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CCS founding board member Ana Merino releases ILLUSTRATING SPAIN IN THE U.S., a collection of comics and scholarly essays

New books alert! The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) founding board member Ana Merino published a collection of comics and scholarly essays with Fantagraphics Books in January. ILLUSTRATING SPAIN IN THE U.S. discusses the often overlooked contributions made by Spanish immigrants throughout U.S. history. An accompanying comics exhibit curated by Merino is on display until 3/6 in Washington, D.C. at the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain.

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Founding Board Member Ana Merino to Deliver Keynote at International Comic Arts Forum

Ana Merino, The Center for Cartoon Studies founding board of trustee member, is giving the keynote address at the International Comic Arts Forum. On Thursday April 4 at 9:15 in Davenport, Iowa, Ana will be presenting “Comics Reinventing Creativity in the Museum,” having curated four comics exhibitions. Later, on Friday April 5 at 10:45 am, she will moderate the panel “U.S. Chicanx Comics.” The panel will include José Alaniz from the University of Washington, John Petrus from Grinnell College, and Corey Creekmur from the University of Iowa.

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ICAF 2011 Programming Schedule Announced

International Comic Arts Forum has released a full schedule of programming for Thursday, September 29 through Saturday, October 1.  Panel topics include Building Postmodern Geographies, Comics and Nation, and French-Language Comics: An Evolving From, among others.

Visit the ICAF website for the complete program schedule.

ICAF 2011 will be held at The Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont

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Fall Foliage Makes ICAF a Vacation Destination

International Comic Arts Forum
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2011

ICAF falls during Vermont’s “peak foliage” period, the time when  fall colors are their most vibrant. ICAF attendees can enjoy the conference’s diverse programming and Vermont’s natural beauty without breaking the bank.  Though the price of a hotel stay sky rockets during peak foliage, Fairfield Inn and Suites is offering rooms to ICAF attendees for the low cost of $125 per night. Make your reservation by August 14 to take advantage of this offer.

Visit the ICAF website for more details.

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American Bande Dessinée Society to Attend ICAF

The American Bande Dessinée Society (ABDS) is dedicated to the scholarly study of French-language comics (bandes dessinées), which have a long and distinguished history. They are increasingly being translated into English and published in the United States: older works by cartoonists such as Goscinny and Uderzo (Astérix), Hergé (Tintin) and Morris (Lucky Luke), but also more recent comics by Abouet, Appollodorus, Berberian, David B., Dupuy, Larcenet, Oubrerie, Satrapi, Sfar, Stassen and Trondheim.

Members of the ABDS have received great support and inspiration from The International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) over the years. ABDS members are honored to be invited by the ICAF organizing committee to this year’s commemorative conference, and grateful for the opportunity to discuss French-language comics, among other topics, with the other conference participants in Vermont. ABDS membership is open to scholars interested in the study of French-language comics. For more information, please contact Mark McKinney.

For more information on the fall 2011 ICAF conference at The Center for Cartoon Studies, visit: internationalcomicartsforum.org

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Cartoon Studies to host International Comics Conference

The International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) is dedicated to promoting the scholarly study and appreciation of comic art, including comic strips, comic books, comics albums and graphic novels, magazine and newspaper cartooning, caricature, and comics in electronic media.

September 29-October 1
The Center for Cartoon Studies
White River Junction, Vermont

For more information on ICAF and to learn more about the forthcoming conference, visit:
internationalcomicartsforum.org

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