Americas

United States

Research

International Journal of Comic Art 19.2 has been published. Link (English, WG)

The Journal of Comics and Culture Volume 2 has been published. Link (English, WG)

University of Mississippi Press has published Captain Marvel and the Art of Nostalgia, by Brian Cremins. Link (English, WG)

The Graphic Justice Research Alliance has announced a call for papers for its annual conference at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, to be held October 20, 2018. Abstracts are due by the 10th July. Link (English, WG)

There is a call for comics for Sequentials 3, which seeks creative submissions around the theme Comics And/As/Against Fine Art. Submissions are due by the 1st June. Link (English, WG)

The State of Our Satirical Union is a two-day symposium that takes place at the University of Minnesota between the 20th and 21st April. Link (English, WG)

Panel discussions from last year’s The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo are available to view online. Link (English, WG)

There is a call for papers for the edited collection, “Witnessing Made Easy! Reading Chick tracts in Context”. Abstracts and a short CV are required by the 1st May. Link (English, WG)

The Middle Spaces hosts a round table of nine different scholars discussing Image Comics’ Bitch Planet series. Link (English, WG)

Europe

Belgium

Research

The University of Ghent is opening two PhD positions in Comics Studies relative to an ERC project on Children in Comics led by Maaheen Ahmed, applications are expected by May 11, 2018. Link (26/03/2018, English, BC)

France

Business

2 men have been arrested for the theft of 4000 albums of bande dessinées from bookshops in the Lyon area, over the period of a year. Link (23/03/2018, French, LT)

Culture

BD author and teacher at the École Européenne Supérieur de l’Image (EESI,,Angoulême), has died aged 60. Link (10/03/2018, French, LT)

Germany

Culture

The exhibition of the latest Max-und-Moritz-Preis winners is now shown in Bremen until the 21st April. Link (01/03/2018, German, MdlI)

Research

A Call for Papers for a conference on comics and games (Hanover, 5th – 7th November) has been published; the deadline for abstracts is the 30th April. Link (02/03/2018, English, MdlI)

An edited volume on the philosophy of Calvin and Hobbes was published. Link (26/03/2018, German, MdlI)

Poland

Culture

The exhibition, Comics Now!, focused upon Polish comics, runs until the 22nd July at the National Museum in Krakow. Link (English, WG)

Portugal

Culture

In Oporto, in the Palace Viscondes de Balsemão, an exhibition of 27 collages dedicated to comics heroes like Corto Maltese, Dick Tracy, Tintin and Asterix and Obelix will take place until the 15th April. Link (21/03/2018, Portuguese, RR)

During March and April,  a set of workshops and courses related with comics in AR.CO. Link (27/03/2018, Portuguese, RR)

Spain

Culture

The 36th edition of the Barcelona International Comic Fair will take place at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc from the 12th to the 15th April. Some of the guests include Carlos Pacheco, David Lloyd, Dave McKean, Paco Roca, David Rubín and Vittorio Giardino. For the first time, their annual awards to Best Spanish work and Best breakout author have parity of representation. Link (12/03/2018, Spanish/English, EdRC)

Heroes Manga Madrid will took place at Ifema from the 7th to the 8th April. Link (10/03/2018, Spanish/English, RR)

UK

Culture

The House of Illustration in London hosts an exhibition devoted to North Korean comics. Link (English, WG)

Jobs

There is a job listing for a Lecturer in Contemporary Writing and Digital Culture at Swansea University. The advert specifies interest in candidates with a specialism in graphic novels (amongst other things). The deadline to apply is 16th April. Link (English, WG)

Research

The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics 9.1 has been published. Link (English, WG)

Leeds Beckett University will host the Tintin Conference between the 13th and 14th June. Link (English, WG)

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Correspondents: Benoît Crucifix (BC, Belgium) Enrique de Rey Cabero (EdRC, Spain), William Grady (WG, Poland, UK and United States), Martin de la Iglesia (MdlI, Germany), Renata Rafaella (RR, Portugal), and Lise Tannahill (LT, France)

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