UF Comics Conference - BD & the American Southwest

I gave a paper at the 2016 Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels at the University of Florida. 

It was a treat to see some old acquaintances and meet many scholars for the first time. 

http://www.english.ufl.edu/comics/Comics_TNC_ConferenceSchedule.shtml

ICAF 2016, Columbia, SC

I am honored to be moderating a panel at this year's International Comics Art Forum (ICAF).

I'm running session 2a: Comics Form, Comics History
http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/2016-schedule.html

The list of presenters in my session:

Comics and Objecthood:
The Matter of Comics of David Mazzucchelli’s Asterios Polyp,
William Orchard, Queens College/CUNY

“The Stereotype is a Fact of Life”: Race, Iconography, and Stereotypes in American Comics,
Jeremy Carnes, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Honoré Daumier: Caricature and the Conception/Reception of “Fine Art,”
Jasmin W. Cyril, Benedict College