Comics more and more able to address complex questions around perpetration and complicity

14:35 Publication - This special issue of the 'Journal of Perpetrator Research' focusses on the way perpetrators are portrayed in comics and graphic novels and how this is changing. Comics are more and more able to address complex questions around perpetration and complicity, and they utilize a range of noteworthy strategies in dealing with perpetrator figures and the problem of their representation. The issue includes contributions by Kees Ribbens and research associate of the Centre for Historical Culture dr. Laurike in 't Veld, who is the guest editor of the issue. The issue consists of five research articles and one roundtable conversation between three comics scholars. Two of the articles and the roundtable conversation explore, in detail, the figure of the Nazi perpetrator and the topic of Nazi complicity across a range of comics that deal with World War II and the Holocaust. The other three articles extend the scope, focusing on depictions of perpetrator figures across other geographical and historical contexts. Engaging with victims as well as perpetrators through WWII and Holocaust comics - Dr. Kees Ribbens participated place in a round table to discuss various aspects of World War II and Holocaust comics.