The ongoing Comic Art Europe research project into Comics Literacy is proceeding apace
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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
When “Krazy Kat” Spoke Japanese!
A new book traces the development of early manga
Putting the Lake in Lakes International Comic Art Festival!
Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces all-year-round programme and a move to Bowness for its Annual Festival
Lancaster University to host “Harnessing the Mind – Expanding Your Comic Creative Practice” with Lucy Sullivan
Check out this event with artist Lucy Sullivan
“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
Applications open for Comic Art Europe’s “Living Together” project and Comics Summer Camp 2022
Comic Art Europe has launched two “Open Calls” for two projects, both open to British comic creators
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
Little LICAF launches environmental comic challenge for youngsters, in partnership with #RewritingExtinction
Little LICAF, part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, have created another amazing new comic challenge for youngsters
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
Applied Comics Collaborations free comic launched aimed at helping researchers work with comic creators
A new free comic resource for academic and co mic collaborators, available as a digital download and print, on request
Sound and Vision: “The Rez” combines podcast and comics to spread messages of kindness and resilience to children
A blend of audio, visuals and kindness that’s a great idea for strange times
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