This paper (pdf) analyzes themes and tropes of detective stories in a corpus of manga. It doesn't analyze visual or multimodal features of the manga itself, but it's an interesting use of manga as corpus for humanities https://t.co/0lCAwLWpFP
This is an interesting new Japanese study about the role of working memory in comprehending manga: "The impact of working memory capacity on children’s understanding of manga" (in Japanese, abstract in English) https://t.co/A4025DnxzQ
This paper analyzes how spoilers in comics influence reading enjoyment, and uses computational methods to try to detect spoilers "A Consideration to Estimate Spoiling Pages in Comics" (pdf)
https://t.co/C8ut9i2KPC
This is an interesting computational approach to character personalities in manga/comics: "Classifying Personalities of Comic Characters Based on Egograms" (pdf) https://t.co/CWFf60hKTn