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#IGNCC24 Brian Fagence surveying theory on scripting - story, char, world, theme - but sf comics are different…

#IGNCC24 Nick Stember speaking on the adaptation and reception of AstroBoy in China - first long form serial animation, community watching, modified format - media ecology a useful way of understanding these sorts of changes in production and reception of comics over time

#IGNCC24 Paul Noguerol wraps up today by analysing de Sosa’s Teen Trans - a superhero allegory for trans history in S America, based on queer activism

Today has been super busy for me at #IGNCC24 so no tweets sorry!! - but have seen some fantastic papers and honoured to have been part of a publishing panel with representation from IntellectBooks, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, The Comics Grid 💬, De Gruyter Official ➡️ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social, Palgrave Humanities, and Encapsulations: Critical Comics Studies!

Now wrapping up day 2 of #IGNCC24 International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference with Darnel Degand’s excellent keynote talk on Black comics creators and technologies - exploring contemporary and historical processes, marketing and audiences, and more

Day 3 of #IGNCC24 and Karrie Fransman’s keynote is exploring so many ways of pushing comics storytelling abilities and formats across multiple media - both analogue and digital - from paper, sculpture, dollhouses to digital, AR, AI - amazing stuff!

The story of Misty comic, the new Misty and Roxy Kickstarter Treasury of British Comics Julia Round Gail Simone 💙💛 Fᴇʟʟ ☥ Ellie Wright Carola Borelli Jonathan (Lexi’s Version) Marianna Ignazzi @toadlett @scarygorgon @tulalotay #scdcc comicscene.org/2024/07/17/the…

Help Hive Mind-am looking for contemporary British graphic novels with adolescent protagonists. Esp those with themes of gender & sexuality or political conflict/war. Eg Una’s Becoming Unbecoming; Gareth Brookes’ Black Project; Zoe Thorogood’s Impending Blindness of Billie Scott

really happy to have a new article in The Conversation in collaboration with Julia Julia Round Round about the multiverse in pop culture theconversation.com/multiverse-fil… in reference to #DeadpoolAndWolverine & RDJ playing #Doom

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Nice to see this pop up on the socials again, it was a lot of fun to put together! My next public talk is part of the Russell Greenwood-cotes museum lates Victorian gothic evening in Oct russellcotes.com/event/museum-l…. Then likely to be Ireland next May - details to follow!

I’ve been discussing the sublime with my third-year BAEnglish students this week Hum&Law Bournemouth Uni - this photo says it all… #GothicStudies

Had such a great time at the #VictorianGothic evening at the Russell-Cotes museum - great to chat about British girls’ comics with so many lovely folk in such an atmospheric space!

Not done any posting for a while so I’m a bit out of the habit… but think I’m finally off to The Other App 🦋 … come find me there please.

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