Comics Strike Back: Digital Comics, Digital Audiences, Digital Practices

Comics strike back: digital comics, digital audiences, digital practices

Location: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University, BelgiumDate: 11-13 July 2022 (an early version of this call incorrectly stated July 10-12: please stick with this version) Website: http://digitalcomics.ugent.be

Organising committee: Dr. Giorgio Busi Rizzi (Universiteit Gent), Dr. Lorenzo Di Paola (Università di Messina), Dr. Nicoletta Mandolini (Universidade do Minho), Dr. Mario Tirino (Università di Salerno) Scientific committee: Prof. Maaheen Ahmed (Universiteit Gent), Prof. Raphael Baroni (Université de Lausanne), Prof. Bjorn-Olav Dozo (Université de Liège), Prof. Silvana Mandolessi (KU Leuven) In collaboration with: COMICS; SnIF - Studying ‘n’ Investigating Fumetti

Deadline for abstracts: 22 December 2021

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Digital comics encompass a variety of works, ranging from print comics that are then digitised or pre-published online to e-comics that resist print publication and have stronger affinities with videogames, animations, and other digital products. Online or offline, static or animated, reproducing the page format or expanding…