By Stephanie Boluk, Managing Editor The success and growth of our journal, now two years old, is linked to the increasing institutionalization of comics scholarship within…
By Nathan Gilder Abstract Vessel of Wrath is a study of the traditional controversy of freewill and determinism that has been debated by theologians and philosophers for…
By Suzanne Covey Most structural study of comics tends to split content into a visual image/verbal text dichotomy. Text is ordinarily confined to a text balloon,…
By Matthew Jones Introduction The investigation of comic books as a means of prying into the subconscious fantasies and fears of their readers is not a…
By Sean Carney Since embarking on a career as a professional comic book writer in 1979, Alan Moore has produced an enormous body of critically acclaimed…
By Mark Fisher Batman has contributed more than its fair share to the ‘darkness that hangs over contemporary culture like a picturesque pall. ‘Dark’ designates both…
By James R. Fleming Fingeroth, Danny. Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society. New York and London: Continuum, 2005. ISBN: 0-8264-1540-7…
By Emma Tinker Raeburn, Daniel. Chris Ware. New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2004. Even outside the cliques of the “comics community,” Chris Ware is rapidly becoming the biggest,…
By James Bucky Carter 40 Years of The Amazing Spider-Man. DVD-ROM. Graphic Imaging Technology. New York: Marvel Comics, 2004. 44 Years of Fantastic Four. DVD-ROM. Graphic…
By Vanessa Raney “I learned the way to write a short story is to start with the end of it.” Will Eisner. Will Eisner: The Spirit…