[Commlist] Call for Papers: Studies in Comics

Special Issue 11.1: Comics and Educations


Guest Editors: Dr Damon Herd, Professor Divya Jindal-Snape and Megan 
Sinclair

(University of Dundee)


Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2019

Contact: (studiesincomics /at/ googlemail.com) 
<mailto:(studiesincomics /at/ googlemail.com)>


Studies in Comics


ISSN 2040-3232 / Online ISSN 2040-3240


First published in 2010

2 issues per volume


Editors


Julia Round, Bournemouth University

Chris Murray, University of Dundee


Special Issue


Articles are invited for a special issue of Studies in Comics (STIC) on 
the theme of Comics and Education. Comics have enjoyed a resurgence in 
the classroom as educators, creators and scholars have come to recognize 
the diverse ways in which the medium can be used to support literacy, 
communication skills and creativity. Significantly, the use of comics 
for and as education also promotes cross-medial learning, as readers may 
use the form as a starting point for further reading, but also to 
enhance and supplement other pedagogical materials.

As Syma and Weiner argue, ‘it is no longer a question of whether 
sequential art should be used in educational settings, but rather how to 
use it and for what purpose’ (2013). Comics present an immersive, 
engaging and memorable tool for communication because they require the 
reader to actively participate in the meaning-making process by 
utilizing verbal, visual, spatial and gestural modes of understanding, 
among others (Bakis 2008). Indeed, comics can help readers of all ages 
understand complex ideas through these means and allow teachers and 
learners to explore, stimulate and enhance educational outcomes.


In recognition of this, we invite papers that focus on one or more of 
the following topics (although this list is not exhaustive):


• case studies of education comics/ comics as education;

• teaching and learning with published comics;

• teaching and learning by creating comics;

• comics and literacy;

• public information comics;

• comics as pedagogy;

• comics and embodied learning;

• comics and emotional development;

• comics and learner-based outcomes;

• comics and adult education;

• the educational mission of networks like Graphic Medicine and Graphic 
Justice.


Submissions


Please send complete articles for consideration, along with any queries, 
to (studiesincomics /at/ googlemail.com) 
<mailto:(studiesincomics /at/ googlemail.com)> with STIC 11.1 in the subject 
heading, along with the type of submission (ARTICLE / INTERVIEW).


Articles should be 4,000–6,000 words long and must be received by 1 
November 2019, along with a biographical note of up to 150 words. All 
submissions will be peer-reviewed. Papers must be submitted in English. 
All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under 
consideration by other publications. This special issue will be 
published mid-2020.


We also welcome reviews of new publications and exhibits and short 
pieces of creative work (1-5 pages in length). Creative work should be 
relevant to the theme of the special issue. Please include the type of 
submission in the subject header (REVIEW PUBLICATION / REVIEW CONFERENCE 
/ REVIEW EXHIBITION). Creative submissions should include CREATIVE in 
the subject header.


For more information about the call for papers and journal, click here 
>> https://www.intellectbooks.com/studies-in-comics

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