A Call for Papers for Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comic Art, the opening event of Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 in October, has just been announced by the team from ReOPeN, Lancaster University’s graphic novels and… Read More ›
Call for Papers
Call for Papers: International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics
A Call For Papers for the Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics and 20th Anniversary of the International Bande dessinée Society at Manchester Metropolitan University next June has just been announced. Taking place 24th -28th June 2019 the… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Transitions 8 – New Directions in Comics Studies 2018
After a year’s hiatus, academics have announced a call for papers for the interdisciplinary Transitions 2018 symposium, taking place at Birkbeck College, London, on Saturday 10th November 2018. Originally convened by PhD students in 2010, Transitions at Birkbeck College is… Read More ›
Call for Papers for Comics Forum 2018 – Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship
The Call for Papers for Comics Forum 2018 has been released. This year is the tenth anniversary of the annual conference series and to celebrate this milestone, the theme of this year’s conference is Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship. Submissions… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Graphic Brighton 2018, mashing music with comics!
Music and comics have had a connection right from the start, with the title of the seminal newspaper strip Hogan’s Alley taken from a popular song by Edward Harrigan. As the 20th Century progressed, these two media flirted with each… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Creating Comics, Creative Comics
The first University of South Wales Cardiff: Comics Symposium whose Key Note will be from Dr Julia Round, author of an upcoming book on girls comic Misty, has re-issued a Call for Papers on the theme of “Creating Comics, Creative… Read More ›
Call For Papers: Retro! Time, Memory, Nostalgia – The Ninth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference
The organisers of Retro! Time, Memory, Nostalgia – The Ninth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference taking place at Bournemouth University (Wednesday 27th – Friday 29th June 2018) have issued a Call for Papers. Here’s their appeal: Retro – a looking to the past –… Read More ›
Final Call for Papers Singularities: Where the Old Rules no longer apply
A Final Call for Papers has just been issued for “Singularities: Where the old rules no longer apply“, a one-day symposium on Sci-Fi fan events in critical event, tourism and leisure studies that will take place on Monday 11th June 2018 at the… Read More ›
Call For Papers: Storytelling Conference 2018
The organisers of the Storytelling Conference 2018 (10th – 11th July) at the University of Suffolk have announced the call for papers is now open. They are inviting papers that theoretically and empirically engage with a broad range of disciplines… Read More ›
Call for Graphic Submissions Special Collection: Graphic Science
Comics have been well received in the science community and by publishers as a form of science communication. Recent publications demonstrate that comics have the potential of becoming academic outputs in their own right. (In October 2017, for example, Myriad Editions… Read More ›