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Check out the latest issue of INKS!

Volume 10, Issue 1 of Spring 2026 is out now

Available Here

The Frederick Luis Aldama Award Talk with Victoria Ramirez Rahbar

Life as a Comics-Focused PhD Student

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CSS 2026 Conference Award Winners

Join us in celebrating this year's awardees!

See the List of Winners Here

About the Comics Studies Society

Mission

The Comics Studies Society (CSS) is an interdisciplinary society open to all who share the goals of promoting the critical study of comics, improving comics teaching, and engaging in open and ongoing conversations about the comics world.

CSS defines comics studies liberally to include the study and critical analysis of comics strips; comic books, papers, and magazines; albums, graphic novels, and other graphic books; webcomics and other electronic formats; single-panel cartoons, including editorial and gag cartoons; caricature; animation; and other related forms and traditions. All types of sequential art, graphic narrative, and cartooning are relevant to our mission.

CSS is the first professional society of comics scholars in the US to be supported by members’ dues while emphasizing professional development opportunities for students and the exchange of best practices among teachers and practitioners.

CSS celebrates and seeks to foster diversity in comics studies, including diversity in scholarly discipline, career position, job niche, and cultural and personal identity. We are serious about helping this field grow.

CSS Executive Board

President

Jeremy Carnes (Perry Township Schools)

Treasurer

John Walsh (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Secretary

Shawn Gilmore (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

First Vice President

Martha Kuhlman (Bryant University)

Second Vice President

Christian Hines (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)

Graduate Caucus President

Gabrielle Lyle (Del Mar College)

Members-at-Large

Chris Gavaler (Washington and Lee University)

Kate Kelp-Stebbins (University of Oregon)

Justin Wigard (University of North Dakota)

Ebony Toussaint (Writer)

Daniel Worden (Rochester Institute of Technology)

Social Strategist

Katlin Marisol Sweeney-Romero (University of California, Davis)

Journal Editor

Susan Kirtley (Portland State University)

Ombuds

Andrew Kunka (University of South Carolina, Sumter)

Webmaster

Bryan Bove-Wimberley (Bowling Green State University)

Listserv

CSS is moving to discord! We hope those who were on mobilize with us will make the move over as we develop a new space that will be more user-friendly and adaptable to our needs as an ever growing and evolving organization! Join our Discord server here!