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With apologies for cross-posting - please spread the word! Papers are invited for Studies in Comics 5.2, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal that aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form, and to address its formal properties. We invite submissions of articles of 4,000-8,000 words from any discipline. These should have a strong critical focus and seek to apply hitherto unexplored theoretical approaches to the medium of comics or respond to published theories about the mediums formal properties. Possible areas include: Comics and visual language in the context of communications theory The grammar of comics Narrative structure The relationship between panel, page and the multiframe Composition and panel transitions The treatment of time and space Responses to published theorists such as Scott McCloud, Will Eisner, Thierry Groensteen, etc. We also welcome reviews of new publications and exhibits and short creative work of 1-5 pages in length. Submissions Whether you are a semiotician, philosopher, scientist, historian, enthusiast, cultural, literary or film critic, Studies in Comics welcomes you! Please send all submissions to studiesincomics@ googlemail.com. Article submissions: Please send a 300-word abstract and include the word ARTICLE in the subject heading. Please indicate the intended word count of the article. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Papers must be submitted in English. Reviews of publications and conferences and exhibitions: Please include the words REVIEW PUBLICATION or REVIEW CONFERENCE or REVIEW EXHIBITION in the subject heading. Creative submissions: Please include the word CREATIVE in the subject heading. Deadline for submissions to issue 5.2 is 30 May 2014. Dr Julia Round Senior Lecturer in Communication The Media School Bournemouth University Fern Barrow Poole BH12 5BB Tel: 01202 965931 Office: W332 (third floor, Weymouth House) Office hours this term: Tuesdays 10-11am Member of BU's Narrative Research Group (NRG) Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.juliaround.com Editor, Studies in Comics (Intellect Books) BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages [ http://www.disabledgo.com/en/org/bournemouth-university ] This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.