Hey goth fans:

I know you may not think this one's for you, but you should definitely come join us at the "Into the Archieverse" Virtual Conference, May 10-11, 2024, as we discuss witches, zombies, vampires, and Madam Satan herself in the Archieverse.

But don't worry, that's just Day 1!

We'll also be exploring the nostalgic, the romantic, the queer, the fashionable, the funny, and the punk aspects of the Archieverse--and enjoying some adult shakes along the way.

Register now for only $25!

See the full schedule and registration link at: https://dcsco-op.org/into-the-archieverse/

Hey Archie Fans--it's here!

The final schedule for the "Into the Archieverse" virtual conference event is now live!

Registration is only $25 and you'll enjoy two days of great panels, discussions, social events, and community.

Come join us as we celebrate over 80 years of Archie comics, tv shows, music, fashion, and pop culture!

May 10-11, 2024 via Zoom

#ComicsStudies #Comics #Archie #Riverdale #Sabrina #conferences

https://dcsco-op.org/into-the-archieverse/

What does a #ComicsStudies and #FanStudies scholar turned academic administrator do all day? A thread for my attempt at #HourlyComicsDay2024!

Prepare to go "Into the Archieverse" with the Digital Cultural Studies Cooperative!

Bring your pals, pour a milkshake, and dress up like your favorite denizen of Riverdale (or Greendale) for two days of fun, smart, and creative conversations.

This will be an all-virtual conference via Zoom on May 10-11, 2024.

See the CFP below.

We're seeking scholars, teachers, artists, librarians, students, and fans of all ages. We welcome traditional papers, panels, roundtables, or workshops, as well as creative presentations, artwork, posters or infographics, fan fiction, or multimedia objects.

Proposals are due by March 10, 2024.

Registration will open in March.

Stay tuned for more details about pop-up events, keynote speakers, and other fun stuff.

#comicsstudies #popculture #ArchieComics #conferences #CallsForPapers #virtualconferences

https://dcsco-op.org/into-the-archieverse/

#CallForPapers for Anthology: #Batman... Also Starring

Many #academic texts focus on Batman as a cultural figure in comics as well as in #films, #television programs, and video #games. However, like all great superheroes, Batman is as much defined by his supporting cast as he is by his costume, abilities or origin. While there is no shortage of scholarship devoted to his most famous sidekicks and his most popular villains, little critical attention has been paid to the majority of his cast.

#Comics #FilmStudies #ComicsStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FandomStudies #Academics #CFP

For more information: https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2023/08/21/batman%E2%80%A6-also-starring-essays-on-the-caped-crusader%E2%80%99s-supporting-cast

Ive just been introduced to this excellent German Comics Studies journal. Lots of very good articles, many of them in English as well. #comics #ComicsStudies https://www.closure.uni-kiel.de/comickontext

Today, the Comics Kingdom site (a fantastic source for new and classic newspaper strips!) reprinted E.C. Segar's January 17, 1929 cartoon of Thimble Theater featuring the first appearance of Popeye. #comics #comicsstudies #newspaperstrips #popeye

https://comicskingdom.com/thimble-theater/2023-06-21

Lambda awards are out, so now I can say that I was on the jury in the LGBTQ+ Studies category!

I absolutely loved the winner we chose, Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics by Darieck Scott.

Blog post here:

https://jort.link/www.bogireadstheworld.com/lambda-winners-are-available-and/

#Pride #Pride2023 #LambdaAwards #Lambda #Nonfiction #Academic #QueerStudies #GenderStudies #ScienceFictionStudies #Superheroes #Bookstodon @bookstodon #BlackAuthors #BlackSFF #Comics #ComicsStudies #Queer #QueerBooks

Our new article on the conceptual and material relationships between platforms fan conventions like San Diego Comic-Con, before and during the pandemic, is now online and open access at New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231165289

ICYMI: My article, "Breaking Glass: Reclaiming Harley Quinn's Past to Determine Her Feminist Future," analyzing Mariko Tamaki & Steve Pugh's graphic novel is now available to read via the open access MAI: Journal of Feminism and Visual Culture https://maifeminism.com/harley-quinn-breaking-glass/

I also did a short piece for the UNT Comics Studies blog further developing one of the themes in Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass https://blogs.library.unt.edu/comics/2022/11/15/the-eyes-have-it-in-harley-quinn-breaking-glass/

Finally, I'll be talking again about HQ:BG this Friday at ICAF and will specifically be focusing on how drag culture can help us to throw off the misogyny in Harley's character history http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/2023-schedule.html

My article, "Breaking Glass: Reclaiming Harley Quinn's Past to Determine Her Feminist Future," is out now in the open access online publication MAI: Journal of Feminism and Visual Culture https://maifeminism.com/harley-quinn-breaking-glass/

Speaking of conferences, this year's Comic Studies Society conference is in my backyard! #comicsstudies #conference

https://comicsstudies.org/2023-conference/

Registration is now open for the 2023 Comics Studies Society Conference, “Comics on the Margins,” coming to the University of North Texas this summer (July 27-29, 2023)

https://comicsstudies.org/2023-conference/

This event will feature an Artist’s Alley, exhibit tables by publishers and the UNT and UTA libraries, scholarly panels, workshops, a cosplay happy hour, and keynotes by Dr. Frederick Luis Aldama (Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics) and the comics artist and writer Marinaomi (Turning Japanese).

There are special reduced rates for contingent faculty, librarians, K-12 teachers, graduate and undergraduate students, and early-bird registration (before 5/26/23).

We’re less than a week away from the official publication date of Drawing Liberalism and preorders are starting to arrive, so I thought I’d write a short thread about my book.

Drawing Liberalism is a book about several things, but at its heart is the work of #Herblock. For those unfamiliar with his career, Herbert Block was the Washington Post’s political cartoonist from 1946 until his death in 2001. His work for the Post covered almost every major issue of the second half of the 20th century. Among many other topics, he regularly drew about issues including the U.S. economy, civil rights, environmentalism, the influence of special interests, corruption, and gun control.

Like many Americans of his generation, Block was a proponent of postwar liberalism, a normative set of values and assumptions that believed a benevolent but activist and expansive federal government could shape society by keeping in check the worst excesses of capitalism.

RT Stella Wisdom
@miss_wisdom@twitter.com:
Do you enjoy reading digital comics & are you based in the UK? If so @CDPConnect
student Linda Berube may want to speak with you! To find out more read this blog post: https://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2023/02/reading-along-with-readers-reading-digital-comics.html
 @ernestopriego
@cityuni_hcid
@StephannMakri
@Contemporary_BL
@IanCooke13
#ComicsStudies

My article “Spaces of Protest: Seydina Issa Sow's Campus Graphic Novel Sidy” is out! You can read it for free at the link below. It’s about the portrayal of university student protest and the intersection (or lack thereof) between campus and urban life in a comic set in Dakar, Senegal. #AfricanStudies @africanstudies #comics #ComicsStudies
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ISSJTUFQ5BIAR6PMEIAU/full?target=10.1080/13696815.2022.2154200

2022 — an informal review.

A look back at the first illustrious year of the Uncomics project, by Allan Haverholm @haverholm
https://uncomics.org/uncomics/year-in-review.html