Introduction by Côme Martin, Françoise Sammarcelli

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Newspaper cartoons as a reflection of political change during the first democratic elections in South Africa by Cornelius van Heerden

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Provoquer des archives et invoquer la mémoire by Marys Renné Hertiman

“…The presumed absence of female comic strip creators in the history of this medium is due, in part, to the lack of sources that could lead to the restitution of their traces. …”
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Tat[o]ueur : pouvoirs du tatouage dans Little Tulip, de Jerome Charyn et François Boucq by Sophie Vallas

“…Little Tulip (2014) is the third collaboration between US writer Jerome Charyn and French comic strip artist François Boucq. This graphic novel moves back and forth between the USSR of the 1940s and 1950s and New York City in the 1970s to tell the story of Paul, a US-born tattoo artist who spent his childhood in a Gulag colony in Siberia where, as Pavel, he learnt his craft. …”
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« Bois ! ». La rencontre fatale entre Salammbô et Mâtho dans les transpositions iconiques du roman by Bruna Donatelli

“…Among the numerous illustrated editions and comic strip adaptations of the novel, this paper examines the iconic tranpositions by Rochegrosse, Bussière, Blaine, Lagneau and Druillet, who all display profound literary perceptiveness and have successfully enhanced the episode in question, establishing with the text an empathic relationship and a dialogue which opens up new and original interpretations.…”
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Des guerres et des dictatures à travers les vignettes by Silvina Campo

“…The article proposes an analysis of comic strips that revolve around the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, having as authors those who had to confront those conflicts in childhood.…”
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Religiöse Spuren im Alltag by Matthias Werner

“… Acronyms, songs, advertisements, movies, television series, comic strips, memes or even sports news: Traces of Christian symbols, sayings, or references can be found in numerous places and contexts. …”
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De la poésie au collage, du cinéma au graffiti by Sophie Dannenmüller

“…In the Verifax Collages (1964-1976), letters and signs disturb the linear reading of the grids of images placed in the manner of comic strips to depict the contemporary period. Letters applied onto the film strip in his movie Untitled/Aleph (1956-1966) infuse the moving images with subliminal messages, whereas a meticulous calligraphy gives a transcendent and sacred iconic quality to his esoteric graffitis. …”
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Sous le règne de la terreur. La répression franquiste dans la bande dessinée espagnole. Le cas de Pablo Uriel et de Miguel Núñez by Benoît Mitaine

“…Mil vidas más (2010) by Miguel Núñez, Pepe Gálvez and Alfonso López and Un médico novato (2014) by Sento Are among the most remarkable comic strips on the Spanish Civil War and Francoism. …”
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