Comics: Strips, Books, Graphic Novels, and Everything in Between
The Comics and Comic Art Area of the Popular Culture Association invites all comics scholars to participate in the annual meeting of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, April 13-16, in Seattle, WA. Details of the conference can be found at pcaaca.org.
The Comics and Comic Art Area of the PCA offers a venue for comics scholars from across the globe to share their research and exchange ideas on the growing field of comics scholarship. Papers on all aspects of the medium are invited.
Past papers have covered mainstream, underground, and international comics; editorial / political cartoons, comic strips, comic books, manga, and graphic novels; comics in connection with film, television, and video games; writers, artists, and publishers; teaching comics at various levels, and writing and publishing comics scholarship.
This call asks for individual paper proposals or submissions for entire panels. If you are submitting a panel, please make sure to note the members of your panel. In addition to general papers, if a presenter would like to propose a special panel or roundtable discussion, please e-mail the chair so she can forward the request to the area mailing list and the Comics and Comic Art Facebook group. (All interested scholars are welcome to join the group.)
All participants are eligible for the annual Inge Award for Comics Scholarship, awarded to the top paper presented in the Comics and Comic Art Area of the PCA. Student participants are eligible for the Lent Award for Comics Scholarship, awarded to the top paper presented by a student in the Comics and Comic Art Area of the PCA.
Submission requirements: Scholars interested in presenting a paper at the national conference should submit a 200 word abstract and a short introductory bio (2-3 sentences) to the PCA database. The deadline is November 15th, 2021. Undergraduate papers accepted (see policy on the site).
Papers should be delivered in 15-20 minutes. The PCA limits presenters to one paper given at the conference, so if you are interested in presenting a paper in the Comics and Comic Art Area, do not submit a paper to another area.
Please send all inquiries to the area chair:
Nicole Freim
