Comics and the Body is now released
December 16, 2020
I made a short video to introduce the basic ideas of my book. … More Comics and the Body is now released
Category: research
Video: Discussing Comics with Frederick Luis Aldama
November 12, 2020
I talk about my personal journey as a comics scholar with Frederick Luis Aldama. I also talk about what I think of drawing, how comics and the body are related, and what my latest publications are about. It is an honor to be part of this videocast series. … More Video: Discussing Comics with Frederick Luis Aldama
Why is vulnerability so important in Le Guin’s Earthsea? – Patreon News
October 30, 2020
I am happy to share with you my first finished Patreon project. Patreon projects help me keep on academic work in the circumstances I do not want to waste time on describing now, I have done so here, in the general introduction of my Patreon endeavor. Patreon projects are academic investigations that create a bridge … More Why is vulnerability so important in Le Guin’s Earthsea? – Patreon News
I have started a Patreon page
September 7, 2020
These past months have been very difficult because it seems that being from Eastern Europe and being primarily a comics scholar (though I have also taught literature) make it impossible to get a job in academia either here in Hungary or in the EU / UK. This has negatively influenced all my other projects, such … More I have started a Patreon page
Important Book on Comics in Eastern Europe is Out
July 12, 2020
Editors Martha Kuhlman and José Alaniz have found, explored, brought to us a topic that is hardly ever discussed: the comics of Eastern Europe. I also contributed with a chapter. … More Important Book on Comics in Eastern Europe is Out
Encapsulations: Critical Comics Studies – Editorial Board
May 23, 2019
University of Nebraska Press has launched its comics studies series with a long-needed focus: “By looking at understudied and overlooked texts, artists, and publishers, Encapsulations facilitates a move away from the same “big” and oft-examined texts. Instead the series uses more diverse case studies to explore new and existing critical theories in tune with an … More Encapsulations: Critical Comics Studies – Editorial Board
2018 – My publications
December 27, 2018
2018: The year most of my projects bloomed, when I finished my PhD, when I reworked my PhD thesis into a book (added 2 chapters, took one away) (to be published in 2020). In terms of non-academic achievements, I organized (almost alone) the comics festival in May, co-curated a major exhibition on comics in the … More 2018 – My publications
Lynda Takes the Line for A Walk — Abstract for the Transitions 8 Conference
October 30, 2018
Lynda Takes the Line for A Walk: Attitudes and Philosophies of Drawing in Lynda Barry’s Comics Transitions 8, 10 November, Birkbeck, University of London (detailed program) Lynda Barry’s What It Is (2008), Picture This (2009), and Syllabus (2014) are not simply educational or self-help books on making comics, they reveal Barry’s theory about drawing and … More Lynda Takes the Line for A Walk — Abstract for the Transitions 8 Conference
My review of Simon Grennan’s A Theory of Narrative Drawing is out in INKS
July 13, 2018
To reveiw Simon’s Grennan book has been my greatest accomplishment recently. It is a book that you either put away instantly or you immense yourself into it by taking notes and by constantly using google. I elaborate in detail why Simon’s model and demonstration of narrative drawing is indeed seminal, and I also say that … More My review of Simon Grennan’s A Theory of Narrative Drawing is out in INKS
Edited collection has been published
February 24, 2018
I am really happy to share this piece of news with you: “Turning the Page – Gendered Identities in Contemporary Literary and Visual Cultures” has been published. It is based on a 2-day international conference for young researchers held in 2014 at ELTE Budapest. My friend Kata Gyuris and I organized this conference, and the newly published … More Edited collection has been published
