[ecrea] IGNCC Comics Conference - 'Graphic Gothic' - cfp

The Seventh International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics present

GRAPHIC GOTHIC

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK: w/c 11 July 2016

In association with Studies in Comics (Intellect Books), the Journal of 
Graphic Novels and Comics (Routledge), and the Gothic Studies Network


Proposals (for 20 minute papers) on the relationship between comics and 
Gothic are now invited for our seventh annual conference, including but 
not limited to:


* Gothic icons and archetypes in comics (vampires, zombies, witches, 
monsters, ghosts, and everything else!)
* Gothic symbols and structures in comics (the crypt, the Other, etc.)
* Psychoanalytic readings and themes of comics (the uncanny, the abject, 
fragmented identity, etc.)
* Horror and violence
* Censorship, sensation and outrage
* Monstrosity and the grotesque
* Caricature and subversion
* The Grand Guignol, the theatrical and the Romantic
* Absorption, inversion, subversion, authenticity
* Classic gothic texts, adaptation and rewriting
* Gothic and underground subcultures and music


Papers not related to any of the above themes will be considered for the 
third day of the conference. Selected conference papers will be 
published in one of the above journals, or an edited collection.  Please 
submit your abstract (300 words) and brief biography (100 words) to 
(igncc16 /at/ gmail.com)<mailto:(igncc16 /at/ gmail.com)> before 31 January 2016.





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