An Archive of the New: A Review of Key Terms in Comics Studies

Abstract

This article is a review of Key Terms in Comics Studies, edited by Erin La Cour, Simon Grennan, and Rik Spanjers (Palgrave 2022). This volume covers a broad array of disciplines and terminology utilized in comics studies, with the aim of creating new connections in the field between its varied disciplinary approaches. The review contextualizes the volume within the emerging genre of reference collections and analyses the role and utility of such collections within comics studies and higher education.