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[Commlist] Call for Essays: Series on UK Comics for Henry Jenkins' Confessions of an Aca-Fan

Sat Aug 03 10:00:01 GMT 2019






Dr William Proctor and Dr Julia Round are curating an essay series on British comics for Henry Jenkins’ ‘Confessions of an Aca-Fan’ website. We have commissioned a number of essays already on various topics, but we’ve yet to cover many important subjects such as /The Beano/and /The Dandy/(and other weekly comics like /Topper/, /Buster/, /Cor/etc.), war comics (/Victor/,/Commando/), UK horror comics (/Scream/), sports comics (/Roy of the Rovers/, /Champ/), /2000AD/,the British Invasion (Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison etc.) – and many others! (It’s a rich tradition, so we’re unlikely to cover everything but it’s worth trying at any rate...)

Essays should be anywhere from 2K to 4K (but if more words are needed, then don’t worry – it’s a website, not a paper). They can be journalistic, academic, or discursive in style – the format is entirely up to you. We will also be able to include images, and with the traffic that the website receives, we believe this is an ideal opportunity to articulate the varied histories of UK comics in all their black-and-white and four-colour glory, especially for US comics scholars who are less aware of the British comics scene of the past.

Please email (bproctor /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) and (jround /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk) with expressions of interest. The deadline for essays is the first week of September, but we may be able to offer more time as we’ll be publishing two essays per week (depending on interest) so we may be able to stagger submissions as and when necessary.


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