Description: The first book-length study of the beloved British girls' comic
Brief description: Julia Round is principal lecturer in the faculty of media and communication at Bournemouth University, United Kingdom. She is author of Gothic in Comics and Graphic Novels: A Critical Approach and coeditor of Real Lives, Celebrity Stories: Narratives of Ordinary and Extraordinary People Across Media. She coedits the academic journal Studies in Comics and co-organizes the annual International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference (IGNCC). Her work has appeared in numerous journals and edited collections, including Language and Literature, International Journal of Comic Art, and Children's Literature in Education.
Review Quotes: I found Round's work to be a fascinating and absolutely essential read, for it let me into a misty world that I had not yet discovered, but which many readers will want to explore.--Catherine E. Corder "International Journal of Comic Art, Fall/Winter 2019"