Comics Arts Conference
The Comics Arts Conference (CAC),
History
The Comic(s) Arts Conference first convened on August 12, 1992, at the Marriott Hotel and Marina in San Diego as part of that year's Comic-Con International.[5] CAC's inaugural programming featured presentations on Tijuana bibles, The Role of the Indian in the Western Comic Book, and Coogan's opinion of The Present State of Comics Scholarship.[3] Highlights included Duncan's lecture on Applying Rhetorical Methodologies to the Study of Comics with highly acclaimed comics professional Will Eisner and noted comics scholar Scott McCloud as respondents. Comics creator Leonard Rifas presented a talk on Fredric Wertham, to which Stephen R. Bissette and R. C. Harvey responded.[3]
Over time, CAC has evolved and expanded, introducing seminars,
Presentations
To addition to invited speakers, the conference accepts submissions from anyone in the form of on a wide variety of topics. CAC organizers seek proposals from a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, welcoming the participation of academic, independent, and fan scholars. They welcome professionals from all areas of the comics industry, including creators, editors, publishers, retailers, distributors, and journalists.[9] Presentations include academic papers as well as less formal panels, poster sessions, and slide talks. CAC encourages professional debate by inviting scholars and professionals to participate as respondents to presentations.[9] Papers and respondents come from a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and disciplines taking either a critical or historical perspective on any aspects of comics. Even university students, both undergraduates and graduate students supervised by their professors, have collected data on Comic-Con and WonderCon fan behaviors in order to present their findings at CAC[10][11] and presented their efforts in comics creation.[12][13]
Past participants
The open conference includes academically minded historians and chroniclers as well as noted writers, artists and other professionals from within the comics industry. The first conference, in 1992, featured contributions from
Eisner and McCloud became semi-regular attendees in subsequent years, including 2002 when they joined Robert C. Harvey for the tenth-anniversary Comic Arts Conference in a wide-ranging discussion entitled Eisner, Harvey, and McCloud Ten Years Later: The Dialogue Continues.
See also
References
- ^ Comic-Con 2007 Programming List Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed January 28, 2008.
- ^ Comic Arts Conference homepage Archived 2007-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.Accessed January 28, 2008.
- ^ a b c Comic-Con 2008 Archived 2008-01-02 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 29, 2008.
- ^ Remit from the Comic Arts Conference 2004 call for participants. Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ Inaugural Comic Arts Conference Program. Accessed January 29, 2008
- ^ The Purpose of the Comics Art Conference. Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ Update 2006 Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 29, 2008.
- ^ Steve Higgins' & Chad Nevett's GraphiContent blog post on WonderCon. Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ a b Call for Papers for WonderCon, 2007. Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ Comic-Con: A Field Study in Pop Culture Accessed January 29, 2008.
- ^ The ERIICA Project: Empirical Research on the Interpretation and Influence of the Comic Arts Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine Accessed January 29, 2008.
- Workday Comic: Not Just One Third of a 24-hour comic." In "Capes and Tights, Caps and Gowns," panel by R. Duncan & T. Langley with D. Fingeroth. Comics Arts Conference, Comic-Con International. San Diego, California.
- ^ The Workday Comic Archived 2008-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed August 12, 2008.
- ^ Past Presentations list at the CAC website. Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ Tenth Annual Comic Arts Conference, 2002 Program. Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ History Accessed January 27, 2008.
- ^ Comic-Con Joker Panel Was Wild: Recap and Reflections. Accessed March 9, 2010.
- ^ Lieber at San Diego. Accessed March 9, 2010.
- ^ Academics Assemble! Comics Arts Conference Programming at San Diego Comic-Con International 2010. Access July 29, 2010.
- ^ The Comics Arts Conference and Public Humanities. Accessed April 22, 2014.