Queen City Comics - Collector's Program

Abstract

Comics, in the 21st century, have become a perennial cultural vehicle. Numerous adaptations in movie theaters, the hundreds of manga titles that are translated every year, the use of comics language in modern art and the recent trend to consider graphic novels for prestigious literary prizes attest to this. As the medium combines images and narratives, which are traditionally the respective turfs of visual art studies and literature, a conference on comics is a unique opportunity for multi-disciplinary exchanges.