Robert Aman

Publications Books Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2017). Kid Comic Strips: A Genre Across Four Countries (New York: Palgrave, 2016). Comic Strips and Con…

PDF copies of most of my publications can be found from this link:

ilgordon.wordpress.com/publications/

French comics history in A3: Jean-Christophe Menu and the return of the 30/40-collection - The Comics Journal Jean-Christophe Menu interviewed by Robert Aman about the guys n' gags in the cult-to-classic 30/40 collection.

THE COMICS JOURNAL: French comics history in A3: Jean-Christophe Menu and the return of the 30/40-collection

a page from action comics 1, as clark Kent, superman overhears politician and lobbyist talking, later he eavesdrops on their secret meeting

Comics page - kent learns of wife beating going on, arrives at scene as Superman and stops the man

single panel of superman in dynamic pose from his origin page, with text that reads SUPERMAN! CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED. THE PHYSICAL MARVEL WHO HAD SWORN TO DEVOTE INS EXISTENCE TO HELPING THOSE IN NEED!

Deep dive into Siegel/Shuster/Superman's origins in class today & wonderful discussion around Action 1. Ss were all new to it & quite taken by how political the comic is & refreshed by Superman as social justice/champion of the oppressed. Class is such a blast! spinweaveandcut.com/superhero-cl...

Wrote a few words about the return of an important part of French comics history.

Wrote a few words about the return of an important part of French comics history.

Blurpar! Är det inte hög tid att gå med i seriefrämjandet?

serieframjandet.se/valberedning...

Sounds great! Fréon stuff are quite hard to come by, in my experience. I owned only a issue or two, but Van Hasselt was kind enough to send me a bunch as I was preparing to interview him.

Please do!

Visited the drawing exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm. A few cartoonists are represented, including Robert Crumb and Joakim Pirinen.

Visited the drawing exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm. A few cartoonists are represented, including Robert Crumb and Joakim Pirinen.

I våras gav Annika Elmqvist ut samlingsverket "Säg det med bilder" fyllt med teckningar och serier från hennes liv som konstnär. Jag besökte hennes ateljé för att prata om boken vilket man kan läsa om i dagens Corren.

www.corren.se/.../annika-e...

I våras gav Annika Elmqvist ut samlingsverket "Säg det med bilder" fyllt med teckningar och serier från hennes liv som konstnär. Jag besökte hennes ateljé för att prata om boken vilket man kan läsa om i dagens Corren.

www.corren.se/.../annika-e...

Mycket trevlig release på Rönnells av Det Grymma Svärdet 44 och Tjärornas krig av Ilan Manouach. Författarintervju och diverse uppträdanden på scen. Manouach, som också är serieakademiker, gör mest meta-serier där han omvandlar existerande verk till något nytt.

Skriver i dagens Expressen Kultur om Bamses politiska inramning.

www.expressen.se/kultur/ungku...

Mario De Micheli, 1976

I år fyller Bamse 60. Kulturnyheterna bad mig säga några ord om ett antal uppmärksammade nummer genom åren (de flesta kom dock inte med).

This is a good one.

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Hör gärna av er till Kolbeinn i händelse av ett ledigt uppdrag. Omslagsartist till det oumbärliga DGS #27 plus mycket annat.

Listed and wrote about some of my favourite comics of the year over at The Comics Journal (@comicsjournal.bsky.social).

www.tcj.com/the-best-com...

heavily redacted peanuts

On voit plusieurs dessins d'auteurices se représentant, en noir et blanc. Il est écrit "Girlxcott x Exemplaire", Le crowdfunding du moment.

Le mouvement Girlxcott s'associe à Exemplaire pour son projet NOS ANGOULÊME ! Suite à l'annulation de l'édition 2026 du festival, iels se lancent dans un album collectif.
Pour contribuer : www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/p...

Kort uppdatering från arbetet med Johan Vilde: Den kompletta samlingen.

The streets of Malmö are filled with some fantastic comic art made with mosaic.

Dagens ETC tipsar fint om senaste numret av Det grymma svärdet. Däremot innehåller texten ett betydande sakfel. Numret fanns att beställa, men är nu helt slutsålt. Rykten gör gällande att Larry’s Corner och Konsti-ig i Stockholm kan ha något exemplar kvar.

Last week, I had the distinct pleasure to speak about the Phantom in Sweden at the city library in Linköping which had devoted a whole day to the Ghost Who Walks as the magazine celebrates 75 years of interrupted publishing in Swedish.

New Left Comics – A New Cultural Studies Book by Robert Aman Available now for preorder is a new cultural studies book by Swedish University Professor Robert Aman. Titled 'New Left Comics', the book examines how Swedish comic creators used mainstream comics (such as the Phantom) in the 1970s to discuss New Left ideology, social justice, and international politics. The book will be of interest to researchers and students…

New Left Comics – A New Cultural Studies Book by Robert Aman

Available now for preorder is a new cultural studies book by Swedish University Professor Robert Aman. Titled 'New Left Comics', the book examines how Swedish comic creators used mainstream comics (such as the Phantom) in the 1970s to…

Book Club 2025: Serier för vuxna by Robert Aman https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2025/11/10/book-club-2025-serier-for-vuxna-by-robert-aman/

Lars Ingebrigtsen makes a nice review for English speaking readers of "Serier för vuxna: Epix och den svenska serierevolutionen".

lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Har förmånen att träffa dem ibland. Mer sympatiska personer är svårt att hitta.