CFP - Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels, Bandes Dessinées and Comics (Dec 1; July 5-8, 2011)

Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels, Bandes Dessinées and Comics

July 5-8, 2011

Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester, England

Graphic Novels and Comics July 5-6, 2011
The International Bande Dessinée Society July 7-8, 2011

The International Bande Dessinée Society and the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics are hosting a joint conference focusing mainly on two areas of research;

• Space and time
• Audiences and readership

Our policy is inclusive and we also welcome submissions from other areas of research such as:

• Manga, African, Latin American, Asian, Eastern European, etc.
• Connections between comics and other media

Abstracts of approximately 250 words should be in English and submitted to Matthew Screech , David Huxley , Joan Ormrod by December 1, 2010.

Papers will be considered for publication in Routledge’s Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics and Liverpool University Press’s European Comic Art.

Find out more about Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics at www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rcom