According to the Gettysburgtimes.com,
The Lifelong Learning Academy will present a lecture on Thursday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at the Lutheran Village, 1075 Old Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg. Dr. Carey Moore, retired Professor of Religion at Gettysburg College, will speak about “Religion and Comic Strips.”
Dr. Moore was a major contributor to the Anchor Bible Series and is purportedly a lifelong reader of comic strips.
The subject of a previous posting (and Daily Show segment) Bosch Fawstin announced the following on his website this week:
Earlier today, I received word that the ePUB generator/distributor I had selected to try and distribute my book through conventional channels, had rejected The Infidel #1 as violating their “terms of service.” As you’ll see, if they rejected #1, they would certainly reject #2, and so I’ve decided to go ahead and make it available myself, through pdf download, as I did with #1. This means you can be reading it in mere minutes. Even though ePUB offers the advantage of panel isolation, note that you will still be able to read this pdf on many of the popular ebook readers. I viewed it myself on my iPad through iBooks and it looks great. This issue is 22 story pages, in full color, for $3.00.
It may not be surprising that the title was not cleared for distribution given its highly controversial (and some say inflammatory) content. Still, it remains to be seen what success Fawstin might have with the comic through his own online means.
Killing Pickman author Jason Becker observed the following on his Twitter feed @JasonEBecker today:
The Book of Mormon feels very much like a post Crisis reboot of the Holy Bible. Sort of like if Geoff Johns got ahold of The New Testament.
Killing Pickman is currently available from Archaia Comics.
A. David Lewis, co-editor of Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels, called the 2012 Edition of Comics Research Bibliography “tremendous” and “a major resource for any scholar (or fan) looking to touch upon Comics Studies.
Available now, in print or digitally, at Lulu.com.
From Emily Laycock at Lancaster University:
‘Comics, Religion & Politics’
4-5th September 2012
Lancaster University, UK
Alongside the continued popularity of political themes in comics recent years have also seen the rise of religious themes entering into the medium. The aim of this conference is to explore the relationship between comics, religion and politics in greater depth, to show how through the unique properties of the medium comics have the ability to be as thought-provoking as they are entertaining. The conference will examine the history and impact of religious and political themes, their relationship to audiences, and consider the future of such themes in all forms of sequential art narrative.
We invite papers that address religious and/or political themes in comic strips, comic books, graphic novels, or manga. Papers working at the interface of these two areas are particularly encouraged. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
– Comics as cultural, social, religious, political text
– Use of religious imagery and themes
– Fan culture
– Political cartoons and cartoonists
– Gothic comics
– Comics and magic
– Representation of politics, religion, spirituality
– Religious or political rhetoric of comics and their authors
– Myths, legends, fables
-Depiction of religious figures or politicians as comic characters
– Comics and science fiction
– Comics and propaganda
– Representation of apocalypse, utopia, dystopia
– Representation of war
– Superheroes and religious, political identity
– Theoretical approaches to the study of religion, politics in comics
Contributions are sought from researchers at any stage of their careers. Abstracts (300 words) for papers 20 minutes in length should be sent with a short biography to Emily Laycock (Department of Politics, Philosophy & Religion) at e.laycock@lancaster.ac.uk
Read the original Call For Papers at NSRN Online.
