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The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies

Frederick Luis Aldama, Department of English, Ohio State University

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Comic book studies has developed as a solid academic discipline, becoming an increasingly vibrant and field in the United States and globally. A growing number of dissertations, monographs, and edited books publish every year on the subject, while world comics represent the fastest-growing sector of publishing. The Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies examines the history and evolution of the visual narrative genre from a global perspective, bringing together readable, jargon-free essays written by established and emerging scholars from diverse geographic, institutional, gender, and national backgrounds. In particular, the Handbook explores how the term “global comics” has been defined, as well the major movements and trends that drive the field. Each essay will help readers understand comic books as a storytelling form grown within specific communities, and will also show how these forms exist within what can be considered a world system of comics.

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Graphic Novels and Comics

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• SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education SANE journal publishes peer-reviewed articles from researchers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines seeking to add significantly to the global knowledge associated with all aspects of graphica (comics, graphic novels, and its related forms) and education.
• inkt/art Anthologies and scholarly treatments devoted to the work of women in the medium of comics are not new, yet women remain a minority in the field, and as a minority we have a presence that is less visible; a voice that is less heard; our work carries themes that are less critically explored, and we inherit and continue to shape a politics of representation that is weighted differently in the historically male-dominated field of image and text. This is not a journal whose goal is female empowerment; instead, its purpose is intellectual and aesthetic edification: we hope to expose comics creators, scholars, and readers of all genders to ideas and art, and ideas about art.
• The Comics Grid 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. This journal seeks to function as an online laboratory where different critical approaches to comics are publicly and collectively put to test. Though our scope wants to be as diverse as possible, our initial aim is to focus on the analysis of specific comics page layouts and panels.
• Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is a peer reviewed journal covering all aspects of the graphic novel, comic strip and comic book, with the emphasis on comics in their cultural, institutional and creative contexts. Its scope is international, covering not only English language comics but also worldwide comic culture. The journal reflects interdisciplinary research in comics and aims to establish a dialogue between academics, historians, theoreticians and practitioners of comics.
• Studies in Comics 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. The emerging field of comics studies is a model for interdisciplinary research and in this spirit this journal welcomes all approaches. This journal is international in scope and provides an inclusive space in which researchers from all backgrounds can present new thinking on comics to a global audience.
• International Journal of Comic Art International and multidisciplinary in scope, IJOCA aims to publish scholarly and readable research on any aspect of comic art, defined as animation, comic books, newspaper and magazine strips, caricature, gag and political cartoons, humorous art, and humor or cartoon magazines.
• European Comic Art European Comic Art is the first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature.
• Journal of Popular Culture The Journal of Popular Culture continues to break down the barriers between so-called "low" and "high" culture and focuses on filling in the gaps that a neglect of popular culture has left in our understanding of the workings of society.
• Image & Narrative 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.
• ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies ImageTexT is a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comics and related media.
• Broken Pencil Broken Pencil is one of the few magazines in the world devoted exclusively to underground culture and the independent arts. Broken Pencil reviews the best zines, books, websites, videos and music from the underground and reprints the best articles from the alternative press.
• Society of Illustrators/Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is incorporated into of the Society of Illustrators. The purpose of MoCCA is the collection, preservation, study, education, and display of comic and cartoon art. Every genre of the art is represented: animation, anime, cartoons, comic books, comic strips, gag cartoons, humorous illustration, illustration, political illustration, editorial cartoons, caricature, graphic novels, sports cartoons, and computer-generated art. Further, the museum's rigid collection policy ensures that the art collections are maintained in an environment of the highest integrity.
• Comics Forum Comics Forum aims to increase the visibility and accessibility of comics scholarship through an academic conference that brings together scholars, artists and fans in a spirit of mutual cooperation and development.
• Queer Cartoonists The Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases were created and are maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi as a way to spotlight marginalized comics creators.
• Comics Worth Reading Independent Opinions by Johanna Draper Carlson and friends. News and reviews of graphic novels, manga, comic books, and related subjects.
• Graphic Medicine Graphic Medicine is an online exhibition from the National Library of Medicine on who comics can tell personal stories of illness and health.
• Graphic Novel Resources Blog by Stergios Botzakis, Associate Professor of Adolescent Literacy at the University of Tennessee
• The Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon's Web site of comics news, reviews, interviews and commentary.
• Grand Comics Database The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an ongoing international project to build a detailed comic-book database that will be easy to use and understand, and also easy for contributors to add information to it. This fully searchable and sortable database includes information on creator credits, story details, and other information useful to the comic-book reader, fan, collector, and scholar.
• Comics in the Curriculum Comics in the Curriculum is an online exhibition, curated by Karen Green from Columbia University, about how graphic novels can be incorporated into research and curricula.
• Comic Book Plus The goal of this Comic Book Plus is to provide a free resource where users can easily download copyright free golden age comics without the need to ask or worry about searching high and low for them.
• Bonn Online Bibliography for Comics Research The Bonn Online Bibliography for Comics Research is an international bibliographic database for scholarly literature about comics, graphic novels, manga and related fields. Not included so far (with a few exceptions) are articles from fan magazines, newspapers and blogs. The Bonn Online Bibliography for Comics Research sees itself as a complement and supplement to similar undertakings that have a different (wider or narrower) approach, such as ComicsResearch.org or the comics research bibliography.
• Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon The Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection of Caricature and Cartoon contains 2,085 drawings, prints, and paintings that span the years 1780 to 1977. Most of the images are cartoons, comic strips, and periodical illustrations drawn by American artists between 1890 and 1970. The Creator/Related Name Index provides a full list of the more than 500 represented artists and illustrators. A generous gift and bequest from Caroline and Erwin Swann brought their collection to the Library of Congress in 1974 and 1977.
• Comic Book Resources (CBR) Comic Book Resources (CBR) is the premier online comics magazine. Renowned for it's high quality and diverse content and active community, CBR draws the most loyal audience of users. Contains lots of resources including: blogs, reviews, videos and lots more.
• Visual Language Lab The Visual Language Lab is a site developed by Neil Cohen and is the home for his research on drawing and visual language. Lots of great resources!
• Wonderfully Vulgar The online exhibition "Wonderfully Vulgar" presents a selection of British comics from the 1870s (the Ally Sloper era) to the 1930s (knockabout comics). The phrase "wonderfully vulgar" used in the exhibition title is taken from an interview in which Charlie Chaplin recalled his pleasure in reading comics as a boy in 1890s London. The exhibition is based on a collection of around 5000 historical British comics housed in the Library (BIS) of the University of Oldenburg in Germany.
• Herblock Collection at the Library of Congress The Herblock Collection at the Library of Congress is a collection featuring the work of Herbert L. Block, one of the most influential political and editorial cartoonists in American history.
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Thoughts on comics

These are just a few of the comics-related books in the UNT Library. Please try the "Suggested Subject Headings" in the right-hand column to search for other comics studies materials in our library.

Databases at UNT Libraries

Note: See a recent blog post about "Researching Comics at UNT Libraries" for more tips on using our resources.

A few of the more popular comics studies databases are linked below. View a complete list of research databases available through the UNT Libraries under the "Comics Studies" subject heading .

• Within each database, try starting with the "Advanced Search" option, if available.
• Start with broad subject terms like "comic books," "graphic novels," "cartoons," or "comic strips" to get a sense of the range of articles available on your topic. You can also try some of the subject headings listed in the right hand columng of this page.
• Use the filters (usually on the left hand side of the search page) to narrow your results by date, subject, language, or other search parameters
• Select any articles that seem to be relevant and view their records. Check their lists of Subject terms to identify other words or phrases that might be useful to use in your own searches, and add some of those to your original search query for even more relevant results.

Also check out the guide below for an overview of the contents of some of our Adam Matthew archival collections and links to search results for historic cartoons & comics in each of those databases.

• A Guide to Cartoon and Comic Sources (Adam Matthew) A short guide to finding historic cartoons and comics in the Adam Matthew databases that are part of the UNT Libraries collections.
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database The Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database is a freely available online resource designed to help students and researchers locate secondary sources for the study of the science fiction and fantasy and associated genres. These include: historical material; books; articles; news reports; interviews; film reviews; commentary; and fan writing.
• Underground and independent comics, comix, and graphic novels This resource is a scholarly, primary source database focusing on adult comic books and graphic novels. The collection contains over information on over 300 comic series and over 1,600 comic books, along with 25,000 pages of interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this artform. Over 100,000 pages of comics and graphic novels are available.
• The World of Archie Comics Archive The World of Archie Comics Archive offers access to the runs of more than 100 publications from Archie Comics, spanning the early 1940s to 2020. NOTE: This collection is intended to include each issue from the first and to scan from cover to cover. Due to the rarity of this material, however, there will be some gaps (issues or pages).
• The World of Archie Comics Archive: A Resource Guide Compiled by Bart Beaty, Professor of English, University of Calgary
• Comics Studies: A Resource Guide (ProQuest) Compiled by Dawn Kaczmar, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan

Free Online Resources

You can also try some of these free online resources for more information:

• Comic Book+ : Offers downloadable digital, public domain copies of Golden and Silver Age comic books for reading or research.  

Comichron: A Resource for Comics Resarch: sales chards, market shares, industry analysis

• Comics Research Bibliography : This is an international bibliography of comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics.  
• ComicsResearch.org : Comics scholarship annotated bibliographies. primarily covers book-length works about comic books and comic strips, from "fannish" histories to academic monographs, providing detailed information and guidance on further research.  
• Digital Comic Museum --an online archive of public domain Golden Age comics  

Don Markstein's Toonopedia ​ ​ : An online encyclopedia of cartoon and comic characters, including those in comic books, newspaper strips, magazine cartoons, and animated cartoons.

• Grand Comics Database : The Grand Comics Database (GCD) a nonprofit, internet-based organization of international volunteers dedicated to building a database covering all printed comics throughout the world  
• The Internet Archive : a free online collection of digitized comics and graphic novels.  
• Lambiek Comiclopedia: Illustrated Artist Compendium : an illustrated compendium of over 14,000 comics artists from around the world.  
• Latin American Comics Archive:  The Latin American Comics Archive, hosted by the Modern Language Resource Center at Carnegie Mellon, is a curated exhibit of comic strips and comic books created in Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico between the 1920s and the present.   
• Neil Cohn's Visual Language Lab : Research on visual language, cognitive science, and linguistics.  
• Stripper's Guide : Comic strip historian Allan Holtz's blog discusses the history of the American newspaper comic strip.  
• Derick Badman,  Comics studies: resources for scholarly research , College & Research Libraries News 70(10): 574-582.
• Cartoonists of Color Database The Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases were created and are maintained by cartoonist MariNaomi as a way to spotlight marginalized comics creators. The databases are used by booksellers, librarians, academics, editors, book publishers, event organizers, readers, and more.
• Disabled Cartoonists Database
• Queer Cartoonists Database
• Queer Comics Database A searchable database of comics by and about queer subjects. May be searched by audience, genre, tone, style, or representation.
• • ComicFXBook: The Comic Book Sound Effect Database A unique databases that lets you locate comics that use specific sound effects.
• Comicalités
• The Comics Grid
• The Comics Journal
• European comic art
• Geeked: Comics, Culture, Gender
• Image & narrative: online magazine of the visual narrative
• Imagetext: interdisciplinary comics studies
• Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society
• International journal of comic art
• Journal of graphic novels & comics
• Journal of graphic novels and comics (print)
• Prism comics: your LGBT guide to comics
• SANE journal: sequential art narrative in education
• Studies in comics

Other Comics Studies Resources

• Comics Studies Resources @UNT A convenient handout listing some places to get started on researching comics at the UNT Libraries
• Government Comics (by Bobby Griffith) An in-depth guide to government comics resources at UNT Libraries
• Queer Comics at UNT Libraries (by Julie Leuzinger) A guide to LGBTQ+ comics, graphic novels, and resources at the UNT Libraries
• Graphic Possibilities: A Comics Research Guide Resources for comics research at Michigan State University
• Comics as Data Project (MSU) An innovative digital humanities project utilizing data from the vast MSU Comics Collection.

Citing & Writing

• Comic Art in Scholarly Writing: A Citation Guide A bibliographic citation guide for comics & comic art
• List of Terms for Comics Studies (Andrei Molotiu) A helpful list of specialized terms related to comics stuide. May be helpful in developing search terms for your research

Subject Headings

Suggested Subject Headings 

(by Doug Campbell)

• Use these when searching library catalogs that utilize Library of Congress subject headings

Comic books, strips, etc.

Comic Books Strips Etc History And Criticism

Cartoons and comics

Comic strip characters

Comic strip characters in motion pictures

Comics (Graphic works)

Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc.

Erotic comic books, strips, etc.

Fantasy comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels

Horror comic books, strips, etc.

Motion pictures and comic books

Romance comic books, strips, etc.

Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.

Underground comic books, strips, etc.

Western comic books, strips, etc.

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Great Power and Great Pedagogy

Video and web resources, featured "comics and instruction" books, discussion guides, comics communities.

A graphic Introduction to Comics Studies (Free PDF)

• Teaching Practically Anything with Comics
• The Power and Responsibility of Comics Pedagogy
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• Get Your Mind in the Gutter: Sequential Art as Inference Tool

A slideshow presentation and discussion on non-fiction comics as a teaching tool, featuring cartoonists working in the fields of science, politics, art and more. This event is part of Will Eisner Week, and Eisner’s own educational and instructional comics are the inspiration for this panel. With Malaka Gharib , Scott McCloud , Whit Taylor , and Kriota Willberg , moderated by R. Sikoryak .

The field of Comics Studies is an ever-growing scholarly space involving a wide range of participants.  Susan Kirtley  (Portland State University),  Antero Garcia  (Stanford University), and  Peter Carlson  (Green Dot Public Schools) examine this space while reflecting on their recently published work,  With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Comics.  As the panelists discuss their approach to gathering comic creators, scholars, and educators from various fields and settings to set out the stakes, definitions, and exemplars of contemporary comics pedagogy into one edited volume, they analyze how sources of personal identity, nostalgia, and history affect our evolving relationships to comics. As they share the discoveries uncovered in their editing process, the panelists will reveal the purposes for cultivating the three key areas of this volume: Foundations of Comics Pedagogy, Comics Pedagogy in Practice, and New Directions for Comics Pedagogy.

Henry Barajas  (author of  La Voz de M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo ),  Rodney Barnes  (author of  Killadelphia ),  Darcy Van Poelgeest  (author of  Little Bird: The Fight for Elder's Hope ), and  David F. Walker  (author of  Bitter Root ) discuss comic books that tackle real world issues, be it environmental activism, civic engagement, physical and mental health awareness, and more, (including how their work is being used by librarians and educators). Viewers will leave with programming and acquisition ideas designed to inspire their readers to see the world differently and then change it for the better.

Peter Carlson  (Green Dot Public Schools),  Susan Kirtley  (Portland State University), and  Antero Garcia  (Stanford University) lead this panel that reveals practical activities and theory involved in teaching with comics while discussing teaching and making comics with the incredible creators and educators  Nick Sousanis  ( Unflattening ),  Ebony Flowers  ( Hot Comb ),  David F. Walker  ( Naomi ), and  Brian Michael Bendis  ( Naomi ).  www.comicspedagogy.com

Meryl Jaffe  ( Worth A Thousand Words ) with panelists  Laurence Tan  (educator)  Rachelle Cruz  (educator, author  Experiencing Comics ), and  Talia Hurwich  (educator, author  Worth A Thousand Words ) discuss how graphic novels can inspire and enrich online classroom lessons for students grades 3 and up. We discuss challenges, lesson ideas, and loads of resources.

Join us to learn about the ever-growing mountain of evidence on the educational efficacy of comics that is making comic converts out of even the harshest critics. Learn how research shows that reading comics and graphic novels strengthens literacy and content learning for students of all ages, interests, and levels of achievement and how creating comics can bolster critical thinking and social-emotional skills. Our education and comics experts will share with you all the rationale and research you need to prove that comics belong in the classroom. Panelists: Dr. Theresa Rojas Dr. Stephen Krashen Dr. Susannah Richards Tracy Edmunds Moderator: Alex Simmons

This panel provides an inside look at ground-breaking courses by the professionals and academics who are bringing Geek Culture to campuses nationwide (and beyond)! Join Paul Levitz (Columbia University), Rob Salkowitz (University of Washington), Frank Cammuso (Syracuse University), Darlyne Overbaugh (Ithaca College), Chris Irving (Virginia Commonwealth University), and moderator Ed Catto (Ithaca College).

"Interested in knowing more about comics, putting them to use in your classroom, and trying your hand at making them? I set up this site initially for the class on comics for educators that I taught at Teachers College and have since been growing to serve as a  database of comics-education resources. " Dr.  Nick Sousanis Eisner-winning comics and San Francisco State University professor of Humanities & Liberal Studies.  

Noteworthy Sections

Science comics, blind accessible comics, race, gender in comics, historical resources & digital archives.

While some dismiss comics as less intellectually challenging than “real” books, the reality is that graphic novels offer an opportunity to think abstractly in a way few other storytelling media can. The space between panels – the gutter – requires readers to make connections on their own, while the art portion of the media demands patience and attention that isn’t guided by words lined up on the page. Listen as seasoned educators share their use of comics as a tool for all types of inferring: determining causes, solving problems, predicting likely outcomes, and connecting dots. Panelists: Dr. Isabel Morales (moderator) Jana Tropper Shveta Miller Ronell Whitaker Dr. Rachelle Cruz

Hyperlinked in the titles below are toolkits created by  Dr. Valentino Zullo, Ph.D., in 2020/21. They are modeled after the  Get Graphic! with the Ohio Center for the Book  discussions hosted at Cleveland Public Library (home of the Ohio Center for the Book) since 2014. These guides aim to promote the study of comics with other libraries, classrooms, book clubs, independent readers, and anyone else that wants an education in comics! The toolkits offered here represent only selection of comics titles. The list does not reflect an established pedagogical canon of comics to teach on.

Understanding Comics  by Scott McCloud  (Comics: A Medium) 

• 11 x 17 Sheets  (Can be folded into 8.5 x 11 Booklet) (PDF)
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One Hundred Demons  by Lynda Barry  (Creating Comics)

Are You My Mother?  by Alison Bechdel  (Comics as Medicine)

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Maus  by Art Spiegelman  (The Holocaust)

Persepolis  by marjane satrapi  (iranian revolution), fun home  by alison bechdel  (lgbtq history in the united states), the best we could do  by thi bui  (vietnam war), march   (book one)  by john lewis  (us civil rights movement), palestine  by joe sacco  (israeli-palestinian conflict), grass  by keum suk gendry-kim (janet hong, translator)  (korean “comfort women”), arab of the future  by riad sattouf  (pan-arab nationalism).

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When Art Spiegelman's Maus, a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of "serious" comics has generated growing levels of interest as scholars, journalists, and public intellectuals continue to explore the history, aesthetics, and semiotics of the comics medium.

Critical Studies / Comics Scholarship - Books

Critical Studies - Journals and Magazines

• The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship The Comics Grid is an open-access, researcher-led, peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal aims to publish innovative, original, and specialized contributions to the field of comics scholarship from multidisciplinary and media-specific perspectives.
• Comics Journal. Location: Periodical stacks Online: The Comics Journal has been a source for comics news and opinion since 1977. It contains in-depth interviews with mainstream. classic, underground, and small-press creators, and covers issues relevant to comics scholars and fans.
• Comics Journal Available remotely through the Underground and Independent Comics database
• European Comic Art Call Number: Location - Periodical Stacks European Comic Art is the first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature.
• Image & Narrative 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. Besides tackling theoretical issues, it is a platform for reviews of real-life examples. Each issue features three parts: 1) a thematic cluster, guest-edited by specialized scholars in the field; 2) a selection of various articles; 3) reviews of recent publications. Image [&] Narrative is a bilingual journal, which publishes contributions in either English or French, and which fosters cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogue between linguistic and scientific traditions.
• ImageText ImageText is an open access scholarly journal dedicated to comics studies published by the University of Florida.
• International Journal of Comic Art. Call Number: Location - Periodical Stacks International and multidisciplinary in scope, IJOCA aims to publish scholarly and readable research on any aspect of comic art, defined as animation, comic books, newspaper and magazine strips, caricature, single panel, gag and political cartoons, humorous art, and humor or cartoon magazines.
• Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics. Call Number: Location: Periodical stacks The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics is a peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of the graphic novel, comic strip, and comic book, with an emphasis on comics in their cultural, institutional, and creative contexts. It is international in scope, covering not only English language comics but also worldwide comics culture. The journal reflects interdisciplinary research in comics and aims to establish a dialogue between academics, historians, theoreticians, and practitioners of comics.
• Studies in Comics Call Number: Location - Periodical Stacks Studies in Comics aim is to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form, and to address the medium’s formal properties. The emerging field of comics studies is a model for interdisciplinary research and in this spirit, this journal welcomes all approaches. This journal is international in scope and provides an inclusive space in which researchers from all backgrounds can present new thinking on comics to a global audience.
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Critical Studies - Bibliographic Resources

• Bonn Online Bibliography of Comics Research An international bibliographic database for scholarly literature about comics, graphic novels, manga and related fields.
• Comics Scholarship Bibliography​ - Maintained by the International Comic Arts Forum Comics studies is a rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field, and this resource is intended to highlight recent work in English-language comics scholarship from experts working in diverse departments, fields, and institutions. Organized in two sections: one for monographs and edited collections, and another for peer-reviewed journal articles and essays from scholarly anthologies not primarily devoted to comics. Not comprehensive in scope.

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