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Boston University is hosting a conference addressing the theme of religion in comics. From the website:
From the performance of religion in comics, to religious or mythic traditions among the elements of various works, to the use of comics by religious practitioners themselves, the relationship between comics and religion is dynamic and evolving. Given the increasing seriousness with which the public has come to view comics as an art form and Americans' fraught but passionate relationship with religion, "Graven Images" will provide an opportunity for discussion of cutting- edge artistic and social issues by exploring the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. This event is free and open to the public.
The event is being organized by Christine Hoff Kraemer and A. David Lewis. For more information, including a schedule of speakers and events, visit the conference webpage.
The University of Florida's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce the 2008 UF Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels: "ImageSexT: Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality," which will be held in Gainesville, Florida, on March 21-22, 2008.
ImageSexT: Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
This year's conference will focus on issues of representation in the most literal sense: that of the image on the page (screen, monitor, etc.).Presentations will move beyond facile reiterations of identity politics to explore the complexities and complexes of bodies and desires for artists, writers, and readers of comics. Here we are using "comics" in its broadest sense, to include animation, manga, anime, graphic novels, webcomics, political cartoons, and even some "fine art."
Guests for the 2008 UF Conference on Comics include Phoebe Gloekner, Gail Simone, and Sally Cruikshank. Two dozen academic presentations will explore the boundaries of sex, gender, and sexuality.
View more information at the conference website including the program and presentation abstracts.
"Speak: Nine Cartoonists"
January 20 -- February 25, 2006
Opening reception: 6-8 p.m., January 19, 2006
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011
Gallery hours: Tuesday . Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.
NEW YORK, N.Y., December 20, 2005 -- Pratt Manhattan Gallery will present an exhibition that celebrates the current golden age of North American comics titled "Speak: Nine Cartoonists" from January 20 through February 25. The exhibition and opening are free and open to the public.
The diverse group of comic book artists represented will include Ivan Brunetti, Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Robert Crumb, Jaime Hernandez, Gary Panter, Seth, Art Spiegelman, and Chris Ware. The exhibition will feature preliminary doodles and sketchbooks; finished artwork for major sustained sequences; complete stories; covers; and printed comic books.
On June 9, HUEMERESQUE - a retrospective of my Dick Huemer's
career in animated films, will be showing in the Glendale Central
Library, 222 East Harvard St., Glendale, CA, starting at 7pm.
See the poster for details
Tenth Anniversary Conference to be Held at the Library October 13-15, 2005
WASHINGTON, D.C.--The International Comic Arts Festival (ICAF) is
proud to announce it will hold its tenth anniversary conference at
the Library of Congress in 2005.
ICAF is an international summit for scholars, creators, and enthusiasts
of comics and cartoon art. The three-day event includes academic papers,
chalk talks by distinguished cartoonists, and lectures by scholars
from around the globe. While ICAF has been held in the Washington,
D.C. area since its inception in 1995, ICAF 2005 marks the first time
ICAF has joined with the Library of Congress.
ICAF 2005 will take place from Thursday, October 13 through Saturday,
October 15, at the James Madison Building of the Library of Congress,
with the generous support of the Library?s Prints and Photographs
Division and the Caroline and Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature
and Cartoon. The Swann Foundation, administered by the Library of
Congress, supports the study, interpretation, preservation and appreciation
of cartoon art from around the world, and has frequently sponsored
lectures and exhibits related to comics. (For more on the Swann Foundation,
please consult its Web site at http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/.)
On Friday April 8, Sol and Penny Davidson will be speaking about their work in comics at the UF Special Collections Library (Library East) in the second floor reading room.
"Help is on the Way! Comic Books and Superheroes in Special Collections" is open October 29-December 17, 2004 in the second floor gallery of Smathers Library. Featured are comics selected from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections. Superheroes included are Superman, Batman, The Flash, The Green Lantern, The Green Arrow, Hawkman, The Atom, The Justice Society of America and The Justice League of America.
Details on the exhibits can be found here: http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/notices/comics.html.
"The Comic Book Hero" exhibition at the Dunedin [Florida] Fine Art Center runs from September 20, 2004 to January 7, 2005. Numerous artists will be exhibited with a focus on Superman, Batman, Spiderman, the X-Men and more. The gallery will also host a series of film screenings related to the idea of the comic book superhero.
See their website for details: http://www.dfac.org/galleries.html.
"Rubber Frame: Culture and Comics" and "The Visual Language of Comics from the 18th Century to the Present" will be on exhibit starting October 1 and running through November 30 at the Washington University in Saint Louis.
Details on the exhibits can be found here:
http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/3769.html
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