Call for Papers 2025! Censorship, Book Burning, and the Separation of Artist from their Art! The ninth volume of the Pace University Journal of Comics and Culture is inviting authors, scholars, cartoonists, and comics creators to submit essays on banning and censorship of comics, contemporary or otherwise. Be it due to artist, content, religion, region,…
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Call for Papers: Religion in Grant Morrison Comics
Call for Papers: Religion in the Grant Morrison Comics Editor: Matthew Brake Series: Religion and Comics (McFarland) In the 1980s, a movement known as the “British Invasion” saw a number of writers and artists from the UK join the ranks of American comics writers to produce some of the most popular and enduring work in…
Comics Review – Chronicles of Faith: David the Shepherd
By Danny Anderson As a consumer of art, I generally agree with Franz Kafka when he wrote “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us.” I don’t take this to mean that we should avoid books we like. Rather, we should learn to appreciate art that challenges us…
Help A. David Lewis Write KISMET, MAN OF FATE, Vol. 2
In 2014, writer A. David Lewis brought the first Muslim superhero in comic books back from oblivion. He produced, along with Noel Tuazon, Rob Croonenborghs, and Taylor Esposito, the first volume of KISMET, MAN OF FATE, a character not seen in print for over 70 years. Setting the story in the present, Kismet transitions from…
Comics and the Art of the Cliffhanger
By Pastor Will Rose When the weather allowed, I rode my bike to Wrightsville Beach Elementary School. On the way to school I would stop at a convenient store and spend my lunch money on the newest Uncanny X-Men comic book on the spinner rack. When I was younger, I loved the action and the…
Review: The Green Lantern #3: Hal Meets God?
Anyone who knows me (Matt) knows that I am a HUGE Grant Morrison fan! As such, I have been following his new Green Lantern run with interest. Issue #3 in particular seems relevant for conversations about Theology and Religion. Thankfully, our regular contributor Corey Patterson has written a review of the issue for Monkeys Fighting…
Review: KISMET: MAN OF FATE Brings Back an Old Hero to Tackle New Problems
One of our regular contributors, Corey Patterson, has written a review of A. David Lewis’s Kismet: Man of Fate over on Monkeys Fighting Robots. Pop on over and check it out by clicking the link below: “After over 70 years of silence, Kismet: Man of Fate has finally returned to comic books. The updated edition from A…
JEWS AND COMICS IN CANADA THIS OCTOBER
An interesting event brought to our attention by our friends over at Sacred and Sequential. Check out the details here.
Pop Culture and Theology 