One of the primary ways that the Comics Studies Creative Research Hub disseminates the findings of the research it supports is through the creation and publication of comics. We believe that comics, which combine words and images through sequential narratives, are highly effective at communicating ideas clearly, but also provoking emotional, intellectual and imaginative responses.

The University of Dundee’s comics publishing imprint is called…Some of the cover images and links below will enable you to view and download a free copy. 

           

     

Anthology

UniVerse published ten volumes of Anthology, each issue of which was a full colour, US sized, soft cover, perfect bound book. This series provided an opportunity for Level 3 comics students and comics Masters students to publish their work. There were also two volumes of a sister series, Masters of UniVerse, which published creative work produced by students as part of the Masters in Comics and Graphic Novels. These books were showcased at a variety of comics conventions around the world, including San Diego Comic Con, New York Comic Con, Toronto Comic Con, and a number of events in the UK.

Being Human Comics

Since 2015, the Division of Humanities at the University of Dundee has hosted events as part of the UK’s annual Being Human Festival. This is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities and is a celebration of humanities research through public engagement. The festival is led by the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, the UK’s national centre for the pursuit, support and promotion of research in the humanities, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. The University of Dundee’s participation is led by Dr Daniel Cook. Each year CSCRH produces a comic that responds to the theme of the festival.

Several of the comics are available here: 

Frankenstein Begins, or Mary Shelley’s Dundee (UniVerse/Being Human, 2015). 

Time and Space: An H.G. Wells Comics Anthology (UniVerse/Being Human, 2016). 

Swift at 350 (UniVerse/Being Human, 2017). 

Frankenstein Returns (UniVerse/Being Human, 2018). 

Frankenstein’s Dundee (UniVerse/Being Human, 2019). 

Water Worlds (UniVerse/Being Human, 2019). 

New Worlds (UniVerse/Being Human, 2020). 

Walter Scott’s Scottish Tales (UniVerse/Being Human, 2021).

A New Palingenesis (UniVerse/Being Human, 2022).

Dundee – A Story of Creativity and Innovation (UniVerse/InGAME/Being Human, 2023).

Tales of the UniVerse

Tales of the UniVerse ran for two issues. The first featured the winner and runners-up from the 2013 Dundee Comics Prize. The theme was Science Fiction. The second issue featured the winner and runners-up from the 2014 Dundee Comics Prize. The theme was Heroes and Villains.

Cosmic

This science-fiction coming-of-age story written by Erin Keepers and drawn by Letty Wilson, both graduates of the Comics Studies MLitt, follows Rinette, an alien-human hybrid who faces a choice whether to aid or resist an alien invasion of the Earth. The initial run of the first issue was published by UniVerse, with the creators self-publishing the rest of the story.

Spirit Leaves

DJCAD graduate Rossi Gifford’s beautiful and haunting ecological fairy tale was first published in collaboration with UniVerse before being published by Canadian publisher Chapter House (now known as Comic House).

Saltire

Published by Diamondsteel Comics in collaboration with UniVerse, this epic tale of a Scottish superhero was written by John Ferguson, with art by comics graduates Gary Welsh, Tone Julskjaer, Lydia Praamsma, Claire Roe, and Rebecca Horner. 

http://www.diamondsteelcomics.com/