Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty Publications Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stephen, Albeena; Jacob, Reshma Title A name given to the resource Narrativising chaos via narrative agency: COVID-19 comics as narrative meta-control Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01-01-2025 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics; Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2563031" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1080/21504857.2025.2563031</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105017044250?origin=resultslist" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105017044250?origin=resultslist</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Stephen A., Department of English and Cultural Studies, CHRIST University, Bangalore, India; Jacob R. Description An account of the resource The initial COVID-19 pandemic phase was a period of chaos, instability, and disorder. In this context, this paper explores the narrative potentialities of COVID-19 comics as a means of narrative meta-control over the chaotic nature of the lived pandemic experiences. Meta-control, the act of regaining a sense of agency over a contingent circumstance that is otherwise uncontrollable, offers narrative agency as a means of navigating meaning-making and the reality of chaos. In this paper, This Quarantine Life: A COVID-19 Era Comics Anthology (2020), a global anthology brought forth by the New York Arts Students League, is analysed as a chaos narrative. Interrogating normative understandings of chaos narratives, the paper reframes these comics as spaces of and for narrative resistance, where aesthetic form functions as narrative repair by interrogating its acts of meta-control. Interweaving both conceptual reframing and multimodal discourse analysis, this paper shows how comic artists use narrative strategies of braiding, arthrology, and spatio-topia to work with chaos. In working with chaos, such strategies affirm comics as a narrative agent that helps capture and work through the reality of chaos. This study furthers contemporary concerns with graphic medicine about the practicalities of narrative agency in comics in a post-COVID-19 reality. 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor &amp; Francis Group. Subject The topic of the resource Chaos narratives; COVID-19 comics; meta-control; multimodal discourse analysis (MDA); narrative agency Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Relation A related resource ISSN: 21504857; Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource online