Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The School of Media, Language and Communication Studies (MLC) has a thriving interdisciplinary research environment in the growing field of Comics Studies.
Faculty members from both AMA and other Schools have published widely on many different aspects of Comics Studies, and we have special research strengths in autobiographical comics, superheroes, comics and politics, formalist comics studies, horror comics, censorship, gender and sexuality in comics, and transmedia adaptations including superhero movies.
In addition, the School also hosts a regular series of Comics Studies research talks by invited external speakers, which connect us to the wider academic community in the field.
Members of the faculty also frequently attend major Comics Studies conferences, including those put on by the Comics Studies Society, the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference, Comics Forum, the International Bande Dessinée Society, the German Society for Comics Studies, and the Canadian Society for the Study of Comics.
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Filipa Antunes
- Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities - Lecturer in Humanities
- Comics Studies Research Group - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Geraint D'Arcy
- School of Media, Language and Communication Studies - Associate Professor in Media Practice
- Comics Studies Research Group - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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Harry Dyer
- School of Education & Lifelong Learning - Associate Professor in Education
- Comics Studies Research Group - Member
- Critical Cultural Studies In Education - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Academic, Teaching & Research
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ARISE: Advancing Resilience and Innovation for a Sustainable Environment
Lorenzoni, I., Forster, J., Little, B. & Richardson, C.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/04/24 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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Teacher agency with technology: creating an ecological model through a place-based study of teaching and learning in Norfolk
Gordon, J., Bartholomew, K., Blair, R., Chin, J., Craske, J., Dyer, H., Greenwood, D., Hammond, S., Lapeer, R., Maddox, B., Medler, D., Parr, G., Priyadharshini, E. & Russell, K.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/12/22 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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AHRC Impact Acceleration Account
Jowitt, C., Barrow, S., Johnston, K. M., Kassim, H. & Vincent, N.
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/04/22 → 31/03/26
Project: Other
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Back into focus: Women filmmakers, the amateur trade press and 1960s British amateur cinema
Johnston, K. M., Mar 2025, In: Gender and History. 37, 1, p. 348-364 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)37 Downloads (Pure) -
Building the Netflix brand: Franchise logic, authorship, and distinction in the promotion of Stranger Things
Antunes, F., 30 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Television and New Media.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Downloads (Pure) -
Interview for Hammer Blu-Ray release of Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Williams, M. & Johnston, K. M., 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Film
Prizes
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AHRC Leadership Fellow, Connected Communities programme
McKay, George (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Finalist - Outstanding Social or Cultural Impact
Johnston, Keith M (Recipient), Williams, Melanie (Recipient), Graham, Angela (Recipient), Frith, Paul (Recipient), Clayton, Stephanie (Recipient), Arnold, Sarah (Recipient), Madden, Carolann (Recipient), Kelly, Sean (Recipient) & O'Connell, Kasandra (Recipient), 15 Feb 2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Norfolk Arts Award 2022
Hand, Richard (Recipient), 5 Nov 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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reframing Home Movies (part of Home Movie Days)
Keith M Johnston (Speaker) & Sarah Arnold (Presenter)
13 Dec 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk
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Cultural Heritage Data & Power. Exploring Digital Collections and Situated Knowledges in Film History and Beyond
Keith M Johnston (Speaker), Sarah Arnold (Presenter) & Carolann Madden (Presenter)
15 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop or seminar
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Comics Forum 2024
Sarah Jessica Darley (Speaker), Geraint D'Arcy (Speaker) & Cassia Hayward-Fitch (Speaker)
14 Nov 2024 → 15 Nov 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press/Media
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Theatre’s thriving horror revival reflects a cultural moment of collective anxiety
26/02/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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‘It’s not sophisticated. It appeals to your lower body’: How British theatre became obsessed with horror by Holly Williams
10/07/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
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Musk isn’t serious about fighting, Zuckerberg says. Here’s the latest.
13/08/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution