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About Elizabeth Woock

Elizabeth Allyn Woock an assistant professor in the Department of English and American Studies at Palacky University in the Czech Republic with an interdisciplinary background in history and popular literature. Her specialization falls within the study of comic books and graphic novels.


Elizabeth Allyn Woock an assistant professor in the Department of English and American Studies at Palacky University in the Czech Republic with an interdisciplinary background in history and popular literature. Her specialization falls within the study of comic books and graphic novels.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Elizabeth:

Comics and Graphic Novels November 12, 2023

Growing Up Graphic

The Comics of Children in Crisis

Alison Halsall

Hosted by Elizabeth Woock
Dr. Halsall’s Growing Up Graphic: The Comics of Children in Crisis (Ohio State UP, 2023) has four primary objectives.  One, it explores this visual and literary medium that is heavily invested …
Comics and Graphic Novels November 10, 2023

Comics and the Body

Drawing, Reading, and Vulnerability

Eszter Szép

Hosted by Elizabeth Woock
Dr. Eszter Szép's book Comics and the Body: Drawing, Reading, and Vulnerability (Ohio State UP, 2020) is the first book to examine the roles of the body in both drawing …
Comics and Graphic Novels October 30, 2023

Who Understands Comics?

Questioning the Universality of Visual Language Comprehension

Neil Cohn

Hosted by Elizabeth Woock
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Drawings and sequential images are so pervasive in contemporary society that we may take their understanding for granted. But how transparent are they really, and how universally are they understood …
Comics and Graphic Novels October 29, 2023

Medievalist Comics and the American Century

Chris Bishop

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In Medievalist Comics and the American Century (UP of Mississippi, 2016), Chris Bishop surveys the medievalist comic, its stories, characters, settings, and themes drawn from the European Middle Ages. Hal Foster's …
Comics and Graphic Novels October 28, 2023

A Theory of Narrative Drawing

Simon Grennan

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Simon Grennan's book A Theory of Narrative Drawing (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017) offers an original new conception of visual storytelling, proposing that drawing, depictive drawing and narrative drawing are produced in an …
Popular Culture October 10, 2023

Ethics in the Gutter

Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics

Kate Polak

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Ethics in the Gutter: Empathy and Historical Fiction in Comics (Ohio State UP, 2017) explores an often-overlooked genre of graphic narratives: those that fictionalize historical realities. While autographics, particularly those …
Popular Culture October 9, 2023

Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics

Johannes C.P. Schmid

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In Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), Johannes Schmid’s new book considers documentary comics in relationship to framing, that is both the strategic use of communication to encourage …
Popular Culture October 8, 2023

Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War

Harriet E. H. Earle

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Conflict and trauma remain among the most prevalent themes in film and literature. Comics has never avoided such narratives, and comics artists are writing them in ways that are both …
Popular Culture October 7, 2023

Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics

Geraint D'Arcy

Hosted by Elizabeth Woock
Geraint D'Arcy's book Mise en scène, Acting, and Space in Comics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) explores some of the less frequently questioned ideas which underpin comics creation and criticism. “Mise en scène” …