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Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture
(www.antennae.org.uk) is seeking submission for its June 2010 issue
devoted to the subject of "animals in graphic novels."
The issue will primarily focus on papers that examine contemporary
graphic novels; examples of these might include Pride of Baghdad
(Brian K. Vaughan), First in Space (James Vining), the works of Osamu
Tezuka, Animal Man (Grant Morrison), Rabbi's Cat (Joann Sfar), Fables
(Bill Willingham), and Maus (Art Spiegelman), among others. Papers
that examine the subjects of comics for children and comic strips that
appear in newspapers may also be considered, depending on the
originality of the contextualisation through which they may be
presented.
We are looking at gathering a wide range of perspectives, themes and
ideas within the broad scope of "animals in graphic novels." These may
include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Exploring animality in the graphic novel medium
- Representing the human/animal divide
- Positive and negative aspects of anthropomorphism
- Becoming animal
- Links between sexism, racism and speciesism
- Non-western graphic novels
- The challenges of animal first-person narratives
- Ecocriticism and nature in graphic novels
As per usual Antennae is open to consideration of academic essays as
well as fiction and experimental writing. Submission of abstracts and
proposals is 1st of December 2009. Final deadline for submissions is
1st of March 2010. For any questions please contact Giovanni Aloi and
Lisa Brown (Guest Editor of the Animals in Graphic Novels Issue) at
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Giovanni Aloi
Editor in Chief of Antennae Project
Lecturer of History of Art and Media Studies
Queen Mary University of London
The Open University
Tate Galleries
International Associate University of Canterbury (NZ)
www.antennae.org.uk
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