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African American Comics, Graphic Novels, and Animation, (12/15/2012)

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Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 8:34am
Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference Dartmouth College April 19 – 21 2013

This is a special topics call for papers for the Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference to be held at Dartmouth College April 19 – 21 2013.

Papers are sought that investigate the recent outpouring of works by and about African Americans and black history.

A keynote discussion for the conference will celebrate the accomplishments of Jeremy Love, author and artist of DC Comics _Bayou_, and Milton Knight, veteran animator and illustrator of comics adaptations of Zora Neal Hurston as well as many other authors in the _Graphic Classics_ series. Papers that address any of their works are particularly welcome.

In addition, we seek papers that respond to some of the following questions:

The Human and the Hand-Drawn Image (12/1/12) Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference Dartmouth College April 19 – 21 201

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Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 8:07am
Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference Dartmouth College April 19 – 21 2013

This special topics panel seeks papers that explore the relationship between the human and the hand-drawn image in all of its contemporary forms in media from comics and illustrations in childrens literature to animated cartoons.

Some particular questions to respond to include:

In what ways do these images theorize the human?

What is the status of the hand-drawn image in the age of digital reproduction? How does that status relate to the human?

To what extent do such images intervene upon the aesthetics and politics of realism?

How might the study of hand-drawn images and visual culture pertain to the current status of the humanities?

Religion and the Image at the Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference at Dartmouth College, April 19 – 21 2013

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Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 7:48am
Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference at Dartmouth College, April 19 – 21 2013

This special topics panel seeks papers that explore the relationship between religion or religious practice and the hand-drawn image in all of its forms, from comics and illustrations in childrens literature to animated cartoons.

In addition to papers on individual texts or artists whose work merits consideration given the topic, we are also interested in papers responsive to the following questions:

[UPDATE] Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference at Dartmouth College, April 19 – 21 2013

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Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 7:30am
Illustration, Comics, and Animation Society

What is the future of illustration studies?
What can comics scholars learn from animation studies and vice versa?
Do illustrated books or graphic novels resist the supposed obsolescence of the book?
What do pictures want (now)?

These and related questions will be explored at the Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference at Dartmouth College to be held April 19 – 21 2013.

Scholars interested in the illustrated image in all of its mediated guises are invited to participate in this interdisciplinary conference. Nearly all illustrated or drawn 'texts' are eligible for consideration:
*comics and graphic novels
*cartoons and animated films
*illustrated books

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