Comics Forum 2011 by John G. Swogger
Surely writing a review of a comics conference is on par with dancing about architecture? Text seems such an impoverished medium now – unequipped to condense three days into anything like a reasonable...
View ArticleComics and Philosophy: From Maus to She-Hulk
To register for this event, email comicsforum@hotmail.co.uk. For a PDF of this poster click here. Filed under: Comics Forum Presents..., General, Guest Writers, News, Thought Bubble
View ArticleCall for Papers: Rummaging Around in Alan Moore’s Shorts
Guest Editor: Maggie Gray One sign of the rude health of comic book studies is the growing body of scholarship that focuses on, encompasses, or takes as its starting point, the work of acclaimed and...
View ArticleComics Forum Online: Year One Review and Comics Forum 2012 Call for Papers
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...
View ArticleComics Forum 2012: Registration Open
Registration for Comics Forum 2012 is now open. The conference will take place at Leeds Central Library on the 15th and 16th of November, and is themed around ‘Multiculturalism and Representation’. We...
View ArticleComics Forum 2012: Poster and Keynotes
Click image for full size poster. 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...
View ArticleThis week: Comics Forum 2012
Comics Forum 2012 is coming up at Leeds Central Library this Thursday and Friday (15th and 16th). This year’s conference features a fantastic line-up of top speakers from around the world, and tickets...
View ArticleComics Forum 2012
Running on the 15th and 16th of November, Comics Forum 2012 brought together nearly eighty academics, comics readers and creators to discuss the medium in depth at Leeds Central Library. Speakers came...
View ArticleNew MP3 Download: Charlie Adlard in conversation with Hugo Frey
Today sees the launch of another downloadable resource from Comics Forum: Charlie Adlard and Hugo Frey’s keynote conversation from Comics Forum 2012. Running to more than an hour in length, this...
View ArticleDeath and the Superhero: Strikeforce: Morituri
To download a PDF of this poster click here. Comics Forum is pleased to announce the second event in the ‘Comics Forum presents…’ series. José Alaniz, author of Komiks: Comic Art in Russia, guest...
View ArticleComics Forum Online: Year Two Review and Comics Forum 2013 Call for Papers
The Comics Forum website is two years old today! Following on from last year’s round up of articles, in this post I’ll be providing a review of all the pieces we’ve published this year, and launching...
View ArticleComics Forum 2013: Registration Open
Registration is now open for Comics Forum 2013: Small Press and Undergrounds, which will be running at Leeds Central Library on the 21st and 22nd of November. This year features a fantastic lineup of...
View ArticleComics Forum 2014: Lineup
Coming up at Comics Forum 2014 on Thursday-Friday next week, we have a fantastic lineup of speakers! Our keynote speech will be delivered on Thursday afternoon by Professor Jane Chapman, and we look...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Comics Forum 2018
Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship Leeds Central Library 20-21 September Call for Papers Deadline extended to the 23rd of July 2018. Comics Forum 2018 is the tenth anniversary of the annual...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Comics Forum 2023
Leeds Central LibraryLeeds, UK9th & 10th of November 2023 Following a hiatus, Comics Forum will return to its regular slot as the academic strand of the Thought Bubble sequential art festival in...
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