CFP: El Paso in the Comics II: “The Southwest in the Comics”

Graduate students in all fields of study and practicing teachers are invited to submit 200-word abstracts to the second-annual “El Paso in the Comics” conference and event, to be held on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso, February 23, 2010.


Papers on all aspects of comics scholarship, theory, and pedagogy will be given attention, but those that deal with issues related to artists, creators, characters and/or themes associated with the American Southwest and/or Hispanic/Chicano culture in comics will be given top priority.


Abstracts should include name, e-mail, affiliation (university and program or school), proposed paper title and 200-word description. Presentations should run no more than 20 minutes.


Send abstract to:

Dr. James B. Carter

Re: El Paso in the Comics Conference

113 Hudspeth Hall

UTEP English Department

500 W. University Ave.

El Paso, TX 79912


Or electronically to:

Jbcarter2@utep.edu


The deadline for abstracts is August 20, 2009.


The academic portion of the event will take place in the morning. A creators' roundtable will follow in the mid-afternoon, featuring the many local studios and creators of the El Paso/Juarez region discussing their work with members of the community. The evening will wrap up with a keynote speech by celebrated comics artist and writer Jaime Hernandez of _Love and Rockets_ fame.

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