Women in Comics – conference team plan essay collection

By John Freeman on 12 July 2012

Lois Lane in Superman, in 1939

After two very successful conferences – the Women in Comics I at The University of Cambridge in 2009, and Women in Comics II at Leeds Art Gallery, as part of Comics Forum and Thought Bubble (2010) – the organisers have announced they are aiming to publishing a collection of essays and interviews around the theme of women in comics.

The collection will give a chronological overview of women creators and the representation of women in comics in Anglophone Comics, Bandes Dessinées and Manga.

The team are are in negotiation with an established American University Press about the publication and look to publish the collection in 2013/2014

In addition to their already accepted essays we invite submissions on the following topics:

Early women comic characters, particularly pre-1945
Women in superhero comics and/or as superheroines
Women and life narratives
Female characters in Manga

• Abstracts of 150-200 words should be sent to Sarah Lightman (s.lightman.1ATresearch.gla.ac.uk) and Catriona MacLeod (Catriona.MacLeodATulip.lon.ac.uk) before August 15th 2012.

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.