This roundtable panel, sponsored by Religious Studies Review, is invested in highlighting contemporary scholarship on and the future of comics and graphic novels within the religious studies academy. As such, it will feature scholars and artists working at the intersection of comics and religion on topics including sacred texts and translation, Black religions, Catholicism and social justice, and art-making practices.
Each panelist will offer brief introductory comments (5-7mins), framing their own work and career path in relation to the comics medium. The roundtable will then open to a moderated conversation with a focus on approaches for reviewing comics, challenges of making such scholarship legible to the academy, and thoughts on future directions for the study of religion and comics in our research, writing, and teaching.