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Comic Theory

Comic Theory is a scholarly framework within Comics Studies that systematically accounts for the formal, narrative, and cultural properties of comics, distinguishing itself from adjacent theories of visual or literary representation by focusing specifically on the medium-specific principles governing sequential, juxtaposed images and their multimodal semiotics.

443

Publications

22.1K

Citations

497

Authors

219

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

68

Parents

Publications

443

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Alan Manning · IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication · 1998 · 3.2K citations

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Alternative comics: an emerging literature

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 645 citations

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Graphic women: life narrative and contemporary comics

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 447 citations

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Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics

Henry D. Smith, Frederik L. Schodt · Journal of Japanese Studies · 1984 · 426 citations

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Comics as Literature? Reading Graphic Narrative

Hillary Chute · PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America · 2008 · 419 citations

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Authors

497

  1. NC
    Neil Cohn

    Tilburg University, Netherlands

    6 publications · 248 citations

    6

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  2. DJ
    Dale Jacobs

    University of Windsor, Canada

    5 publications · 223 citations

    5

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  3. SM
    Stuart M. Tave

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 160 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. MS
    Marc Singer

    Ohio University, United States

    3 publications · 181 citations

    3

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  5. HC
    Hillary Chute

    3 publications · 503 citations

    3

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1–5 of 497

Institutions

219

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    169 citations

  2. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    79 citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    277 citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    57 citations

  5. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    45 citations

  6. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    944 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    216 citations

  8. Loughborough University

    Loughborough, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 59 publications · 4.6K citations

    31

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  2. Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics

    19 publications · 610 citations

    14

    h-index

  3. The Journal of Popular Culture

    JPC · 13 publications · 769 citations

    12

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  4. The Modern Language Review

    7 publications · 236 citations

    7

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  5. Modern fiction studies

    MFS · 6 publications · 452 citations

    6

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