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LOCATION:Angoulême\, Angoulême\, 16000\, France
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SUMMARY:Joint International Bande Dessinée Society conference and International Graphic Novels And Comics Conference
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SUMMARY:Festival international de la bande dessinée d'Angoulême
DESCRIPTION:Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême est le plus grand événement consacré à la bande dessinée de France. Doté d’un programme chargé mêlant expositions\, dédicaces\, spectacles ou encore concours\, le Festival de la BD d’Angoulême fait chaque année\, en janvier\, le bonheur de 200 000 visiteurs environ. Dates\, tarifs\, programme… Découvrez ici tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur cet événement unique. \n\nProgramme du Festival de la BD d’Angoulême : auteurs\, expositions\, spectacles…\nPartout en France\, de nombreux festivals artistiques abordant des sujets et thèmes variés sont à dénombrer\, tels que le Festival d’Automne de Paris\, consacré à l’art contemporain\, ou encore les Rencontres d’Arles pour les amateurs de photographie. \nTous les ans\, la commune d’Angoulême en Charentes\, située à 1h20 de route au nord de la ville de Bordeaux\, accueille le plus important événement français consacré à la BD : le Festival de la BD d’Angoulême. \nCe rendez-vous immanquable des amateurs de planches rassemble tous les ans environ 200 000 personnes venant prendre part aux nombreuses animations proposées par l’événement. \nAu programme\, de quoi satisfaire tous les goûts et tous les âges avec : \n\ndes expositions consacrées à des artistes ou des œuvres diverses (BD jeunesse\, mangas\, parcours des artistes…)\ndes spectacles musicaux et théâtrales tout public\ndes dédicaces et rencontres avec des auteurs\, scénaristes\, dessinateurs et bien d’autres\ndes débats et conférences sur des thèmes d’actualité liés notamment à la littérature\ndes ateliers d’initiation à la BD.\n\nLe programme complet du festival sera à retrouver ici-même prochainement. \n© 9eArt+\, Antoine GuilbertConférence au Festival de la BD d’Angoulême \nPrix et concours du Festival de la BD d’Angoulême\nLe Festival de la BD d’Angoulême est également réputé à travers la remise de prix aux meilleurs artistes de BD de la compétition. Parmi les récompenses les plus prestigieuses et célèbres de la compétition se trouvent : \n\nGrand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême\, décerné par des auteurs internationaux\nPrix de la bande dessinée alternative\, destiné à l’ensemble des magazines\, revues et autres traitant de la BD\nPrix Goscinny\, primant à la fois un scénariste confirmé et un autre en devenir.\n\n  \nIl est également possible de participer à des concours ouverts à tous : le Concours Jeunes Talents pour les jeunes adultes et le Concours de la BD scolaire pour les collégiens et lycéens. \nLes formulaires et conditions d’inscription sont à retrouver sur le site de l’événement (lien ci-dessous).
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/festival-international-de-la-bande-dessinee-dangouleme/
LOCATION:Angoulême\, Angoulême\, 16000\, France
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Modern Language Association Annual Convention
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URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/modern-language-association-annual-convention/
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SUMMARY:Studies in Comics: General Call for Papers information
DESCRIPTION:Papers are welcomed for Studies in Comics\, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal that aims to describe the nature of comics\, to identify the medium as a distinct art form and to address its formal properties. We invite submissions exploring the formal properties of comics\, advancing their own theory of comics or responding to an established theoretical model. We also welcome reviews of new comics\, scholarship and criticism\, conferences and exhibitions\, as well as unpublished creative work. \nWe invite submissions of articles of 4000–8000 words from any discipline. These should have a strong critical focus and seek to apply hitherto unexplored theoretical approaches to the medium of comics or respond to published theories about the medium’s formal properties. Possible areas include: \n\ncomics and visual language in the context of communications theory;\nthe grammar of comics;\nnarrative structure;\nthe relationship between panel\, page and the multiframe;\ncomposition and panel transitions;\nthe treatment of time and space;\nresponses to published theorists such as Scott McCloud\, Will Eisner\, Thierry Groensteen\, etc.\n\nWe also welcome reviews of new publications and exhibits and short creative pieces of 1-8 pages in length. Creative work should be relevant to some aspect of comics\, although there are no other thematic or stylistic restrictions. Metafictional submissions that deal with the processes and theories of comics creation are encouraged. \nArticle submissions \nPlease send your completed article and a metadata document (see ‘Notes for Contributors’\, available for download below) by email. Please include the word ARTICLE in the email subject heading and indicate the word count of the article in your covering email. Papers must be submitted in English. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. \nReviews of publications and conferences and exhibitions \nPlease send expressions of interest by email include the words REVIEW PUBLICATION or REVIEW CONFERENCE or REVIEW EXHIBITION in the subject heading. There is no set length for reviews\, however we would expect them to be around 1\,000-3\,000 words. \nCreative submissions \nPlease include the word CREATIVE in the subject heading. All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications. Studies in Comics is published twice yearly\, however some issues may be guest-edited or themed – where applicable\, submissions will be carried over for the next issue. \nSubmissions are welcomed from both scholars and enthusiasts. Contributors are encouraged to approach comics from any discipline and to turn their attention to comics from all countries and in all languages. So\, whether you’re a semiotician\, philosopher\, scientist\, historian\, enthusiast or cultural\, literary or film critic\, Studies in Comics welcomes you! \nSubmissions should be sent to studiesincomics@gmail.com by either 1 June or 1 December for consideration for the next issue.
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/studies-in-comics-general-call-for-papers-information/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers
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SUMMARY:Comics Forum 2024: Between Bodies: Embodiment and Comics
DESCRIPTION:The thirteenth Comics Forum will focus on themes of embodiment within comics and Comics Studies across cultures\, disciplines\, and forms. \nEmbodiment is the process through which both individual and cultural ideas and beliefs become material. Embodiment generates an emerging challenge to and within Comics Studies that scholars such as Eszter Szép and Scott Jeffery have begun to explore within the field. Through themes of embodiment\, we hope to call attention to how comics are a deeply embodied medium. Comics become embodied when they are made\, through the movement of the body to draw\, write\, and make comics; when they are read through the readers’ bodily responses; when they become bodies of work or story. Comics themselves embody ideas and narratives through their lines\, colours\, layouts\, speech balloons\, visual and narrative styles\, publishing formats\, and sizes. \nAs an embodied medium\, comics can re-affirm or unsettle the boundaries of dichotomies\, such as the embodied Self/Other; the individual/collective; the objective/subjective; the fictional/real; the powerful/powerless. We are particularly interested in work that moves away from or challenges Western hegemonic forms and practices of embodiment in comics and graphic narratives. \nComics Studies attempts to situate itself between these cultures\, bodies of work\, creators\, and readers. We are therefore also interested in how Comics Studies is embodied in the academy. What might Comics Studies\, as an embodied methodology\, bring to other disciplines or fields? Comics Forum 2024 therefore invites participants to consider embodiment through or within any new\, developing\, or previous work in the field. Subjects for discussion may include\, but are not limited to: \n\nComics as archival bodies\n\n\nEmbodiment in comics industries\n\n\nEmbodiment of Comics Studies in the academy\n\n\nEmbodiment in Comics Studies’ research methodologies\n\n\nPossibilities of disembodiment in comics\n\n\nEmbodiment in/of/through comics forms\n\n\nEmbodiment and biopolitics in comics\n\n\nEmbodied identities and positions in comics\n\n\nNegotiations of embodied boundaries in comics\n\n\nInteraction between comics and bodies of comics creators/readers/scholars\n\nComics Forum welcomes speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds\, ranging from students to senior academics\, practitioners and beyond. No particular academic disciplines are preferred\, and we are open to proposals on comics and related forms from any part of the world. Proposals of up to 250 words for papers of 20 minutes in length are now being accepted at: comicsforum@hotmail.co.uk. Alternative formats of presentation\, such as workshops or roundtable discussions\, are welcome but must fit within the same 20-minute time limit. If you are proposing an alternative format\, please indicate this in your proposal. \nThe deadline for submissions is the 31st of August\, and you will be notified of acceptance by or before the 13th of September 2024. Please include a short (100 word) biography with your proposal. We look forward to seeing you in Leeds!
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/comics-forum-2024-between-bodies-embodiment-and-comics/
LOCATION:Leeds Central Library\, Calverley Street\, Leeds\, LS1 3AB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Thought Bubble
DESCRIPTION:Thought Bubble is the Yorkshire Comic Art Festival! A week long celebration of comics\, illustration and more spread across the whole of Yorkshire\, finishing in a huge two day comic convention in Harrogate. We use our festival week to promote the power of comics! We believe they can inspire\, educate and bring people together like no other medium\, so whether you’re a long-time fan of comic art or have never picked up a graphic novel before\, you’ll find something for you. \nThought Bubble is not for profit with our chosen charity being Barnardo’s!
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/thought-bubble/
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241023
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SUMMARY:19TH ANNUAL COMFOR CONFERENCE 2024 IN GRONINGEN: “GRAPHIC MEDICINE”
DESCRIPTION:9th annual ComFor  conference 2024:\n“Graphic Medicine: Communicating Illness and Health Through Comics”\n23-25 October 2024 at the University of Groningen\,the Netherlands\nOrganizers: Janina Wildfeuer and Barbara Postema (University of Groningen) \nWe are very pleased to announce that the keynote speakers for the conference will be:\nIrmela Krüger-Fürhoff (Freie Universität Berlin)\,\nLisa El Refaie (Cardiff University)\, and\nErin La Cour (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).\nIn addition\, we will be joined by guest artists Mark Hektor and Mo Qasem. \nInitiated in 2007\, the area of study called “Graphic Medicine” has developed into an impressive field of research that is today broadly understood as “the intersection of the medium of comics and the discourse of healthcare” (Czerwiec et al. 2015). As a discipline\, it understands itself as an “emerging area of interdisciplinary academic study” including both theoretical and methodological developments from several disciplines connected to comics studies as well as practical insights and applications from medical practitioners in the healthcare context. As Squier notes\, many different areas of academic scholarship prove to be relevant to the field: “While graphic medicine may seem most closely tied to the medical humanities\, a closer look will reveal its relevance to fields of engaged scholarship beyond the medical or health humanities. This category includes women’s studies\, environmental studies\, disability studies\, and science and technology studies\, as well as critical race studies\, queer studies\, and animal studies. Each of these areas has a mandate for real-world commitment and engagement that comics can serve well” (Squier 2015: 43). \nFurthermore\, in public health\, good communication skills are key for effectively mediating between professionals and laypeople. Conveying information clearly is a strong pillar of support and trust. Health and science communication therefore can be major considerations in the scientific as well as practical contexts of complex graphic narratives that combine the visual elements of comic art with narrative and informative aspects of medicine. Multiple formats of comics can be put to work in this endeavor\, since they “could include graphic memoirs of illness\, educational comics for both students and patients\, academic papers and books\, gag strips about healthcare\, graphic reportage\, and therapeutic workshops involving comic making\, as well as many other practices and source material\, both fictional and non-fictional” (https://www.graphicmedicine.org/why-graphic-medicine/). Thus\, Graphic Medicine is described as being remarkably accessible and engaging\, in part because it can capture individuals’ emotional experiences\, as a patient or caregiver\, and clarify processes and\nsensations related to the clinical side of (mental) illness and health. In fact\, comics in particular have not only proven to strengthen the comprehension and retention of health education information (Leiner et al. 2018)\, but also show themselves to be particularly approachable in comparison with other media due to their ability to structure information in manageable steps (Kearns et al. 2021). \nThis conference will bring together theoretical and methodological developments on Graphic Medicine\, as well as practical insights and applications\, and hopes to offer a fruitful place for discussion\nand critical evaluation of the field and its most recent developments and insights. \nGuiding questions and topics:\n● What are the benefits of Graphic Medicine for patients\, healthcare professionals\, creators\, and\nthe general reading public? What are the challenges?\n● Does Graphic Medicine need special ethical considerations?\n● Can Graphic Medicine be fictional? Are there genre or format limitations for Graphic Medicine?\n● Which media specific components of comics and graphic narratives are particularly suited for\nhealth-related information to be conveyed?\n● Which semiotic modes\, (multimodal) metaphors\, frames or other aspects of Graphic Medicine\nprovide ways of effectively relaxing health messages?\n● Which methods of creating and drawing comics are needed to implement Graphic\nMedicine as practice in science learning and health promotion?\n● Graphic Medicine for Scholarship\, Graphic Storytelling and Medical Narrative\n● Graphic Pathography\n● Iconography of Illness\n● Practical applications of Graphic Medicine
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/19th-annual-comfor-conference-2024-in-groningen-graphic-medicine/
LOCATION:University of Groningen\, Groningen\, Netherlands
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:THE LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ART FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:A comic art spectacular is coming to the Lake District from 27 – 29 September 2024!\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nThis year’s festival promises to be better than ever\, with the best comic artists\, writers and creators heading to the Lake District for a packed comic art weekend spectacular. \nA WORLD OF COMIC ART WILL RETURN TO THE LAKE DISTRICT FOR THE LAKES INTERNATIONAL COMIC ART FESTIVAL\, 27 – 28TH SEPTEMBER – 2024! \nKick-ass superheroes\, future worlds\, fantastical creatures\, zombies\, crime fighters\, politics\, satire\, documentary\, comedy\, manga and much more. The world of comic art is a diverse and spectacular place\, bursting with creations that transport us to other dimensions and stories that explore the world and our place within it. \nThe family-friendly festival will see a weekend of wonderful events\, activities and workshops for all ages. \nSo\, whether you’re a comic art addict\, new to the world of comics or just love exceptional art and storytelling – get a date in your diary for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/the-lakes-international-comic-art-festival/
LOCATION:Bowness-on-Windermere\, LA23\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Small Press Expo 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Small Press Expo (SPX) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit created in 1994 to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics. SPX hosts an annual festival that provides a forum for artists\, writers and publishers of comic art in its various forms to present to the public comic art not accessible through normal commercial channels. SPX sponsors a number of events and charitable initiatives\, including: \nThe Expo\nThe annual SPX comics and graphic arts festival presents the best and brightest established creators in independent comics. In addition to the opportunity for public exposure and potential revenue the festival provides to attending artists\, the event also allows less established to network with publishers and prominent creators\, providing unique opportunities for the comic artist/writer that is just starting out. \nSPX prides itself on maintaining an open (rather than curated) registration policy and open access between attendees\, exhibitors and volunteers. SPX is unique amongst the various comic book exhibitions\, as it does not allow retailers to have a formal presence at the festival. Only creators and publishers are allowed to exhibit. The festival includes: \n\n\nA public exhibition where artists\, creators and publishers and the public interact in an informal setting. Graphic novels\, comics and related merchandise are for sale and SPX attendees can interact with the attending creators/publishers.\nA series of symposium held during the festival\, where creators of comics engage in formal panel discussions and/or interviews open to SPX attendees.\nSPX often sponsors off-site events the week of the convention\, including academic seminars\, book signings and school outreach programs.\n\n\nThe SPX Mission\nThe SPX non-profit charter defines the following goals for the organization: \n\n\nTo provide a forum to showcase new and emerging talent in the fields of comics\, graphic novels and political cartooning.\nEnable participants in the comics field to learn from more experienced people in the various aspects of the creation\, publishing\, marketing and distribution of comics related content.\nTo educate the public and members of the comics field in the areas of comic history\, current trends in the comics field\, the impact of comics on popular culture and other analytical topics.\nTo further the art form of independent comics by identifying organizations and partnerships where independent comics can be exposed to a broad audience\n\nSPX Program Areas\n\nThe Annual Festival\nThe Ignatz Awards\nThe Library of Congress\nGraphic Novel Gift Program\nLibrarian Outreach
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/small-press-expo-2024/
LOCATION:Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center\, 5701 Marinelli Road\, Rockville\, MD\, 20852\, United States
CATEGORIES:Expo
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SUMMARY:Comics Forum: Bodies & Embodiement - Call for Papers
DESCRIPTION:The thirteenth Comics Forum will focus on themes of embodiment within comics and Comics Studies across cultures\, disciplines\, and forms. \nEmbodiment is the process through which both individual and cultural ideas and beliefs become material. Embodiment generates an emerging challenge to and within Comics Studies that scholars such as Eszter Szép and Scott Jeffery have begun to explore within the field. Through themes of embodiment\, we hope to call attention to how comics are a deeply embodied medium. Comics become embodied when they are made\, through the movement of the body to draw\, write\, and make comics; when they are read through the readers’ bodily responses; when they become bodies of work or story. Comics themselves embody ideas and narratives through their lines\, colours\, layouts\, speech balloons\, visual and narrative styles\, publishing formats\, and sizes. \nAs an embodied medium\, comics can re-affirm or unsettle the boundaries of dichotomies\, such as the embodied Self/Other; the individual/collective; the objective/subjective; the fictional/real; the powerful/powerless. We are particularly interested in work that moves away from or challenges Western hegemonic forms and practices of embodiment in comics and graphic narratives. \nComics Studies attempts to situate itself between these cultures\, bodies of work\, creators\, and readers. We are therefore also interested in how Comics Studies is embodied in the academy. What might Comics Studies\, as an embodied methodology\, bring to other disciplines or fields? Comics Forum 2024 therefore invites participants to consider embodiment through or within any new\, developing\, or previous work in the field. Subjects for discussion may include\, but are not limited to: \n\nComics as archival bodies\n\n\nEmbodiment in comics industries\n\n\nEmbodiment of Comics Studies in the academy\n\n\nEmbodiment in Comics Studies’ research methodologies\n\n\nPossibilities of disembodiment in comics\n\n\nEmbodiment in/of/through comics forms\n\n\nEmbodiment and biopolitics in comics\n\n\nEmbodied identities and positions in comics\n\n\nNegotiations of embodied boundaries in comics\n\n\nInteraction between comics and bodies of comics creators/readers/scholars\n\nComics Forum welcomes speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds\, ranging from students to senior academics\, practitioners and beyond. No particular academic disciplines are preferred\, and we are open to proposals on comics and related forms from any part of the world. Proposals of up to 250 words for papers of 20 minutes in length are now being accepted at: comicsforum@hotmail.co.uk. Alternative formats of presentation\, such as workshops or roundtable discussions\, are welcome but must fit within the same 20-minute time limit. If you are proposing an alternative format\, please indicate this in your proposal. \nThe deadline for submissions is the 31st of August\, and you will be notified of acceptance by or before the 13th of September 2024. Please include a short (100 word) biography with your proposal. We look forward to seeing you in Leeds!
URL:https://unicorerecords.com/event/comics-forum-bodies-embodiement-call-for-papers/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers
ORGANIZER;CN="Comics Forum":MAILTO:comicsforum@hotmail.co.uk
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240716
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SUMMARY:SUBVERSIVE COMICS
DESCRIPTION:This RHR issue will explore the recent history of comics—defined broadly as works that combine sequences of visual images\, frequently with text\, to convey narratives. Comics in this sense have existed in the U.S. and elsewhere for well over a century as independent publications as well as appearing in circulars\, newspapers\, magazines\, pamphlets and other print (and more recently digital) media. During the 1930s\, popular audiences for comics grew rapidly\, especially among youth\, and then grew explosively during the 1940s into the 1950s. The range of subject matter for comics expanded from cartoon characters (often anthropomorphic animals) to human caricatures (sometimes humorous)\, to “realistic” genres like romance and crime\, as well as historically-based situations\, and—especially with WWII and is aftermath—war. \nHaving seemingly secured a firm place in popular culture\, something of a shift occurred in comics in the late 1950s\, when they came under attack in a number of countries by guardians of morality as a result of the Red Scare of the period and of hysteria over juvenile delinquency. But by the 1960s\, shaped by rising social struggle (especially the peace and anti-colonial movements\, and in North America\, the Black freedom movement)— along with proliferating cultural insurgencies (jazz\, rock and roll\, the Beats\, youth culture\, etc.)—a subversive wing of the comics movement emerged that became known as underground or radical comics\, and\, more recently\, alt comics. \nThis oppositional wing of the comics movement continues to develop to this day in many modalities and forms\, expressed in comics that are vehicles for social criticism and graphic journalism; that subvert hegemonic cultural and political norms; that ridicule established hierarchy and power; that pay increasing attention to historical subjects\, themes\, biographies\, and memoirs; that sometimes protest but more often satirize. Simultaneously a new kind of comics—graphic novels and books—rapidly expanded its presence and popularity. This new wing which draws on the political and cultural movements of the recent period in complicated ways\, and in turn contributes to them (feminism is a key example)\, will be the subject of this issue of Radical History Review. \nThis RHR issue will offer critical perspectives on the field of subversive comics—on its strengths as well as its weaknesses. It will aim to appreciate\, understand\, but not romanticize.  We should add that over the years comics have been features of RHR\, and we see this issue in that tradition as further advancing the study of this important aspect of cultural history. This RHR issue will focus on comics in North America\, and will encourage contributions on and about comics abroad.  And we will encourage contributions from historians and other commentators and from comic artists— both written and drawn\, as well as “hybrids” that merge prose and images. \nTopics of submissions may involve but are not limited to: \n\nThe relationship of comics and comic artists to important democratic social movements: Black\, Latinx\, and Asian American liberation; feminism\, and LGBTQ rights.\nThe involvement of comics as aspects of various countercultures.\nComics by artists of color\, and about communities of color.\nComics by artists in countries outside the United States about Africa. Asia\, Europe\, or the Americas.\nThe aesthetics of various types of comics.\nComic art in relationship to other artistic and cultural practices.\n\nRadical History Review publishes material in a wide variety of forms. The editors will consider research articles and extended essays; interviews with comic artists or others in the comics field; “conversations” between scholars and/or activists; brief interventions and commentaries; essays on museum and other public forums; film and book review essays”; annotated course syllabi; and\, of course\, comics\, either as short strips or substantial pieces. Preliminary inquiries may be sent to issue editors: Andor Skotnes (skotna@sage.edu) and Paul Buhle (PaulBuhle@brown.edu). \nProcedure for submission of articles: \nBy July 15\, 2024\, please submit a 1-2 page abstract summarizing the article you wish to submit to our online journal management system\, ScholarOne. To begin with ScholarOne\, sign in or create an account at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/dup-rhr. After signing in\, select “Author” from the menu up top\, and click “Begin Submission” or “Start New Submission.” Upload a Word or PDF document\, including any images within the document. After uploading your file\, select “Proposal” as the submission type and follow the on-screen instructions. Please write to contactrhr@gmail.com if you encounter any technical difficulties or have any other questions about the process. \nBy August 15\, 2024\, authors will be notified whether they should submit a full version of their article for peer review. The due date for completed articles is expected to be in November 2024. Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 155 of the Radical History Review\, scheduled to appear in May 2026. \nAbstract Deadline: July 15\, 2024
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ORGANIZER;CN="Radical History Review":MAILTO:contactrhr@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:The Fifteenth Annual International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference Comics and Technologies University of East Anglia\, Norwich
DESCRIPTION:New technologies have affected the creation\, production\, distribution\, forms\, themes\, ethics\, and cultures of comics. Collaboration and creativity have been enabled by digital communication and creative tools. Comics have adapted to emerging technologies that inspire new formats\, such as photomechanical reproduction\, the four-colour process\, photocopying\, free computer software such as Canva\, MediBang Paint\, or the Internet. Apps and platforms enable new possibilities for access and ways of reading. Most recently\, the emergence of AI has led to concerns about copyright\, data protection and creator exploitation. \nComics have also represented technologies thematically: in genres such as superheroes and science fiction\, for instance in the grandiose future technologies envisioned by Moebius or Jack Kirby; in war comics that depict industrialised conflict; and under the umbrella of graphic medicine\, which describe and critique medical tech. Technologies can be useful for researchers\, for instance in the development of software to analyse huge amounts of data or cataloguing long runs of comics. \nWe are interested in all aspects of comics and technologies and themes that might be addressed (but are not limited to) the following: \n\nRepresenting technologies – e.g. future worlds (including Afrofuturist\, Arabfuturist\, etc.)\nThe interfaces between people and technologies\nUsing technology in researching\, or education through\, comics\nProducing comics via technologies – from major global corporations to small scale production\nHistorical aspects of technologies: comics formats\, production\, distribution\nComics and the politics of technology – race\, gender\, sexuality\, class\, etc.\nThe future of comics arising from technologies\nThe effect of digital tools on collaboration and creation\n\nWe will also have room within our programme\, as always\, for papers\, workshops\, and roundtables that do not fit this specific theme. \nWe are now accepting proposals for papers (20 minutes)\, panels (of 2 or 3 papers) or roundtable and workshop sessions (60-90 minutes).  Please submit the following to TheIGNCC@gmail.com  by 15 December 2023: \n\nabstract of 250 words\na biography of 50 words including your name\, email\, affiliation\, and gender pronouns\nstate whether your paper will be given in person or online\nstate whether you would be interested in chairing a panel\n\nIf you have any queries please email TheIGNCC@gmail.com.
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LOCATION:University of East Anglia\, Research Park\, Norwich\, NR4 7TJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics":MAILTO:TheIGNCC@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Comics Studies Society Annual Conference: Glitching Comics
DESCRIPTION:In her 2020 publication Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto\, Legacy Russell explores the notion of “glitch-as-error with its genesis in the realm of the machinic and the digital.” With this framing\, she argues that glitches might “inform the way we see the AFK [Away-From-Keyboard or real] world\, shaping how we might participate in it toward greater agency for and by ourselves” (8-9). With her sights set on social systems of gender\, race\, and sexuality in particular\, Russell asks how embodied subjects who defy patriarchal white supremacist cisheterosexist norms are positioned or appear as glitches\, as errors\, in digital and AFK spaces. Rather than take for granted the normative understanding of glitch-as-error\, Russell argues for a feminist praxis that reconceives glitches as a form of refusal and a means by which to challenge the status quo. Russell is particularly interested in how artists record\, perform\, and embrace the glitch to expose our flawed social systems\, explore the in-between\, and “imagine new possibilities of what the body can do\, and how this can work against the normative” (14). To read Russell’s work online or to hear her talking about glitch feminism see here: https://www.legacyrussell.com/GLITCHFEMINISM \nBuilding on Russell’s bold and necessary work\, the CSS Conference Committee invites members to join us in glitching comics. What can errors in production processes of print comics reveal about systems of racialization? How might digital reading practices expose industry sexism or ableism? What do creators accomplish when they embrace glitchy aesthetics? How do comics or comics media that dwell in the in-between or sit with discomfort help us to refuse violent social norms? How do marginalized creators take advantage of systemic failures? \nLike Russell\, we recognize the feedback loop between digital and AFK spaces so we encourage participants to draw on print or digital comics\, comics-related media\, or texts that actively blur these distinctions. The Comics Studies Society invites proposals for 15-minute individual papers\, pre-formed panels\, media objects (such as critical making\, comics\, video\, Twine\, or performance)\, and pedagogy or other workshops that engage with how comics (across forms\, genres\, media\, experiences\, regions\, and cultures) disrupt the status quo. Topics may include but are by no means limited to: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Glitch Refuses”\n\nResistant narratives\nTexts that defy genre distinctions\nSubversive reading practices\n\n\n“Glitch Throws Shade”\n\nErrors that expose hegemonic social norms\nAesthetics that reveal the fallibility of normative ideals\nReactivity in fan communities\n\n\n“Glitch is Error”\n\nComics that embrace the unknowable\nMedia that strive for elasticity\nHistorical errors that disrupted the status quo\n\n\n“Glitch is Anti-body”\n\nDisability in comics\nProduction processes that prioritize accessibility for disabled creators and readers\nRepresentations of bodies that glitch “hegemonic normative formulations”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Glitch is Virus”\n\nReception of or resistance to AI art in comics\nThe brokenness of labor standards in the comics industry\nInfection or monstrosity as a “vehicle of resistance” to identity norms\n\n\n“Glitch Mobilizes”\n\nHow digital platforms/modes of creation provide opportunity\nThe promise of “newly proposed worlds” in comics media\nFan activism\n\n\n“Glitch is Remix”\n\nRetcon as a form of reclamation\nThe rearranging of creative traditions to generate something liberatory\nRepurposing discomfort to reveal truths\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubmit 250-word abstracts via the Google Forms below no later than 11:59pm Central Time (US) on February 16\, 2024. All submissions will undergo transparent peer review. Notifications will go out in February and registration will open in March. The virtual conference will take place in June 24-28\, 2024. \n\nIndividual Paper Proposals\nPanel Proposals\nRoundtable Proposals\nWorkshop Proposals\n\n\nPlease contact the Conference Committee with any questions: comicsstudiesorg@gmail.com
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LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="Comics Studies Society":MAILTO:comicsstudiesorg@gmail.com
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