CFP: Comics and Popular Arts Conference (CPAC) 6th Annual Meeting

The Comics and Popular Arts Conference (CPAC) is an annual academic conference for the studies of comics and the popular arts, including science/speculative fiction and fantasy literature, film, and other media, comic books, manga, graphic novels, anime, gaming, etc. CPAC presentations are peer reviewed.

with the support of

The Institute for Comics Studies
Comic Book Convention Conference Series

and

Dragon*Con
http://dragoncon.org
"The largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the universe!"

This conference takes place at Dragon*Con is part of the Institute for Comics Studies' mission to promote the study, understanding, and cultural legitimacy of comics and to support the discussion and dissemination of this study and understanding via public venues.

## Call for Participation / Call for Abstracts

Please submit a proposal that engages in substantial scholarly examinations of comic books, manga, graphic novels, anime, science/speculative fiction, fantasy, or other parts of popular culture. A broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives is being sought, including philosophy, linguistics, history, literary and art criticism, and communication. Proposals may range from discussions of the nature of the comics medium, analyses of particular works and authors, discussions of the visual language of comics and manga, comics and pop culture in the classroom, cross-cultural and cross-medium comparisons, and more.  CPAC is open to any topics relevant to the study of comics and the popular arts.

Submission instructions: We seek 100-200 word abstracts for a variety of proposal formats. Please submit *at most* 1 proposal for an individual oral presentation or poster AND *at most* 1 proposal for a group panel, roundtable, workshop, or book session.

DEADLINE: April 20, 2013

Submit your proposals by filling out the form at: http://thehangedman.com/cpac

More information, including programs and topics from previous years can be found at: http://thehangedman.com/cpac

Send any questions to: [email protected]

Participants must register for the Dragon*Con convention.  Information can be found here:

http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=membership_pre_sales

Conference Coordinator: Matthew J. Brown, UT Dallas
Conference Co-coordinator: R. Scott Nokes, Troy University
Programming Chair: Damien Williams, Kennesaw State and Oglethorpe

Program Committee:

• Robin L. Zebrowski, Beloit College
• Vickie Willis, Georgia State University
• Stephanie Noell, University of Texas at Arlington