Why Academics Are Taking Comic Books Seriously?

Summary: Comic books became widely recognized among academics and people who want to study science and social impact of them. We decided to present you some point of views and how comics will improve over years.

There are thousands of comic fans that enjoy reading their favorite pieces. When it comes to academic circles, we can proudly say that there are more than 150 comic scholars in the UK – most of them are Ph.D. students, university lecturers, and independent researchers. They are exploring subjects such as feminism, gender, mental and physical health and history through comic books. 

Some of the final year students decide to choose comics instead of children literature. That is a great way for studying the idea of comic books that became popular all over the world. We can say that through them we can capture the idea of gender empowerment and social studies that we can also do through literature.

In recent years, many comic book artists choose to use different subjects and story lines than before. So we can see the perfect characterization that creates completely different rules for this particular art form. There are people who decide to sell comics online for cash; other ones decide to study them in order to find the explanation of the world. In both cases, people are overwhelmed with idea that comic books will become mainstream study subject for new students.

Comics will always be an indispensable part of our lives. It doesn’t matter if we look at them as secondary art or as a prime one, similar to literature because it changed our lives from the very beginning. We can also state that comic book theory has just started.