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INKS Comics Journal
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The Journal of the Comics Studies Society, since 2017
https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/701
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Book Review!

Charlotte J. Fabricius comments on nuances in J. Andrew Deman’s The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #XMen #GenderStudies #UncannyXMen #comics #ComicStudies #BookReview #Research #superhero #FeministStudies #comic
Book Cover: Gold ring with two lines crossing through it that mimic the symbols for male and female. One line has an arrow at one end, and the other line has a plus at one end and “x” on the other end.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Book Review!

Siobhán Jolley analyzes the unique details of Christianity and Comics: Stories We Tell About Heaven and Hell by Blair Davis
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ChristianStudies #ComicStudies #comics #BibleStudies #storytelling #scholar #ScholarlyPublishing
Book cover: The title in front of a cloud background. Below are thin colorful lines that resemble comic art.
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Book review!

Harriet E. H. Earle comments on the significance of violence in “BOOM! SPLAT! Comics and Violence” ed. by Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt

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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #censorship #PoliticalViolence #Politics #censor #scholarship
Book cover: Indistinct fist punches with brass knuckles. A different-looking hand holds up something gray. The title is written in comic lettering between the two hands.
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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How Do Your Students Feel About That? A Reflection on the Use of Graphic Narratives in History Surveys in the State of Texas

Gabrielle Lyle argues for teaching history holistically through comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #history #education #ComicStudies #TexasHistory
Photo: Strip of storefronts. One has a large sign saying “Texas,” and above it is a plaque in Texas’s shape.
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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It's 2025

Patrick S. Lawrence discusses the resurgence in comic and book censorship.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #politics #ComicStudies #comics #censorship #history #activism #solidarity #UniversityPress #2025 #freedom #ComicBooks #BannedBooks #CensorshipSucks
Cave drawing: Below a peace symbol, 4 human silhouettes face each other while carrying spears or long branches. One prepares to throw his spear.
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Comics Studies Conferences in a Time of Crisis

Andrew J. Kunka considers the fallout of the presidential administration’s recent actions.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #politics #AmericanPolitics #ComicStudies #comics #DEI #activism #comic #students #education #presidents
Illustration: 7 people in business casual sit on a couch and chairs or stand nearby. 3 text boxes suggest conversation among them. One person shrugs with a question mark above their head.
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Good morning! Our latest issue 9.2 is live. Ft. articles like “Are Superhero Comics Copaganda?” By Shea Hennum

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September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Comics Are a Subversive Medium

Margaret Galvan pulls from historical and current events to connect the LGBTQ+ identity to comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #LGBTQ+ #queer #WomensRights #ComicStudies #politics #LGBTQRights #subversion #comics #history #research #comic
8-panel comic: Each panel has a speech bubble with a different shape, color, and background. Some look like storm clouds.
September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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True North

Bart Beaty comments on the misrepresentation of Canadians in an American comic series.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #politics #Canada #CanadianPolitics #ComicStudies #comic #academia #students #InternationalRelations #media #representation #commentary #future
Illustration: Orange compass rose over teal background. Compass is labeled with the letters for north, south, east, and west.
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Thing Beats Hulk

Peter Nagy examines normative and subversive masculinity in The Hulk versus The Thing saga.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #Marvel #superhero #SuperheroComics #comic #ComicStudies #MarvelComics #Hulk #TheThing #FantasticFour #Avengers #comics #GenderStudies
Cover of Marvel comic: The Hulk’s green fist punches The Thing’s rock jaw so hard that teeth and rocks fly out. The title is “Hulk & Thing: Hard Knocks.”
September 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Are Superhero Comics Copaganda?

Shea Hennum questions the relationship between superhero comics and pro-police hegemony.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #UniversityPress #comics #ComicStudies #politics #discourse #superheroes #GreenLantern #DC #DetectiveComics #JusticeLeague
Comic: Two tall strips with Green Lantern flying through the sky. Thought bubbles show him conflicted because he can’t think of a legal solution to his problem.
September 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Remapping the Imperial Valley–Mexicali Borderlands in Jose Pimienta's Comics

David Barrera considers the significance of Latin American identity (latinidad) in Pimienta’s comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #comics #ComicStudies #UniversityPress #Latinidad #LatinxComics
Single comics panel: Two silhouetted birds fly above a hotel and a street with cars and pedestrians. A text box in the sky says, “Mexicali, Mexico.”
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Check out the exciting new issue of Inks on Project Muse at the link in our bio!

@projectmuse.bsky.social #UniversityPress #ComicStudies #comic #censorship #superhero #HumanRights #equality #literature #GraphicNovel #academic #ComicArt #ideology #LatinxComics #QueerStudies #feminism #politics
Illustration: Girl with headphones reads a book at a desk. Open laptop, paper, writing utensils, and mug also sit on the desk.
September 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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In honor of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day coming up, learn more about Extraño!
“Amidst fervent antiqueer sentiment due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Extraño/Gregorio de la Vega was one of the only queer-coded superheroes in mainstream superhero comics.”
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#comics
Comic: Extraño superhero wearing high-heeled boots, tights, jewelry, and a big cloak.
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Looking forward to seeing Inks authors and readers at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus! The free festival runs from September 18-21!
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#CXC #comics #animation #cartoon #ComicArt #artists #con #storytelling #ComicBooks #festival #free #Columbus #CBUS #UniversityPress
Illustration: A banner reading "Cartoon Crossroads Columbus" below a street sign reading "CXC." Festival booths are in the background.
September 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Book Review!
Paul Young comments on Dale Jacobs’s discoveries in On Comics and Grief.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #comics #review #VisualStorytelling #storytelling #grief #ComicArt #ComicBooks #analysis #WordsHavePower #GriefJourney #GriefAwareness
Illustration: Two women stand inside three panels. The middle panel shows the women’s distinct forms, while the other panels sketch the rest of their bodies. Below is the title and author.
August 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Here’s Fi Stewart-Taylor’s review of how Jeff Karnicky’s The New Nancy: Flexible and Relatable Daily Comics in the Twenty-First Century recontextualizes Olivia Jaimes’ Nancy.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #comics #TheNewNancy #review #Nancy #storytelling
Illustration: A big pink bow on top of black hair. Below the hair is the title, subtitle and author of the book. At the bottom, are pink and black polka dots.
August 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Book review!
Kerry Soper checks out the contents of Michelle Ann Abate’s uniquely structured Blockheads, Beagles and Sweet Babboos.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #comics #Peanuts #Snoopy #CharlesSchulz #review #storytelling #ComicBooks #VisualStorytelling
Illustration: Snoopy’s red doghouse with comic text bubbles for the book’s title and subtitle. The author’s name is in the grass under the doghouse.
August 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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No Substitute for the Experience: A Case for Practice-Based Comics Teaching and Research

Nicholas Wirtz considers a practice-based research strategy that integrates visual thinking.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #comics #pedagogy #research #teaching #essay
Sketch: The unfinished sketch of a hand draws something in a notebook. The sketch is drawn with neat black lines and shaded with a blue colored pencil.
July 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #EisnerAward #SDCC25 #comics #ComicStudies #sdcc #UniversityPress #humanities #AcademicPublishing
Illustration: three superheroes stand by a 'congrats' for Eisner Award winners and the message, "Inks was honored to be among the nominees." One superhero has wings, and another has a limb difference.
July 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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If you’re attending San Diego Comic Con this weekend, check out the Comics Under Fire panel co-hosted by Susan Kirtley, editor of Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society. The panel focuses on comic censorship in the classroom and takes place Sat., July 26th at 11 a.m.
#comics #sdcc #sdcc2025
Illustration: Cover of Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society Volume 9 Issue 1 with a sketch of a hand holding a pencil.
July 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Black Comics Studies Now

Participants in a Comic Studies Society roundtable discuss the past, present and future of black comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicStudiesSociety #ComicsStudies #comics #BlackComicStudies #RepresentationMatters #ComicBooks #storytelling
Illustration: Six black people smile around the roundtable’s title, “Black Comics Studies Now.” Each person has a unique style of hair and clothing.
July 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Beyond Icons: Contemporary Perspectives on Breast Cancer in Graphic Pathographies

Christian Lenemark examines how graphic artists depict breast cancer.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #comics #PinkRibbon #BreastCancer #BreastCancerAwareness #medicine #pathology
Illustration: A woman cries while running a race. She is wearing sunglasses and the race number “501” on her chest.
July 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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From Bleachman to the PrEP Heroes: Superhero Fantasies and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Nicholas Derda unravels the history of the AIDS/HIV superhero symbol.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #comics #superheroes #lgbtq #HIV #AIDS #RepresentationMatters #queer
Poster: BleachMan superhero stands with a giant syringe next to the tagline, “Clean it with bleach.” BleachMan’s head is a bottle of bleach, and he is wearing red, blue and yellow.
July 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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One Does Not Simply Overlook New Forms of Sequential Art: Memes as Fixed-Image Comics

Michelle Ann Abate redefines memes as digital comics.
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@projectmuse.bsky.social #ComicsStudies #DigitalComics #memes #storytelling #comics #ComicArt #ComicBooks #VisualStorytelling
2 panel comic with fire surrounding a coffee table. Dog character says, "This is fine."
July 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM