[ecrea] CFP - Animation and the Comic Book. A one-day symposium

     CFP: Animation and the Comic Book, Symposium


Friday 30th September 2016, Augustine House, Canterbury Christ Church 
University

A one-day research symposium hosted by Canterbury Christ Church 
University that will take place as part of Canterbury Anifest.

Keynote Speaker confirmed: Professor Paul Wells

The animated film and comic book have a long-established relationship 
that features myriad forms of adaptation, remediation, and cross media 
synergy. This phenomena is global in nature, as we consider the work of 
Manga/Anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka, the adaptations of Herge’s Tintin, and 
the ongoing popularity of the U.S. Superhero ‘Saturday morning’ cartoon 
or feature-length adaptation. Furthermore, digital media has enabled 
different forms of hybridity between animation and the comic book to 
flourish in recent years in the guise of the ‘motion comic’ and ‘motion 
book’.

For this one-day symposium, we are inviting proposals for twenty-minute 
papers and practice-based research presentations that reflect upon the 
ongoing and evolving relationship between animation and the comic book. 
It also encourages discussions around medium specificity, and the issues 
that face multi-platform and media crossover. We also actively encourage 
proposals from interested postgraduate researchers.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

The shared history of animation and comics

Comic book adaptation

Animation adaptation

Medium specificity

Augmentation and hybridity

Repurposing and remediation

Saturday morning superhero cartoons

Digital remediation and new forms of animated comics

Professional and amateur remediation of animation and comic book characters

Cross-media and Transmedia

Joint animation and comic book business models

Collaborative interactions

To submit a proposal, send an abstract (~250 words) and a short 
biographical note (~100 words) to (craig.smith /at/ canterbury.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(craig.smith /at/ canterbury.ac.uk)>, indicating in the email Subject 
Line: “Submission - Animation and the Comic Book Symposium”.

Deadline for abstract submission: 19th July 2016.


Best wishes,

Craig


Dr Craig Smith

Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications

School of Media, Art and Design

Canterbury Christ Church University

North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU


Email: (craig.smith /at/ canterbury.ac.uk) <mailto:(craig.smith /at/ canterbury.ac.uk)>

Website:http://lnkd.in/JxCTGs

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