Dr Antonio Lazaro-Reboll from the Department of Hispanic Studies will talk at the ‘Transitions’, the fifth annual symposium promoting research and the academic study of all forms of comics, held at Birkbeck College, University of London on Saturday 25 October.
Antonio’s talk maps the formation of comics culture and comic art scholarship in Spain from 1965 to 1975, focusing on a local scene created by authors, media critics and fan writers who forged international networks with contemporary comics book cultures in Europe and the United States.
Focusing on pioneering studies, specialist publications and fanzines, the talk will examine how the adoption of American and European theoretical explorations of mass media phenomena was applied to the study of comics, comics-related phenomena and other popular cultural forms. The Spanish case will be discussed in relation to contemporary comics book cultures in Europe and the United States exploring transnational relationships and cultural exchanges.
The event is part of the Comica: The London International Comics Festival, which runs until 19 November.
Attendance is free, but please register by email to transitions.symposium@gmail.com
For full details of ‘Transitions’ symposium, please see:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events-calendar/transitions-5-2013-new-directions-in-comics-studies