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THE BLOG AT THE CROSSROADS
Bournemouth and Sheffield Calling!
Posted: June 27, 2012
The weather outside may not be totally frightful, but we pass midsummer and the longest day, and June comes to a close, where better to head off than down at the seaside in beautiful Bournemouth? I’m taking my bucket and spade there and giving a paper on adapting comics into dance with a focus on Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s TeZuKa at the Third International Comics Conference, entitled appropriately Comics Rock! on June 28th and 29th at Bournemouth University. The first day looks at comics and education with David Lloyd (V for Vendetta, Kickback) and Steve Marchant from Cartoon Classroom, and the second day examines comics and multi-modal adaptation, with Ian Edginton and I.N.J. Culbard on the guest list. Come and join in this stimulating exchange between creators, theorists and readers at the cutting edge of today’s thinking about the medium. This is always a great meeting of minds and sharing of ideas.
And as we move into July, I’m whizzing off to funky Sheffiled where I am producing and presenting a Comica Festival panel at the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield on Thursday July 5th, 5-6pm in Hubs C, entitled Reading Between The Panels: Comics, Kids, and Verbal, Visual & Critical Literacy. Here’s the blurb about it:
Comics are a prime source material and language behind many of today’s most successful movies, games and TV shows. But what is the verdict on whether comics can improve children’s reading? Is it all hot air or can graphic novels and manga really stimulate even the most reluctant young readers? And how effective are they not only for verbal literacy, but visual and critical literacy? Hunt Emerson and Jim Medway, top cartoonists from The Beano and The Phoenix, and Mel Gibson and Russell Wall, leading educators from Northumbria University and the Stan Lee Excelsior! Awards, announced in Sheffield on the following morning of Friday July 6th, share their expertise in this passionate multi-media debate, introduced and hosted by Paul Gravett, co-director of London’s Comica Festival. Discover the latest thinking and trends in the comics medium and its multiple applications.
Looking forward to both of these gatherings and to making comics connections old and new.
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