Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom

Journal ISSN: 21504857, 21504865

Publisher: Routledge

History: 2010-2021

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Scope/Description:

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics covers all aspects of the graphic novel comic strip and comic book focusing primarily but not exclusively on the twentieth and the twentyfirst centuries. The emphasis is on the production and consumption of comics in their cultural institutional and creative contexts.The journal aims to reflect not only standard forms such as the superhero and other genres of the comic book but also the increasing interest in modern forms and emerging genres of the comic for instance medicine psychology and autobiography. Our scope is international covering not only English language comics but also worldwide comic culture recently featuring articles about European Indian Japanese and Korean comics. We would like to extend into other comic cultures in Australia Africa South America and Scandinavia.We are interested in the production and consumption of comics and their context within culture and the mass media for instance within promotional culture digital technologies and fandom. The journal aims to reflect and encourage the widest breadth of approaches to the comic as a mass medium and its associated forms.