Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels

Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels presents state-of-the-art contributions on comics and graphic novels. The series publishes research on European comics and graphic novels and aims at stimulating scholarship on European BDs. It includes titles from scholars working in different disciplines, such as history, literary criticism, literary theory, art history, and visual studies. Typical themes to be addressed will comprise European graphic novels and comics in historical context; gender and other social identity analysis; theorizations; and detailed case studies or wider surveys. The series publishes monographs and collections for university-level researchers and ambitions to advance knowledge of this still relatively under-discussed subject.

GPRC

All volumes will be published in English, but the comics and graphic novels under investigation will be of any European language and from any European culture. Like graphic novels and comics, Europe itself is hard to define, and the approach for the series will be open and not overly prescriptive.

Series editors


Jan Baetens, KU Leuven
Hugo Frey, University of Chichester
Maaheen Ahmed, Ghent University

Editorial Board

The editorial board is composed of leading scholars from literature, visual arts, and historical studies:
Bart Beaty (University of Calgary)
Christopher Pizzino (University of Georgia)
Ann Miller (University of Leicester).

Proposals

Proposals and enquiries can be sent to the series editors.
Please make use of the submission form to present your manuscript or proposal to our board.
Authors interested in Open Access can consult the available funding options.

Links & Resources

Proposal Submission Form
Open Access & Funding Options
Book cover for the book The Visionary Art of Franco-Belgian Comics, 1930s to 1960s The Visionary Art of Franco-Belgian Comics, 1930s to 1960s

Hugo Frey (Editor), Maaheen Ahmed (Editor),

September 2025

Book cover for the book Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity Superhero Comics and Scottish Identity

David John Boyd (Author), Julie Briand-Boyd (Author),

July 2025

Book cover for the book The Belgian Photonovel, 1954-1985 The Belgian Photonovel, 1954-1985

Clarissa Colangelo (Author),

August 2023

Book cover for the book Comics of the New Europe Comics of the New Europe

Martha Kuhlman (Editor), José Alaniz (Editor),

May 2023

Book cover for the book Sugar, Spice, and the Not So Nice Sugar, Spice, and the Not So Nice

Dona Pursall (Editor), Eva Van de Wiele (Editor),

February 2023

Book cover for the book The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema

David Pinho Barros (Author),

September 2025

Book cover for the book Visualising Small Traumas Visualising Small Traumas

Pedro Moura (Author),

September 2025

Book cover for the book Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics Postcolonialism and Migration in French Comics

Mark McKinney (Author),

September 2025

Book cover for the book French Cartoon Art in the 1960s and 1970s French Cartoon Art in the 1960s and 1970s

Wendy Michallat (Author),

July 2018

Book cover for the book What Happens When Nothing Happens What Happens When Nothing Happens

Greice Schneider (Author),

July 2016

Book cover for the book Transforming Anthony Trollope Transforming Anthony Trollope

Simon Grennan (Editor), Laurence Grove (Editor),

August 2015

Book cover for the book Remembered Reading Remembered Reading

Mel Gibson (Author),

June 2015