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Affiliated Conferences: Comics & Medicine: The Sequential Art of Illness (2011)

22 May

Today sees the launch of our second affiliated conference page in the scholarly resources section.

Comics and Medicine: The Sequential Art of Illness took place at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago from the 9th to the 11th of June last year, and you can now download the conference’s call for papers, poster, programme and abstracts here. Many thanks to MK Czerwiec and the conference team for providing this material for our archives.

We are actively seeking to expand the affiliated conference programme and develop it as a useful ongoing resource for scholars, readers and creators of comics. If you are involved in organising a conference or similar event and would like to feature the conference papers and other materials for open access download via the Comics Forum website, please email us at comicsforum@hotmail.co.uk and let us know!

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Posted by on 2012/05/22 in Affiliated Conferences, News, Scholarly Resources

 

Comics Forum Online: Year One Review and Comics Forum 2012 Call for Papers

17 May

One year ago today, comicsforum.org launched with this introductory post. Today I’m pleased to present a look back at the past year of articles by major comics scholars from around the world, and a look ahead to what’s coming next for Comics Forum, including our annual conference.

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Posted by on 2012/05/17 in Affiliated Conferences, Comics Forum 2011, Comics Forum 2012, Comics Forum Presents..., Digital Texts, General, Graphic Medicine, Image [&] Narrative, Materiality and Virtuality: A Conference on Comics, News, Scholar Directory, Scholarly Resources, Sculpture and Comic Art, Thought Bubble, Women in Comics

 

Czech Comics Anthropology: Life and Story in O přibjehi: Keva by José Alaniz

11 May

Graphic narrative suggests that historical accuracy is not the opposite of creative invention; the problematics of what we consider fact and fiction are made apparent by the role of drawing

(Chute 2008: 459).

In 2008-2010, cultural anthropologist Markéta Hajská, Romany linguist Máša Bořkovcová and scriptwriter/artist Vojtěch Mašek collaborated on “Negotiated Stories” (Vyjednávané příběhy), a project organized by the Czech civic organization Ašta šmé and supported by the European Cultural Foundation. The resultant trilogy of documentary comics, O Přibjehi (stories, 2010) [1], chronicled the lives and hardships of three Roma living in the Czech Republic through a combination of interviews, direct testimony, participant observation and graphic narrative.

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Comics Studies in Greece by Lida Tsene

08 May

The relationship between comics and Greece is a rather interesting one. Having a tradition in political cartooning and with influences from Europe and the US, during the 80s we observe the first steps of the creation of a small local scene that seems to be growing each year. Nevertheless, the road to this growth wasn’t easy at all

Comics reached the Greek audience pretty late and that’s one reason why many Greeks have a specific, and often incomplete, understanding of them. In fact, the first comic series that reached the Greek market were mostly superheroes and Disney stories and that led to the perception that comics are just for kids, naive and funny stories. The frequent publication by religious and educational groups of critical reviews and statements about the bad influences comics presented also contributed to this idea.

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Posted by on 2012/05/08 in Guest Writers

 

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Comics in Education: A Personal Perspective by Robert G. Weiner

04 May

Comics have long played a role in my life. My first memories of comics include Tales of Suspense 39 and Silver Surfer 1. The image of the grey Iron Man is one that I remember seeing as a kid, and I still have an affinity for that old costume. The Silver Surfer, too, remains one of my favorite characters. I also remember reading an old Legion of Superheroes story in which one of the characters, Chemical King, dies. I remember re-reading that issue several times just to make sure he did indeed die. It really affected me (I must have been about 10 or so). Other comics I read include Black Panther, Human Fly, Moon Knight, the Kirby and Simon Sandman reboot. I loved them (and still do). I remember going to 7-11 every week to see what new comics the store might have.

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Posted by on 2012/05/04 in educators, Guest Writers, librarians

 

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