Friday, February 12, 2010  
TCAF: Call for Submissions, "New Narrative" Academic Conference

:: Posted by Bryan @ 2/12/2010 02:20:00 AM
Once again, Andrew Lesk is organizing an academic conference on comics to coincide with the Toronto Comics Art Festival:


3rd annual New Narrative Conference:
Narrative arts and visual media
An Interdisciplinary Conference
University of Toronto -- May 6-7, 2010

Keynote Speaker: Jeff Lemire (Tales of Essex County)

In keeping with the spirit of sequels, we are again soliciting papers on a wide range of graphic novels, comic art, and related visual media. Comics, whether in the form of novelistic illustrations, newspaper serials, animated films, film adaptations, graphic novels, or sequential art narratives, have been with us since the rise of literature itself, yet until recently such media have never been considered "serious"-or at least, serious enough to be considered novels that might be on university syllabi. But are illustrated novels and live action films really about the pictures and not the narrative? How can the history of the form be reconciled with consumer culture and the ill-defined categories of "high" and "low" culture?

Papers which examine and interpret these narratives in interdisciplinary forms are most welcome. Essays on novelistic illustrations, newspaper serials, animated films, film adaptations, graphic novels, or sequential art narratives may consider the following (incomplete) list: graphic novels and auto/biography -- illustrated and multi-media works -- web design and on-line comix -- film adaptations of comics -- series; engravings and caricatures -- the Comics Code Authority -- the "invention" of manga -- geopolitics/war and the graphic novel -- bande desinee & European comix - early comics & comic history -- illustrations in (literary) novels -- woodcut and "silent" artists.

Proposals should be 400-500 words and must clearly indicate significance, the line of argument, principal texts considered, and relation to existing scholarship (or originality).

One email copy of the proposal, and a 50 word bio note must be included, as an attachment in MS Word.

This conference will take place just before the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, May 8 & 9. (See TorontoComics.com)

Jeff Parker, Assistant Professor, and/or Dr. Andrew Lesk
Department of English, University of Toronto
E-mail: andrew[dot]lesk[at]utoronto[dot]ca
See also http://andrewlesk.com/conferences.html

DEADLINE for proposals: MARCH 31, 2010
(responses by April 08, 2010)

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   Friday, May 08, 2009  
Sequential Pulp in the pixels

:: Posted by max @ 5/08/2009 06:00:00 PM
get the big one for the best art!
Large | Medium | Small


was available in the Pulp at TCAF '09

Comics
- page 1 -
Fiona Smyth
www.fionasmyth.com

- page 2 -
Robot Johnny
www.robotjohnny.com

- page 6 -
Mahendra Singh
justtheplaceforasnark.blogspot.com

- page 10 -
Willow Dawson
www.willowdawson.com

- page 11 -
Danny Zabbal
dannyzabbal.com

& Sean Ward
www.seanward.net

- page 14 -
Salgood Sam
www.salgoodsam.com

Articles
- page 2 -
A Million Mouths to Read: The Jesse Jacobs Interview
By Bryan Munn
sequential.spiltink.org

- page 4 -
The Wright Stuff
By Brad Mackay
bradmackay.com
- page 5 -
Jimmy Frise (1891-1948)
By Bryan Munn
sequential.spiltink.org

- page 6 -
The end of a love story in three parts
By Robin Fisher
www.cartoongal.com

- page 8 -
Web Comic Reviews & Panels and Pixels of the North.
By Jamie Coville
www.thecomicbooks.com

- page 10 -
10 Ways to Get Your Writing Out There
By Jim Munroe
nomediakings.org

- page 12 -
Mr. Trembles: Artist, Exhibitionist, Enigma
By Robin Fisher
www.cartoongal.com

- page 14 -
Two-Way Street: Quebec Graphic Novels Struggle for Acceptance in France
By Bryan Munn
sequential.spiltink.org

- page 20 -
You are about to become a Master of Time.
By Robert Pincombe
www.comicanuck.com

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   Sunday, June 01, 2008  
Monday Morning Round-up:

:: Posted by Bryan @ 6/01/2008 11:45:00 PM
Some Canada-centric links to recent comics-centric word groupings on the interweb. Sequential hopes to provide meatier content soon. In the meantime, does it surprise anyone that Naruto volume 29 was the bestselling comic in Canada last week?

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   Tuesday, September 11, 2007  
Bears + Beer

:: Posted by Bryan @ 9/11/2007 03:14:00 AM


Very exciting: The launch of a new journal devoted to Quebec bd, Formule, takes place at Le Divan Orange, 4234 St. Laurent, Montreal on Tuesday, Sept 18 at 7pm. I think this is being published by Mecanique Generale since Jimmy B is hyping it...

There is also an exhibit at the same location until October 1st.

Full details here.

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