A Virtual Roundtable with Hugo Frey, Hillary Chute, Mark McKinney, and Eszter Szep, moderated by Aubrey Gabel. … More Violence, Politics, and the Graphic Novel – Virtual Panel
A catalog showcasing contemporary Hungarian comics came out in fall 2021, but I completely forgot to share the news here. I was working on New Hungarian Comics and Graphic Novels: Speech Bubbles to Leave You Speechless in the spring, it was commissioned by the Petőfi Literary Fund. It was big work: I selected the artists … More Showcasing New Hungarian Comics and Graphic Novels (PDF!)
When I was looking back on 2020 in my January 2021 post, I wrote that the best decision I made was quitting my job at a multinational company in the summer of 2020 (in spite of the pandemic, etc). I was grateful for that decision each and every day of 2021. Though freelancing is hard, … More 2021 – A Busy Year
In October 2021 I was invited by Lina Ghaibeh to hold a lecture to graphic design students about drawing and comics. I was and am still honored by this opportunity. … More Guest Lecturing at the American University of Beirut, Reporting on Arab Comics for TCJ
Andrew Godfrey-Meers looks at Comics and the Body from the perspective of Graphic Medicine on Comics Grid. … More The first review of my book is here
I am happy to share that I am the new book reviews editor of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. Contact me if you are interested in reviewing for the journal. … More Book Reviews Editor of the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics
The new project that I am undertaking with the help of Patreon folks is partly a conference presentation and partly an issue I have wanted to explore for a while now. I have been interested in how postcolonial theories could be used on postsoviet life and stuff – this is happening in literature and in … More New Patreon Project: Petr Sís, drawing, protest, post-soviet life
In 2018 Roger Sabin gave me a Marie Duval T-shirt. Now THIS is the way to put ideas into someone’s head: you give them a T-shirt with a cool pattern related to a little known aspect to their research, and they are doomed… Yes, my new #patreon project is on Duval. Marie Duval was drwaing to the … More The Marie Duval Patreon Project
I was teaching a lecture on the history of comics at Budapest Metropolitan University in spring 2021. … More History of Comics Course
You can watch the 20-minute presentation on Monsters, a very creative and playful comic on STDs by Ken Dahl (penname for Gabby Schulz) on YouTube. This video was made for the Transitions 9: New Directions in Comics Studies conference in 2021. Before the actual video, I also would like to share sketchnotes made by fantastic … More Drawing and Transforming the Body in Ken Dahl’s Monsters: Video and Sketchnotes
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