[ecrea] CFP: Visual Narrative Media in Britain from Ally Sloper to Judge Dredd

> CFP: Visual Narrative Media in Britain from Ally Sloper to Judge Dredd
>
> Popular Narrative Media/Association for Research in Popular Fictions 
> Conference
>
> Friday 10th and Saturday 11th July 2009
>
> Liverpool John Moores University, Dean Walters Building
>
> Covering the period from the 1880s to early 1980s, this 
> interdisciplinary conference will look at the histories, 
> methodologies, archives, readers and cultural practices surrounding 
> a range of visual texts and texts containing illustrations.
>
> The texts include anthology and other comics, comic strips, 
> cartoons, illustrated story papers, and periodicals of which the 
> following are indicative examples: Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, Judy, 
> Illustrated Chips, Girl's Own Paper, Boy's Own Paper, The Dandy, The 
> Beano, School Friend, Whizzer and Chips, Rupert, Hornet, Wizard, 
> Tiger, Hotspur, Eagle, Girl, Bunty, Giles, Look-In, Look and Learn, 
> Tammy, Misty, Valiant, 2000AD and Red Letter. Papers on specific 
> comic book characters and covers are also welcome. Some of the 
> titles run beyond the period the conference focuses on, but papers 
> should stay within the period specified.
>
> There is a particular interest in papers on material for children 
> and young adult readers, as well as papers on texts for adult readers.
>
> Proposals will explore the diverse formations, mediations, practices 
> and representations of these texts and their readers.
>
> They may feature, amongst many other themes: analyses of cultural 
> practices surrounding these texts including swapping and 
> collections, or how these texts and images might be appropriated or 
> wilfully mis-read/decoded.
>
> Papers may also focus on individual texts or characters, look at 
> documents related to their production or analyse history and culture 
> as explored through a specific run of a title or titles or compare 
> productions. They may also talk about the impact that these texts 
> had on later generations of creators.
>
> They could, in addition, look at how such texts adapted to changes 
> in the political and social climate or affected national policy or 
> civic character or indicated concerns about the present or future or 
> about the use and perception of history.
>
> Proposals may also consider methodology particularly in relation to 
> interdisciplinary study, archiving and digitisation and the 
> relationship between this subject area and research in teaching.
>
> 250 word abstracts for proposals for 20 minute presentations should 
> be sent by 15th December 2008 to 
> <mailto:(mel.gibson /at/ unn.ac.uk)>(mel.gibson /at/ unn.ac.uk) or 
> <mailto:(mel /at/ dr-mel-comics.co.uk)>(mel /at/ dr-mel-comics.co.uk) Proposals 
> for panels also welcome.

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