05/23-25 The International Comic Arts Forum

The International Comic Arts Forum is dedicated to the study of comics from around the world  is an annual academic conference dedicated to promoting the scholarly study and appreciation of comic art, including comic strips, comic books, comics albums and graphic novels, magazine and newspaper cartooning, caricature, and comics in electronic media.

It looks like an exciting opportunity to learn more about about the study of the comics art form.

This conference is in Portland and has an amazing agenda

Location: University of Oregon's White Stag Building, 70 NW Couch Street,
Portland OR, 97209


Learn more about ICAF's mission and our annual conference.

• Learn more about Gabriel Bá, Fábio Moon, Tommi Musturi, Chris Roberson, Matt Fraction, Diana Schutz, Greg Rucka and other invited guest artists and writers here.
• Confirmed plenary speakers: Douglas Wolk, author of Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean, and Scott Bukatman, author of The Poetics of Slumberland: Animated Spirits and the Animating Spirit.

  http://www.internationalcomicartsforum.org/