Eszter Szép

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Welcome

to the website of Dr. Eszter Szép, educator, researcher, comics artist. She works for and with comics: thinking, making, teaching, workshopping (worshipping), writing, editing, organizing. She loves being enthusiastic about what she does.

Full CV on Google drive.

Eszter is currently a postdoctoral researcher in comics and wellbeing at Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; previously a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Oregon in comics and design.

Most recent Project

I edited issue #80 of Finnish alternative comics magazine KUTI (summer 2026). The issue is about mental health and is titled Mental Unload. It is free to read on issuu. Find out more here: https://kutikuti.com/kuti80-2/

Recent Comics (click for more info)

Recent academic publications

  1. Szép Eszter, Barbara Postema. “Comics is a Space for Sharing Experiences.” Comics is… Debating the Subject of Comics Studies. Lund, M. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. p. 57-69. NOTE: My contribution to this dialog-based publication is an academically informed research comic.
  2. Bart Beaty, Eszter Szép. “Comics is Best Understood as a Field.” Comics is… Debating the Subject of Comics Studies. Lund, M. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. p. 141-162. NOTE: My contribution to this dialog-based publication is an academically informed research comic.

  • This is me being a serious curator at the home of comics artist and illustrator Győző Dudás.

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