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Comics World-building

Comics World-Building is an academic construct in the field of Comics Illustration that refers to the systematic development of coherent, immersive, and visually narrated fictional environments through integrated elements of setting, culture, history, and spatial logic unique to sequential art.

48

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3K

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37

Authors

16

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

48

Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics

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

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Seal of Approval: The History of the Comics Code

Martin Barker, Amy Kiste Nyberg · Labour / Le Travail · 1999 · 221 citations

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Comic books as history: the narrative art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 203 citations

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This book contains graphic language: comics as literature

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 175 citations

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Using comics-based representations of teaching, and technology, to bring practice to teacher education courses

Patricio Herbst, Daniel Chazan, Chia-Ling Chen et al. · ZDM · 2010 · 138 citations

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Authors

37

  1. DJ
    Dale Jacobs

    University of Windsor, Canada

    2 publications · 160 citations

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  2. HC
    Hillary Chute

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  3. CB
    Casey Brienza

    City, University of London, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 95 citations

    2

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  4. ZK
    Zoltán Kacsuk

    Stuttgart Media University, Germany

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. MB
    Martin Barker

    Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 221 citations

    1

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Institutions

16

  1. University of California System

    Oakland, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    414 citations

  4. ING Direct

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    40 citations

  6. Kyoto Seika University

    Kyoto, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  7. University of Perugia

    Perugia, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  8. Ithaca College

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 13 publications · 956 citations

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  2. Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics

    3 publications · 274 citations

    3

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  3. Studies in Comics

    2 publications · 46 citations

    2

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  4. The English Journal

    EJ · 2 publications · 160 citations

    2

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  5. The Journal of Popular Culture

    JPC · 2 publications · 73 citations

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