Our theme for this year's two-day conference is 'Drawing The Line' -
details are as follows:
Sixth International Comedy Conference
Drawing The Line - Comics, Comedy & Comics
University of Salford Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University
31st May and 1st June 2012
This year's conference aims to push the boundaries and take on board
topics that deal with comedy and humour from a variety of sources
including those focused on stage and screen - and beyond.
Comics can have two meanings - comedians and graphic images. Both make
us laugh though in different ways; both sets of 'comics' can employ a
variety of techniques to make us laugh. Some comics have become films -
Asterix, Popeye, Fritz The Cat - and some comics have been filmed and
made into comics, Laurel and Hardy, Frank Randle, Beryl Reid (all had
regular strips in Film Fun).
'Drawing The Line' calls forth for papers on ALL topics concerned with
comedy and humour, be it film, TV, cartoon or literature. Topics for
papers might include:
* Silent Comedy and slapstick - links to newspaper cartoons
* Dennis The Menace
* Robert Crumb /American Splendour - Biopics of cartoonists
* The changing face of satire - Lampoon to cartoon to caricature -
Spitting Image.
We invite abstracts of no more than 200 words which you should email
with a brief biog to -
David James [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and CP Lee
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Submission date - 31st January 2012 - extended to 14th February 2012 (oh
yes it is!!!)
Dr CP Lee
Senior Lecturer, Creative Media Directorate
Desk 145, Floor 3
University of Salford
MediaCityUK, Salford Quays
Manchester M50 2HE, UK
(Office) 0161 295 6058
(Mobile) 07815 316 443
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