This is a topic that I am very interested in. Unfortunately I'm unable to attend due to work commitments. Is there any chance this may be recorded as a podcast or similar please? Best wishes, Andrew Blog Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 14:42:44 +0000 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Comics Studies Network event at UAL To: [log in to unmask] Via the Comic Studies Network, University of the Arts, London: Tuesday 19 November 2013 – 6pm An amazing UAL Community of Practice Event The first of the UAL Comic Studies Network. Roger Sabin and Ian Horton present a Graphixia/The Comics Grid crossover:Small is the new big: The Comics Criticism blog as small press. With Peter Wilkins, David N Wright and Brenna Clarke Gray (Douglas College, Vancouver), Ernesto Priego (City University London), Hattie Kennedy (University of Edinburgh), Damon Herd (The University of Dundee). In this event, contributors to the Graphixia blog will discuss the significance of blogging to the comics scene today as an alternative to academic publishing, arguing that Graphixia, The Comics Grid and other grassroots blogs are critical analogues to small press comic publishers.More information here: http://blog.comicsgrid.com/2013/11/graphixia-comicsgrid-event-small-is-the-new-big/ Apologies for corss-posting. Best Dr Ernesto Priego Lecturer in Library Science Acting Course Director, MSc/MA Electronic Publishing City University London http://epriego.wordpress.com/ @ernestopriego Editor-in-Chief, The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship http://www.comicsgrid.com/ Subscribe to the Comics Grid Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iOYAj