*CFP* "GRAPHIC NOVELS, COMICS AND POPULAR CULTURE", 42ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE SOUTHWEST POPULAR / AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION (ONLINE)

Graphic Novels, Comics, and Popular Culture

42nd Annual Conference, Southwest Popular / American Culture Association (SWPACA)

22nd-27th February 2021

Online

The Graphic Novels, Comics, and Popular Culture subject area chair welcomes presentation proposals on formal, cultural, historical, and theoretical dimensions of sequential art in all its forms (comics, graphic novels, anime, etc.).

 

Presentations may focus on a single work, put works into productive conversation with one another, or investigate relationships between works of sequential art and their transmedia adaptations; in the latter case, however, significant emphasis should be placed on sequential art – those proposals focusing predominantly on film, television, gaming, or other formats might be better suited for other interest areas. 

Authors may also submit field-provoking critical literature reviews intended to reframe scholarly discussion around major disciplinary themes or questions, works of sequential art history or historiography, ethnographic work concerning sequential art audiences, studies of the sequential art industry’s political economy, or investigations into new forms of sequential art storytelling, consumption, distribution, or marketing. Of course, critical interpretations of sequential art works that touch on any of the above are also very much welcome.

All proposals must be submitted through the conference’s database at here.

For details on using the submission database and on the application process in general, please see the Proposal Submission FAQs and Tips page.

Individual proposals for 15-minute papers must include an abstract of approximately 200-500 words. For information on how to submit a proposal for a roundtable or a multi-paper panel, please view the above FAQs and Tips page.

Submission Deadline: November 13, 2020

SWPACAwill offer registration reimbursement awards for the best graduate student papers in a variety of categories. Submissions of accepted, full papers are due January 1, 2021. SWPACA will also offer registration reimbursement awards for select undergraduate and graduate students in place of our traditional travel awards. For more information, visit this site. Registration for the conference will be open and available in late fall. Watch your email for details!

In addition, please check out the organization’s peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy.

If you have any questions about the Graphic Novels, Comics, and Popular Culture area, please contact meatrobert.peaslee@ttu.edu