Award-winning author Mary Talbot has been appointed Visiting Professor of Graphic Writing in Lancaster University’s Department of English Literature and Creative Writing
Comics Education News
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
“Traces of the Great War” Workshop Resources Released, aiming to help get comics into classrooms across the UK
A great new project that aims to get more comics – and comics creation – into British classrooms
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
Lakes International Comic Art Festival joins Comic Art Europe
A major international comics partnership has been announced
Nineteenth Century British Comic Strips in the spotlight in new book from David Kunzle
A new academic book exploring nineteenth century British comics