Journal of Anime and Manga Studies"The Journal of Anime and Manga Studies (JAMS) is an open-access journal dedicated to providing an ethical, peer-reviewed space for academics, students, and independent researchers examining the field of anime, manga, cosplay, and fandom studies to share their research with others."
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Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics"Covers all aspects of the graphic novel, comic strip and comic book focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries."
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The Journal of Popular Culture"A peer-reviewed journal and the official publication of the Popular Culture Association."
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Mechademia"An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga and the Fan Arts."
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SANE Journal(Sequential Art Narrative in Education). Free.
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Scandanavian Journal of Comic Art (SJoCA)"An online, open-access, peer reviewed academic journal about comics and sequential art."
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SequentialsAn online, peer reviewed, open-access publication serving as a hub for scholarship drawn in comics form.
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Studies in Comics"Aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form, and to address the medium's formal properties."
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TebeosferaOpen access journal interested in the study and preservation of the cartoon and humor in Spain.
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Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC)An international, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles about transformative works, media studies, and the fan community.
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Word & ImageStudies "the encounters, dialogues, and mutual collaboration (or hostility) between verbal and visual languages."
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Words without Borders, Graphic Lit sectionEnglish-language internationally-authored literature. Free.