[ecrea] CFP: Two Sessions on Comics at ALA 2016, San Francisco, May 26-29

Call for Papers
Comics & Graphic Narrative Circle
American Literature Association
27th Annual Conference: May 26-29, 2016
Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

The Comics & Graphic Narrative Circle welcomes abstracts for 
presentation at two sessions
on comics at the 2016 ALA conference in San Francisco.

Session One: Women in the Comics Industry

Although women have been part of the comics industry in the United 
States since its
beginning, the last few years have seen a massive growth in popular and 
critically-
acclaimed comics by women creators, along with increasing attention to 
female fans and the
representation of women characters. The increased prominence of women 
comes as a direct
challenge to the image of the white male nerd as the quintessential 
comics consumer, and
to the preponderance of men in positions of power within the industry. 
We invite
submissions dealing with any facet of women in the comics industry. In 
what ways have
major comics corporations (Marvel, DC, Image) responded or failed to 
respond to questions
of women’s representation at the level of characters and stories, or at 
the level of
opportunities for writers, artists, and editors? In what ways have 
series such as Ms. Marvel,
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, or Bitch Planet, imprints such as Boom! 
Box (publishers of
Lumberjanes), or influential creators such as Kelly Sue DeConnick 
altered our understanding
of the market for feminist comics? How have women shaped the comics 
industry as it now
exists? What can we learn from the careers of women editors such as 
Karen Berger (who
oversaw DC’s massively influential imprint Vertigo) or Francoise Mouly 
(who edited the
avant garde comics anthology RAW and is now art editor for the New 
Yorker)? Do feminist
stories require different artistic approaches at the level of story 
structure and style?

Session Two: Open Topic

We invite submissions on any topics regarding comics.


Please email an abstract (of no more than 350 words) and a brief 
biographical note to Ben
Novotny Owen ((owen.179 /at/ osu.edu)) and David M. Ball ((balld /at/ dickinson.edu)) 
no later than
Jan 29th.

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