Check out this event with artist Lucy Sullivan
Comics Studies
Items on comic studies from around the world – course information and more
“Children’s Paper” among latest additions to “Free to View Pages” on the British Newspaper Archive
New additions to the British Newspaper Archive offer different snapshots of life in 1920s Britain
Can Comics Change the World? Upcoming “Comics Up Close” gathering ponders the influence of the Ninth Art
Next Friday sees the return of Comics Up Close to Kendal as part of LICAF 2021
Call For Papers: The International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics CFP (IGNCC22), July 2022
Goodness me, it’s been an age since we announced an academic comics conference!
SLJTeen Live! ponders future of storytelling today – a comic creators-packed live virtual event
With hope on the horizon after an unprecedented, traumatic year, educators, librarians, and students are wondering: ‘Where do we go from here?’
Call for Papers for Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comic Art
A shout out for papers for this one-day event, part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October
Comics used to study social movements at America’s Penn State College of Education
Comics used to communicate complex ideas in usable ways that movements and communities can understand
Comic Art Europe’s ground-breaking Comics Literacy research project gets underway at Manchester school
New, important research into the way children read comics has begun at Abraham Moss Community School
Oxford Comics Network publishes free guide to Comic Studies
A handy primer for anyone wanting to teach about the comics form
Get to know the workings of Krazy Kat in an online course
Explore the world of Krazy Kat
Nineteenth Century British Comic Strips in the spotlight in new book from David Kunzle
A new academic book exploring nineteenth century British comics
Outside In: A Comic Reader’s Look at Academic Comic Journals
Peter Duncan offers a layman’s eye review of three academic comic journals
Academic Study of Fleetway’s CRISIS comic in the works
Dr William Proctor, Senior Lecturer in Transmedia, Culture and Communication at Bournemouth University has announced his next academic project will be a book-length study of 2000AD sister comic, CRISIS
Call for Papers: “Graphic Medicine in/during Troubled Times: Health, Social Justice, and Human Rights”
A Call for Papers has been issued for “Graphic Medicine in/during Troubled Times: Health, Social Justice, and Human Rights”, taking place 16th – 19th July 2020 in Toronto, Canada, organised by Graphic Medicine. The 2020 Graphic Medicine conference aims to… Read More ›
Call For Papers: The Eleventh International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference
The Eleventh International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference takes place at the London College of Communication next July – and a Call for Papers has just been released
Call for Contributions: Comics and Art History
A Call for Contributions for a collected volume on Comics and Art History was recently announced by editors Ian Horton and Maggie Gray, who are currently in discussions with a major academic publisher about this project
Call for Papers: Transitions 2020, Sketchnote Artist also sought
A call for papers for the Transitions 2020 symposium has been announced, the event taking place at Birkbeck, University of London on Saturday 21st March
Call For Papers: Cartoon Animation: Satire and Subversion, plus Bob Godfrey exhibition announced
A Call For Papers has just launched for “Cartoon Animation: Satire and Subversion“, an academic conference taking place on Monday 17th February 2020 at the Animation Research Centre, at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey. Speakers will include… Read More ›
Cardiff Comics Storytelling Network Launches this month
This month sees the launch of the new Cardiff Comics Storytelling Network (CCSN), with an appearance at the Launch Event in Cardiff by Featuring Welsh-based comics artist Carol Swain, author of the graphic novel Gast, Giraffes in My Hair and… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comic Art
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 ›