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I’m delighted to announce four excellent keynote speakers for Comics Forum 2012, and release our conference poster – ably designed once again by Ben Gaskell of Molakoe Graphic Design. Click here for the poster in PDF format – please circulate!

Coming up on the 15th of November (day 1) we have Simone Lia, author of Fluffy and Please God, Find Me a Husband! appearing in conversation with Helen Iball from the University of Leeds, who is also running Laydeez Do Comics Leeds (launching on the 26th of November!).

On the 16th of November (day 2) we’ll be hearing from Charlie Adlard, artist on The Walking Dead and 2000AD, who will be in conversation with Hugo Frey from the University of Chichester.

We also have a packed lineup of top speakers from around the world coming to Leeds to speak about a wide variety of subjects. See the Comics Forum 2012 page for details of all our speakers, paper titles and info on how to register. Tickets start from just £10!

Comics Forum 2012 is supported by Thought Bubble, Arts Council England, the University of Chichester, Dr Mel Gibson and Molakoe Graphic Design.