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Comics Studies
Items on comic studies from around the world – course information and more
Secret History: Pat Mills begins his guide to the making of “Charley’s War”
Your chance to go behind the making of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s iconic anti-war comic strip
Free online event tonight explores connections between archaeology and comics
A chance to explore the connections between the ancient past and modern comics
Italy’s Fumettomania Factory Association launches crowdfounder to enhance The Luigi Bernardi Comics Archive
Can you help support the work creating and organising a new Italian comic archive?
Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comics comes to Manchester in February
It’s time to book your place for the upcoming “Comics Up Close” event in Manchester in February
Call For Papers for Oxford conference next June: Comics as Resistance
A call for papers for an upcoming conference, “Comics as Resistance”, next June
Telling Your Research Story Through Comics – Special Webinar announced by University of California
Find out more about how you can use comics to make academic research more accessible…
In Memoriam: Tim Robins pays tribute to Martin Barker, Comics Historian, Professor of film and television studies
Tim Robins reflects on the life and work of Martin Barker, Comics Historian, Professor of film and television studies, who died last month
Bloomsbury Comic Studies offers “Manga – A Critical Guide”
The latest Bloomsbury Comic Studies, released last week, focuses on manga
Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces “Comic Potential”, a new Comics Literacy Project
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, together with the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, have joined forces to unlock new “Comic Potential”
Call For Papers: Cultural Legacy of Iberian and Latin American Comics Training School
COST Action iCOn-MICs has announced a Call for Papers for the Cultural Legacy of Iberian and Latin American Comics Training School in Newcastle in September
Thinking with Comics – A Workshop
The Oxford Comics Network is running an in-person workshop, “Thinking with Comics“, in June, which aims to introduce participants to a some of the medium’s many story devices – and how to apply them to your own stories and ideas…. Read More ›
Accessible Comics Design Competition Launched by the Accessible Comics Collective
America’s SF State’s Accessible Comics Collective has launched a competition, open internationally, seeking proposals for teams to produce comics in accessible formats
Learning with Comics and World War One stories
A free joint online talk by Dr Natasa Lackovic, organised by Lancaster City Museum and Lancaster University, aims to challenge participants understanding of war and comics
Kugali Media lend support to Comic Art Europe literacy project at Manchester’s Abraham Moss Community Primary School
The ongoing Comic Art Europe research project into Comics Literacy is proceeding apace
Upcoming online Falklands War Conference includes panel on Argentinian and British Comics with Paul Gravett, Calum Laird
A special upcoming academic conference on the Falklands War includes a panel on related comics
Graphic Brighton returns in May: Michael Rosen, Hannah Berry, Woodrow Phoenix among speakers discussing comics for younger audiences
Graphic Brighton – a popular academic comics conference open to the public – returns to the British southern city in May. There’s still time for comic researchers to submit papers for possible discussion at this year’s in person event, which… Read More ›
Glasgow Women’s Library announces new “Responders of Colour” workshops
Launched last year, Responders of Colour is a project from Glasgow Women’s Library combining creative writing with archives
Call For Papers: Comics, Younger Audiences and Creators
Graphic Brighton 2022, taking place in May, is to focus on the state of comics for younger audiences in the 21st century…
Lancaster University’s new Visiting Professor Mary Talbot set to ensure comics storytelling is a page-turner
Award-winning author Mary Talbot has been appointed Visiting Professor of Graphic Writing in Lancaster University’s Department of English Literature and Creative Writing