Comic Books and Graphic Novels

"The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is a researcher-led, open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal. The journal aims to advance the media-specific study of graphic narrative from multidisciplinary perspectives. We aim to promote comics scholarship within academia and the general public with contributions that present specialised knowledge in accessible forms. As a publishing platform we encourage digital research, data sharing, public engagement and collaboration."

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. (Note: not a scholarly journal.)

"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. Beside tackling theoretical issues, it is a platform for reviews of real life examples."

"A peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of comics and related media."

"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."

"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."

"Mechademia’s subject area extends from manga and anime to game design, fashion, graphics, packaging, and toy industries, as well as a broad range of fan practices related to popular culture in Japan. We are interested in how the academic and fan communities can provide new possibilities for critical thinking and popular writing."

"Analytic articles, whether historical or literary, scholarly or popular."

"The journal... promote[s] the close analysis of the comics page/text using a variety of methodologies. Its specific goal, however, is to expand the relationship between comics and theory and to articulate a 'theory of comics.' The journal also includes reviews of new comics, criticism, and exhibitions, and a dedicated online space for cutting-edge and emergent creative work."