comics studies – Eszter Szép

Drawing and Transforming the Body in Ken Dahl’s Monsters – Abstract for Transitions 9

March 31, 2021

This is my abstract for Transitions 9: New Directions in Comics Studies 2021 (Transitions was canceled in 2020 but will take place online this year – 2021. There will be live sketchnoting during the panels! I’ll speak on 8 April about a chapter of my book that I’ve not talked about at any conferences before. … More Drawing and Transforming the Body in Ken Dahl’s Monsters – Abstract for Transitions 9

Drawing as Protest in The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Petr Sís – Abstract

March 22, 2021

I am looking forward to the 2021 conference of the Comics Studies Society. The topic this year is Re/Building Community. Here is my abstract. … More Drawing as Protest in The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Petr Sís – Abstract

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

Where Do Graphic Novels Come From?

December 7, 2020

Contrary to the myths inherited from the 80s and later, the graphic novel was not invented or made popular exclusively by Will Eisner or his manager. In my latest Patreon project I dig into the origins of the graphic novel format and I also explore the origins of the term. A teaser of the project is now available for anyone on my website. … More Where Do Graphic Novels Come From?

The Cover of My Book is Here

February 22, 2020

I am totally thrilled and mesmerized. I feel flattered by the care and attention of the editors and designers at the Ohio State University Press, and I am particularly grateful to Amanda Weiss, who drew the cover. The cover of my book represents everything that this book is about: first, the vulnerability of bodies, which … More The Cover of My Book is Here

Lines, Erasure, Affect: Reading Dominique Goblet — Comics Forum, Leeds, 7-8 Nov 2019

November 4, 2019

Here is the abstract of the presentation I am going to give at the Comics and Art and Design conference of the Comics Forum in Leeds, 7-8 November 2019. Cannot wait! This conference is always so inspiring. The starting point of my investigation is that comics is a drawn medium, and that this fact has … More Lines, Erasure, Affect: Reading Dominique Goblet — Comics Forum, Leeds, 7-8 Nov 2019

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

“Postmortemistical” Look: The Memory of Things and the Traces of Personhood in Roz Chast and Ben Katchor — Abstract

March 13, 2018

Here is the abstract of the paper I’m going to present at the Ninth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference, Retro! Time, Memory, Nostalgia, @Bournemouth University, UK, 27-29 June 2018 “Postmortemistical” Look: The Memory of Things and the Traces of Personhood in Roz Chast and Ben Katchor The paper investigates the ways personal relationships and memories are organized … More “Postmortemistical” Look: The Memory of Things and the Traces of Personhood in Roz Chast and Ben Katchor — Abstract

Teaching and Syllabi 2018

February 11, 2018

This term I’m really lucky and really busy: I can teach two very interesting courses at two universities here at Budapest. I have been responsible for the content of both courses, and I have spent a lot of time thinking about what to do, what to teach, and how. Though preparing one’s own syllabus is complicated, enjoying … More Teaching and Syllabi 2018

Eszter Szép

Researcher of Comics

Tag: comics studies