Since the publication of her first book “Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics” in 2010, she’s been considered one of the most significant comics scholars in the modern era. She was Associate Editor of Art Spiegelman’s “MetaMaus,” authored the recent book “Outside the Box: Interviews with Contemporary Cartoonists” and organized the 2012 conference, “Comics: Philosophy and Practice.” The conference was the genesis for this new issue of “Critical Inquiry,” the noted academic journal published by the University of Chicago Press. To edit the issue, Chute partnered with Patrick Jagoda, an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and co-founder of Game Changer Chicago Design Lab.