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SUMMARY:Women in Comics - Speaker to be confirmed
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CONTACT:Amanda Rigler
DESCRIPTION:On the 25th October 2009\, the New Hall Art Collection will be
  hosting a one-day conference entitled\, Women in Comics. With its unique 
 collection of 20th Century Women’s art\, the Art Collection provides the
  perfect venue for the invited speakers who include practitioners and acad
 emics\, curators and enthusiasts. Women comic artists will be invited to s
 peak about their work\, and topics to be discussed will include the repres
 entation of women in comics\, bande dessinée and manga. The conference ce
 lebrates the current popularity of comics that has led to a profusion of c
 reativity of amongst female comic artists. These artists are embracing the
  genre of autobiographical comics and graphic novels\, and the challenge o
 f creating a new generation of superheroes.\n\nHighlights will include Woo
 drow Phoenix author of Rumble Strip who will be in conversation with illus
 trator and designer Corinne Pearlman\, and Paul Gravett will talk with Bel
 gium comic artist Dominique Goblet. Other guest speakers include cartoonis
 t Kate Evans\, comics academic Dr. Mel Gibson\, bande dessinée academic\,
   Dr. Ann Miller\, manga expert Helen McCarthy\, and manga artist Asia Alf
 asi and illustrator Sarah McIntyre. For a full line up and titles of paper
 s please see http://www.art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/events/comics.html.\n\nThe c
 onference is funded by the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities\, Un
 iversity of Glasgow and  organised by Sarah Lightman\, Dr. Laurence Grove\
 ,  and Catriona MacLeod from the University of Glasgow.\n\nThe conference 
 will run as part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas week. http://www.cambr
 idgefestivalofideas.org\n\nPre-booking is essential. Tickets cost £12 (£
 10 students). Please email Amanda Rigler at art@newhall.cam.ac.uk for more
  information and to book your place.\n\n
LOCATION:Vivien Stewart Room\, Murray Edwards College
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