comics – 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

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?

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

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

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

The Geometry of Interdimensional Travel: Trips to Alien Lands in Jesse Jacobs’ Comics – Abstract for Comics and Travel conf @Oxford

May 31, 2019

Moving Images: Comics and Travel (conference)5 July 2019Oxford Comics NetworkUniversity of Oxford Traveling to other dimensions, mapping alien lands, and exploring the unknown both within the the mind and in one’s (new) environment are common topics of SF comics, yet in Jesse Jacobs’ comics these topics are handled in very different ways. In By This … More The Geometry of Interdimensional Travel: Trips to Alien Lands in Jesse Jacobs’ Comics – Abstract for Comics and Travel conf @Oxford

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

Community Comics Library Opened on 13 Dec

December 20, 2018

Around two months ago Adam approached me with the idea of establishing a comics library. He had a vision of a bookshelf of comics donated by nice people. I immeditely loved the idea. We worked on it for two months. Discussed stuff. Made a Facebook page. The next thing we realized was that there are … More Community Comics Library Opened on 13 Dec

Catalog of Hungarian Comics I edited has been published

September 14, 2018

The bilingual catalog on the history of Hungarian comics that I edited in June has been published! And it is beautiful! Thanks to Judit Vincze for the amazing design! The catalog is based on the material of our Comics as Narrative exhibition in the National Széchényi Library (14 May – 28 July 2018), and it … More Catalog of Hungarian Comics I edited has been published

Eszter Szép

Researcher of Comics

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