Julia Round
@hypnojoo.bsky.social
Independent scholar and award-winning writer. Have taught at Bournemouth University, UAL and Bristol University. Mostly researching British comics, and especially the intersections of comics, gothic and children's lit. Ask me about Misty!
#AcademicSky Please share this call for #ComicsStudies chapters for our proposed Companion to International Comics Studies as widely as possible. Full details here ow.ly/5vY050XipXT and deadline for proposals is 31 Jan 2026.
November 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#AcademicSky Please share this call for #ComicsStudies chapters for our proposed Companion to International Comics Studies as widely as possible. Full details here ow.ly/5vY050XipXT and deadline for proposals is 31 Jan 2026.
Many congrats to @charlottejohanne.bsky.social for this award winning #ComicsStudies article which we are delighted to have published in Studies in Comics! Free to read at the link below.
🎉 Congratulations to Charlotte Johanne Fabricius, winner of this year’s Martin Schüwer Publication Prize for Outstanding Comics Research!
Her article 'Drawing in Circles' is FREE to read in Studies in Comics 15.1&2 👉 https://ow.ly/menj50XjO0U
More on the award 👉 https://ow.ly/1gZY50XjO0V
Her article 'Drawing in Circles' is FREE to read in Studies in Comics 15.1&2 👉 https://ow.ly/menj50XjO0U
More on the award 👉 https://ow.ly/1gZY50XjO0V
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Many congrats to @charlottejohanne.bsky.social for this award winning #ComicsStudies article which we are delighted to have published in Studies in Comics! Free to read at the link below.
Just a gentle reminder that we’re always looking for #ComicsStudies contributions - articles, interviews, short comics and reviews all welcome!
Studies in Comics
General CFP
Papers are welcomed for Studies in Comics, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal that aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form and to address its formal properties.
More 👉https://ow.ly/iUA550X2EZo
Julia Round
General CFP
Papers are welcomed for Studies in Comics, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal that aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form and to address its formal properties.
More 👉https://ow.ly/iUA550X2EZo
Julia Round
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just a gentle reminder that we’re always looking for #ComicsStudies contributions - articles, interviews, short comics and reviews all welcome!
Very happy to be in Brussels for #IGNCCIBDS25 #ComicsStudies conference - looking forward to a fabulous week of talks this week!
June 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very happy to be in Brussels for #IGNCCIBDS25 #ComicsStudies conference - looking forward to a fabulous week of talks this week!
This Friday 20 June I’ll be running a FREE workshop on using dreams to kickstart your creative writing with Dr Rebecca Mills at Bournemouth Central Library - a few tickets still left at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dreamingwr..., come and join us!
Dreaming/Writing workshop
Learn about the use of dreams in genre fiction and visual media, and use your own dreams to kickstart your writing.
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June 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This Friday 20 June I’ll be running a FREE workshop on using dreams to kickstart your creative writing with Dr Rebecca Mills at Bournemouth Central Library - a few tickets still left at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dreamingwr..., come and join us!
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I've written an article on 200 Years of British Comics for the
uniofbrighton.bsky.social Comics Research blog... blogs.brighton.ac.uk/comics/2025/... with thanks to @hypnojoo.bsky.social and @annalouwalker.bsky.social for for copy editing and peer review
uniofbrighton.bsky.social Comics Research blog... blogs.brighton.ac.uk/comics/2025/... with thanks to @hypnojoo.bsky.social and @annalouwalker.bsky.social for for copy editing and peer review
200 Years of British Comics? | Comics and Graphic Narratives REG
Alex Fitch writes a piece of original research for this blog, asking the question: Is June 11th 2025 the 200th anniversary of British Comics? Origin ...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
June 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I've written an article on 200 Years of British Comics for the
uniofbrighton.bsky.social Comics Research blog... blogs.brighton.ac.uk/comics/2025/... with thanks to @hypnojoo.bsky.social and @annalouwalker.bsky.social for for copy editing and peer review
uniofbrighton.bsky.social Comics Research blog... blogs.brighton.ac.uk/comics/2025/... with thanks to @hypnojoo.bsky.social and @annalouwalker.bsky.social for for copy editing and peer review
Time to shamelessly promote this new #comicsstudies collection ‘Horror and Comics’ - edited by me, @barbarachamberlin.bsky.social and @komkunyosying - and packed with #horror themed goodness and looking at a global selection of comics! Due to be published by university of wales press next month.
May 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Time to shamelessly promote this new #comicsstudies collection ‘Horror and Comics’ - edited by me, @barbarachamberlin.bsky.social and @komkunyosying - and packed with #horror themed goodness and looking at a global selection of comics! Due to be published by university of wales press next month.
Very excited to be heading to University of Ulster next week to give the keynote talk at the On The Margins #comicsstudies conference! I’m speaking about ‘Playing the Game’ and sports stories in British girls’ comics - so many fab stories to unveil!! www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...
On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion
This two-day event focuses on exploring the intersections of comics, gender, identity, and subversion.
www.ulster.ac.uk
April 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Very excited to be heading to University of Ulster next week to give the keynote talk at the On The Margins #comicsstudies conference! I’m speaking about ‘Playing the Game’ and sports stories in British girls’ comics - so many fab stories to unveil!! www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/ar...
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in a world of reboots and remakes and sanitised slush you gotta fight back by writing something really really fucking Weird
April 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
in a world of reboots and remakes and sanitised slush you gotta fight back by writing something really really fucking Weird
Reposted by Julia Round
We’re currently running a competition where the winner will get £50 store credit to spend at Gosh! To enter, simply follow us on Bluesky (if you're seeing this, then there's a good chance you already do)! We’ll be drawing the winner next week on Friday 14th March, so make sure to follow us by then.
March 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We’re currently running a competition where the winner will get £50 store credit to spend at Gosh! To enter, simply follow us on Bluesky (if you're seeing this, then there's a good chance you already do)! We’ll be drawing the winner next week on Friday 14th March, so make sure to follow us by then.
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Proud to have a new article in The @uk.theconversation.com, co-written with @bournemouthuni.bsky.social’s Julia @hypnojoo.bsky.social Round, about @veradrew22.bsky.social’s groundbreaking LGBTQI+ superhero film The People’s Joker theconversation.com/the-peoples-...
The People’s Joker remixes familiar characters to create a new kind of comic book movie
This Joker is supported by a slew of recognisable Batman villains, such as the Riddler, Mr Freeze and Poison Ivy.
theconversation.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Proud to have a new article in The @uk.theconversation.com, co-written with @bournemouthuni.bsky.social’s Julia @hypnojoo.bsky.social Round, about @veradrew22.bsky.social’s groundbreaking LGBTQI+ superhero film The People’s Joker theconversation.com/the-peoples-...
Just sent back the final proofs for this new #ComicsStudies collection on #Horror
and Comics which has been so much fun to put together. Out in May from Uni of Wales Press
and Comics which has been so much fun to put together. Out in May from Uni of Wales Press
February 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Just sent back the final proofs for this new #ComicsStudies collection on #Horror
and Comics which has been so much fun to put together. Out in May from Uni of Wales Press
and Comics which has been so much fun to put together. Out in May from Uni of Wales Press
Hi #ComicsStudies BlueSky - I’m doing some research on recipes in children’s comics/annuals - if you have any strong memories or (even better) page scans etc hit up my messages please! Looking mainly at girls comics rn but I’d be interested to know where else recipes might appear…
January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hi #ComicsStudies BlueSky - I’m doing some research on recipes in children’s comics/annuals - if you have any strong memories or (even better) page scans etc hit up my messages please! Looking mainly at girls comics rn but I’d be interested to know where else recipes might appear…
Gentle reminder that #CFP for the 2025 joint conference of #IGNCC and #IBDS is live - closes 31 Jan. Come explore The Taste of Comics (and #ComicsStudies) with us in Brussels (and online) in June/July! Details at www.IGNCC.com
The International Graphic Novel & Comics Conference - International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference
call for papers for international graphic novel and comics academic conference comics and technologies university of east anglia norwich 2024
www.IGNCC.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Gentle reminder that #CFP for the 2025 joint conference of #IGNCC and #IBDS is live - closes 31 Jan. Come explore The Taste of Comics (and #ComicsStudies) with us in Brussels (and online) in June/July! Details at www.IGNCC.com
Call for proposals for a free online conference on ‘Literatures & Medicines’ hosted by us lot at Bournemouth University next April. #Comicsstudies and #GraphicMedicine papers are very welcome, please share and submit! www.litsampersand.org/literatures-...
Literatures & Medicines 2025 — Literatures &
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December 17, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Call for proposals for a free online conference on ‘Literatures & Medicines’ hosted by us lot at Bournemouth University next April. #Comicsstudies and #GraphicMedicine papers are very welcome, please share and submit! www.litsampersand.org/literatures-...
Behold the Xmas tree in all its glorious glory. The embellishment at the front is ‘a rainbow’, in case you wondered 😆
December 15, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Behold the Xmas tree in all its glorious glory. The embellishment at the front is ‘a rainbow’, in case you wondered 😆
#ComicsStudies folks - the CFP for our 2025 joint conference of IGNCC and the IntBDSoc has now launched - we’re off to Brussels (and online) to explore ‘The Taste of Comics’. Check it out at IGNCC.com.
The International Graphic Novel & Comics Conference - International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference
call for papers for international graphic novel and comics academic conference comics and technologies university of east anglia norwich 2024
IGNCC.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:44 PM
#ComicsStudies folks - the CFP for our 2025 joint conference of IGNCC and the IntBDSoc has now launched - we’re off to Brussels (and online) to explore ‘The Taste of Comics’. Check it out at IGNCC.com.
I’m honoured to be one of the 2024 awardees of the Kinnard Comics Education Award which ‘honors educators doing outstanding work with comics and education.’ Many thanks to Laneha House and congrats to the other awardees!
#comicsstudies #comicbook #comics
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#comicsstudies #comicbook #comics
www.lanehahouse.com/comics-educa...
Laneha House
www.lanehahouse.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:41 PM
I’m honoured to be one of the 2024 awardees of the Kinnard Comics Education Award which ‘honors educators doing outstanding work with comics and education.’ Many thanks to Laneha House and congrats to the other awardees!
#comicsstudies #comicbook #comics
www.lanehahouse.com/comics-educa...
#comicsstudies #comicbook #comics
www.lanehahouse.com/comics-educa...
Back on it for day 5 of my fave #britishcomics #girlscomics team ups - let’s go with the classic Four Marys from Bunty. Here’s a reprint of the ‘frolicsome foursome’’s debut in 1958.
December 3, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Back on it for day 5 of my fave #britishcomics #girlscomics team ups - let’s go with the classic Four Marys from Bunty. Here’s a reprint of the ‘frolicsome foursome’’s debut in 1958.
Post a character/s you love and tag 5 people to do the same:
@jasondbrawn.bsky.social @martinnutbeem.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social @comiccontext.bsky.social @drtravislangley.bsky.social
@jasondbrawn.bsky.social @martinnutbeem.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social @comiccontext.bsky.social @drtravislangley.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Post a character/s you love and tag 5 people to do the same:
@jasondbrawn.bsky.social @martinnutbeem.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social @comiccontext.bsky.social @drtravislangley.bsky.social
@jasondbrawn.bsky.social @martinnutbeem.bsky.social @annapeppard.bsky.social @comiccontext.bsky.social @drtravislangley.bsky.social
Day 4 (belated as I went out last night and forgot) of my top #comicbook team ups from #britishcomics #girlscomics - it’s the Tiny Taylors from Spellbound! Shrunk to tiny size while on holiday in Scotland, they need to travel far to figure out how to return to their normal forms.
December 1, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Day 4 (belated as I went out last night and forgot) of my top #comicbook team ups from #britishcomics #girlscomics - it’s the Tiny Taylors from Spellbound! Shrunk to tiny size while on holiday in Scotland, they need to travel far to figure out how to return to their normal forms.
Day 3 of favourite #ComicBook team ups challenge - from #BritishComics #GirlsComics I’m going for Sadie and Freya, the good girl/bad girl combo from Misty’s ‘Black Widow’, nicknamed Tara and Tula by its titular villainess
November 29, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Day 3 of favourite #ComicBook team ups challenge - from #BritishComics #GirlsComics I’m going for Sadie and Freya, the good girl/bad girl combo from Misty’s ‘Black Widow’, nicknamed Tara and Tula by its titular villainess
Day 2 of my fave teams #comicbook challenge - it’s The Silent Three, who appeared from the very first issue of School Friend, the first #britishcomics #girlscomics. Solving mysteries, defying evil prefects, wearing awesome robes and masks!
November 28, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Day 2 of my fave teams #comicbook challenge - it’s The Silent Three, who appeared from the very first issue of School Friend, the first #britishcomics #girlscomics. Solving mysteries, defying evil prefects, wearing awesome robes and masks!
OK I’m joining this #comicbook challenge - aiming for 10 days of my fave #BritishComics & #GirlsComics teams. Day 1: the Supercats! The unnecessarily sexily drawn crew of the Spaceship Lynx, a superpowered team (tho with a leader with no powers) whose adventures are a bonkers mix of sf and magic…
November 27, 2024 at 7:43 PM
OK I’m joining this #comicbook challenge - aiming for 10 days of my fave #BritishComics & #GirlsComics teams. Day 1: the Supercats! The unnecessarily sexily drawn crew of the Spaceship Lynx, a superpowered team (tho with a leader with no powers) whose adventures are a bonkers mix of sf and magic…
Aargh, I’m so out of the habit of posting anything on the socials… must do better! Sorry world.
November 26, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Aargh, I’m so out of the habit of posting anything on the socials… must do better! Sorry world.