Editor’s Notes

2025 IJOCA Price List

Comics Art in Korea

Comics and Human Rights UN Event: The Church Center for the United Nations, October 17, 2024

Illustrated Weeklies Introducing Graphic Sequences in Flanders (1868-1900)

The Unique Aesthetic of Cao Hanmei in His Adaptation of Jin Ping Mei: Lianhuanhua or Manhua?

German-Speaking Comics Artists in Interwar Czechoslovakia 1918-1938

An Ecocritical Analysis of Pakistani Tarzan Stories

Women Creating Monsters: A Bibliography of Comics and Graphic Novels, Part I: Graphic Novels, 2014-2024

Meet Sarah Firth of Australia: A Post-Small Press Expo Interview

Great Existentialism Carries Great Responsibility: Sartre’s Philosophy in the Spider-Man Comics

An Extremely Personal Take on the History of Manga Studies Natsume Fusanosuke

Abstract Extortionist, A Photo-Graphic-Novelas a Way to Challenge
Disciplinarity: From Literary Studies to Comics Studies through Art History

Some Caribbean Comics Artists’ Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence

First-Hand Impressions of Thai Comics and Pop Culture

Extraordinary Master Erotic Artist and Storyteller, Kevin J. Taylor (1963-2024)

In Search of a Meaning: Graphic Novels in China

Defining Forms or Types (Not Genres): One-panel Comics Are a Contradiction in Terms
Japan and Southeast Asia

“Ecological Aesthetic Education”: Lao Jiu and His Humorous Philatelic Cartoons

Carmilla and Vampirella: Sisters, Cousins, or Coincidence?

Tribute to Trina Robbins” - San Diego Comic-Con 2024

Research Prompts

“No Joke! No Joke!” A Short Survey of Philippines Political Comics and Cartoons in 2024

The World of Comics News

Book Reviews
Kenji Miyazawa. Adapted by Yasuko Sakuno and translated by Moss Quanci. Kenji Miyazawa’s The Restaurant of Many Orders and Other Stories, by Jon Holt, p.465.
Margaret C. Flinn, ed. Drawing (In) The Feminine. Bande Dessinée and Women, by Manuela Di Franco, p.471.
I-yun Lee. Taiwan Comics: History, Status and Manga Influx 1930s-1990s, by John A. Lent, p.476.
Neale Barnholden. From Gum Wrappers to Richie Rich: The Materiality of Cheap Comics, by Brian Flota, p.478.
Tom Heintjes, ed. The Complete Betty Brown, Ph.G., by David Beard, p.483.
Mark Hibbett. Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach to Transmedia Characters, by Chris York, p.487.
Paolo Alessandro Herras and Cheng Tju Lim, editors. South East Asian Kommunity 2024, by Duy Tano, p.491.
Shawn Conner. Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters, by Edward Whatley, p.493.
Ewa Stańczyk. Cartoons and Antisemitism: Visual Politics of Interwar Poland, by John A. Lent, p.495.
Nancy Burton. Hurricane Nancy, by Cassia Hayward-Fitch, p.497.
Jim Coby and Joanna Davis-McElligatt, eds. Boom! Splat! Comics and Violence, by Kirsten Møllegaard, p.499.
Ytasha L. Womack. Black Panther: A Cultural Exploration, by Charles W. Henebry, p.502.
Rafael Carrión-Arias. Batman and the Shadows of Modernity: A Critical Genealogy on Contemporary Hero in the Age of Nihilism, by Felipe Rodolfo Hendriksen, p.503.
Matthew Reinhart (paper engineering); Brad Walker, Marco Santucci, and Tom Derenick (pencils and inks); and Paul Mounts (colors). DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop-Up Book, by Gene Kannenberg, Jr., p.506.

Graphic Novel Reviews
Leonard Rifas, et al. Ground Zero Comics: Move Beyond Nuclear Weapons, by James Willetts, p.511.
Charles Burns. Final Cut, by Luke C. Jackson, p.514.
Tereza Čechová (text) and Štěpánka Jislová (ill.); translated by Martha Kuhlman and Tereza Čechová. Bald, by José Alaniz, p.516.
Ginette Kolinka, Jean-David Morvan, and Victor Matet (writers),
Cesc and Efa (illustrators), Roger (colorist), and Edward Gauvin (translator). Adieu Birkenau: Ginette Kolinka’s Story of Survival, by Matt Reingold, p.524.
Patrick Spät and Sheree Domingo; translated by Michael Waaler. Madame Choi and the Monsters: A True Story, by Cord A. Scott, p.527.
Olivier Schrauwen. Sunday, by Luke C. Jackson, p.531.
Rick Parker. Drafted, by Nicholas Wirtz, p.534.
Craig Yoe. Woman Man+, by C.T. Lim, p.537.
David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson. Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined, by Matthew Teutsch, p.539.
Claire Alet and Benjamin Adam. Thomas Piketty’s Capital Ideology: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Liz Brown, p.542.
Eddie Ahn. Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice, by Margaret C. Flinn, p.544.
Stéphane Douay and Benoist Simmat; translated by Montana Kane. The Incredible Story of Cooking: From Prehistory to Today, 500,000 Years of Adventure, by Cord A. Scott, p.546.
Frédéric Fanget, Catherine Meyer and Pauline Aubry (ill.). Translated by Edward Gauvin. The Anxiety Club: How To Survive Modern Life, by Ishita Sehgal, p.548.
Cormac McCarthy and Manu Larcenet. The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation, by Luke C. Jackson, p.550.

Exhibition Reviews
“‘Gordo’ by/de Gus Arriola: Depicting Mexico and Modernism”, by José Alaniz, p.553.
“Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing”, by Mike Rhode, p.564.
“Exposition Collective Inaugurale”, by Nick Nguyen, p.589.
“Beautiful Monsters: The Art of Emil Ferris”, by Carli Spina, p.595.
Beijing Animation Festival China Picture Book Fair, by Xu Ying, p.599.
“Hell, Ink Water: The Art of Mike Mignola”, by Carli Spina, p.607.
“JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience”, by Matt Reingold, p.609.