Final call
for papers
The Comics Get Medieval 2013:
A continuing Celebration of Medieval-themed Comics
PCA at Washington
Marriott Wardman Park, 3/27-30/13
Special Sessions
of the Comic Art & Comics Area
Organized By
Michael A. Torregrossa and Jason Tondro
Proposals Due to
Organizers by 1 September 2012
Celebrating our seventh
year in 2013, proposals are now being considered for inclusion at “The Comics
Get Medieval 2013,” a series of panels and roundtables sponsored by The Virtual
Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages and to be hosted
by the Comic Art & Comics Area of the Popular Culture Association (PCA) for
the 2013 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture
Associations to be held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park from 27 to 30
March 2013 in Washington, DC.
The goal of these
sessions is to foster communication between medievalists, comics scholars, and
specialists in popular culture studies in general. The organizers define
“medieval comics” as any aspect of the comics medium (panel cartoons, comic
strips, comics books, comics albums, band dessinée, graphic novels, manga,
webcomics, comics to film/film to comics, etc.) that feature medieval themes
either in stories set during the Middle Ages or in stories presenting some
element of the medieval in anachronistic settings (pre-medieval or
post-medieval eras or medieval-inspired secondary worlds). We are also
interested in papers looking at medieval-themed comics from a pedagogical
perspective.
Completed papers should
be delivered in 15-20 minutes (depending on the number of presenters). All
proposals will also be considered for inclusion in an essay collection to be
edited by the panel organizers during the early part of 2013. (Individuals only
interested in submitting for the collection should also send proposals by 30 November
2012 and indicate their preference in the email.)
In addition, a select
list of potential topics and a bibliographic guide to medieval comics will
appear as part of The Medieval Comics Project
web site available at <http://MedievalComicsProject.org> and The Arthur of the Comics Project web site
available at <http://Arthur-of-the-Comics.org/>, both organized by The Virtual
Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages.
No later than 30 November
2012, interested individuals (who must be members of PCA or ACA or join for 2013) should
submit full contact information (name, address, phone/cell, and email), titles,
abstracts of 300-500 words, and a brief resume to the session’s organizers, who
will then forward them to the area chair. Address all inquiries and proposals
to the organizers at the following address:
<Medieval.Comics.Project@gmail.com> and include “Comics Get Medieval 2013”
in the subject line.
