Data and Doctor Doom: An Empirical Approach To Transmedia Characters

feels good to write it that way. From emerging as a fringe interest within Liter-

ature and Media/Cultural Studies departments, to becoming a minor field,

to maturing into the fastest growing field in the Humanities, to becoming

a nascent discipline, the journey has been a hard but spectacular one. Those

capital letters have been earned.

Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels covers all aspects of the

comic strip, comic book, and graphic novel, explored through clear and

informative texts offering expansive coverage and theoretical sophistication.

It is international in scope and provides a space in which scholars from

all backgrounds can present new thinking about politics, history, aesthetics,

production, distribution, and reception as well as the digital realm. Books

appear in one of two forms: traditional monographs of 60,000 to 90,000

words and shorter works (Palgrave Pivots) of 20,000 to 50,000 words. All are

rigorously peer-reviewed. Palgrave Pivots include new takes on theory, concise

histories, and—not least—considered provocations. After all, Comics Studies

may have come a long way, but it can’t progress without a little prodding.

Series Editor Roger Sabin is Professor of Popular Culture at the University

of the Arts London, UK. His books include Adult Comics: An Introduc-

tion and Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels, and he is part of the team

that put together the Marie Duval Archive. He serves on the boards of key

academic journals in the field, reviews graphic novels for international media,

and consults on comics-related projects for the BBC, Channel 4, Tate Gallery,

The British Museum and The British Library. The ‘Sabin Award’ is given

annually at the International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference.