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Comics Education News
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
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 ›
Teesside University seeks new Lecturer in Comics & Concept Art
Do you have experience of teaching at Higher Education level and real world experience of concept art and comic production? If so, you may be the person Teesside University are looking for, as they’re currently seeking a Lecturer in Comics & Concept Art
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 ›
Details of University of East Anglia’s MA in Comic Studies revealed
Earlier this year we revealed the University of East Anglia was initiating a Master’s in Comic Studies, and full details about the course has just been announced.
Exeter’s Bill Douglas Cinema Museum offers research stipends for comic archive and more
Some stipends have been made available for research at Exeter’s Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. They have several holdings of interest to comics scholars, including film tie-in comics dating back to 1910s, magic lantern slides, items relating to photographer Eadweard Muybridge…. Read More ›