The Comics Grid
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| Discipline | Comics studies |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Ernesto Priego, Peter Wilkins |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | The Comics Grid |
| History | 2011–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Continuous |
| Yes | |
| License | CC BY |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Comics Grid |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 2048-0792 |
| OCLC no. | 939219237 |
| Links | |
The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering comics studies. The journal also publishes scholarly articles in comics form.[1]
History
[edit]The project was originally conceived between 2009 and 2010 by comics scholars Roberto Bartual, Esther Claudio, Ernesto Priego, Greice Schneider, and Tony Venezia as a peer-reviewed comics studies blog.[2][3][4] It became an open access peer-reviewed journal in 2013, published by Ubiquity Press.[5][6] Since 2015 the journal is published by the Open Library of Humanities.[7][8][9]
Abstracting and indexing
[edit]The journal is abstracted and indexed by the Modern Language Association Database,[10] Scopus,[11] and the Emerging Sources Citation Index.[12]
Side publications
[edit]The Comics Grid. Journal of Comics Scholarship. Year One is an open access 292-page ebook compilation of the journal's first volume of peer-reviewed short articles which were originally published on the Comics Grid WordPress platform between January 2011 and January 2012.[13]
Webinar Series
[edit]The Comics Grid Webinar Series are online panels where two authors talk about their articles published recently in the journal. The webinars are live and the recordings are made available via YouTube.[14]
Reception
[edit]The journal is included in the listing of journals at ComicsResearch.org[15] and New York University Libraries' guide for students and researchers interested in comics and graphic novels.[16]
A 2013 Working Paper from the Creativity, Regulation, Enterprise and Technology Research Centre[17] University of Glasgow, titled "Writing About Comics and Copyright", focuses on the journal as a case study.[18]
In 2017, the journal was nominated for a Digital Humanities Award in the Public Engagement category.[19]
In 2018, two editors of the journal received an Open Scholarship Award 2018 Honorable Mention for their work advancing open access in comics studies.[20]
Further reading
[edit]- Smith, J. 19 March 2018. "The Comics Grid: Open access challenges and opportunities". Open Insights. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship". The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. Open Library of Humanities. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ ""History"". The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. Open Library of Humanities. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Freeman, John (2 March 2011). "Comics Grid web blog on the move". Down the Tubes. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Djeljosevic, Danny (17 February 2012). "SPECIAL REPORT: The Comics Grid and Comic Book Academia". ComicsBulletin. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Priego, Ernesto (17 July 2013). ""Editorial"". The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. 3. doi:10.5334/cg.af. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Walker, Leila (14 July 2016). "Beyond Academic Twitter: Social Media and the Evolution of Scholarly Publication". Hybrid Pedagogy. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Priego, Ernesto; Dunley, Kathleen; Wilkins, Peter (9 December 2020). ""Our Pandemic Year: On the Comics Scholarship to Come"". The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship. 11 (11). doi:10.16995/cg.227. S2CID 230528483.
- ^ Tennant, John (19 April 2016). "Open Access Stars: Ernesto Priego". Science Open. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Send to Readmill welcomes Comics Grid!". Readmill Blog. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "The Comics Grid". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ^ "Source details: The Comics Grid". Scopus Preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ^ "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ^ Priego, Ernesto; Brooks, Brad; Labarre, Nicolas (2014). "The Comics Grid. Journal of Comics Scholarship. Year One [Digital First Editions 2012]". figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.928096.v4.
- ^ Clemente Vega, Paula (14 June 2021). "The Comics Grid Webinar Series - Live Chats on Comics Scholarship". Open Library of Humanities. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Academic Resources - Journals". ComicsResearch.org Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "A guide for students and researchers interested in comics and graphic novels". Graphic Novels and Comics. NYU Libraries. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "About CREATe". CREATe. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Deazley, Ronan; Mathis, Jason. "CREATe Working Paper No. 9 Writing About Comics and Copyright Introduction – Comics Scholarship and Clearing Rights". CREATe. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "DH Awards 2017". Digital Humanities Awards. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "2018 Open Scholarship Awards". Electronic Textual Cultures Lab. University of Victoria. Retrieved 11 August 2021.