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Comic Art

This Working Group aims to examine the development of comic art – including animation, comic books and strips, political and gag cartoons - world-wide in terms of its political sophistication, role in educational and conscientization initiatives, within and outside the mainstream and in terms of the implications of the corporatisation of the media.

Chair: John Lent [Contact]

Members of the Comic Art Working Group.

erythrina_caffraThe Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR annual conference that will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 15-19, 2012. The overall conference theme is 'South-North Conversations.'

The deadline for submissions is February 14, 2012. (For more information on submissions and decisions, see below)

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istanbulThe Comic Art Working Group invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR 2011 Conference to be held at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey, from July 13 to 17, 2011. The general  conference theme is ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’.

 
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braga_2010The Comic Art Working Group is accepting paper proposals for 2010 IAMCR in Portugal.

Please send 100-word proposals on any aspect of comic art (Graphic novels, comic books, comic strips, caricature, political cartoons, gag and humorous drawings, animation) including presenter's name, postal and email addresses, telephone number. Each abstract/submission should be accompanied by the name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of (all) author(s).

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Mexico 2009 - Comic Art Working Group Call for PapersPaper proposals are being accepted for the Comic Art Working Group until February 16, 2009.

Abstract of 100 words, as well as postal and email address, should be sent to John A. Lent.

Email: jlent[AT]temple.edu