Oxford Comics Network presents Dr. William Kuskin: "The Grid: Prefiguration In Ultimate Spider-Man" (Wednesday, October 22nd)
Matthew Murray
Sharing this because Dr. William Kuskin, from CU Boulder, is presenting on comics as part of this series. I believe the session is at 10am Mountain time.
The Oxford Comics Network is back with another series of brilliant, thought-provoking talks from comics experts around the world.
All of our sessions are online in Microsoft Teams, meaning you can join us wherever, whoever or whatever you are. After registering you'll receive a link for the meeting. We'll even remind you of it a day before the event itself.
This term we are delighted and honoured to welcome the following eminent speakers:
Dr William Kuskin, Boulder University, Colorado.
Wednesday 22 October, 5pm UK time
Subject: The Grid: Prefiguration In Ultimate Spider Man
William Kuskin isn't just Head of English at Boulder. He's also the person who first introduced me to the academic study of comics, through his 2013 MOOC 'Comic Books and Graphic Novels', a fantastic and eye-opening course that inspired hundreds of students across the globe. William's main research area is the history of the book. He has written and edited books and articles on William Caxton, the emergence of printing in the fifteenth century, the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity, comic books, and online pedagogy. He contributes to Inside Higher Education and even writes an occasional blog on motorcycling. He will be talking to us on the mouth-watering topic of 'The Grid: Prefiguration In Ultimate Spider Man'.
Matthew Noe, Lead Collection & Knowledge Management Librarian, Harvard Medical School.
Wednesday 12 November, 5pm UK time
Subject: An Introduction to Graphic Medicine
Most well-known for mixing comics and health sciences librarianship, Matthew is an author/co-author of several book chapters, a scoping review on graphic medicine, and wrote the foreword for the Eisner-nominated comic Ripple Effects. He was the 2021-2022 President of the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table of the American Library Association, is the Treasurer for the Graphic Medicine International Collective. If there is one person the world who really should be talking to us about graphic medicine - it's him.
Ed Hillyer. Artist. Writer. Guru.
Wednesday 3 December, 5pm UK time
Subject: 'The Wild West Days of Comic Narrative'
Ed Hillyer – also known as ILYA – has more than thirty years' experience as a comic book writer, artist and editor, published internationally by Marvel, DC and Dark Horse in the USA, Kodansha in Japan, and numerous independent companies worldwide.
Ed's titles include award-winning graphic novel series The End of the Century Club, Manga Shakespeare’s King Lear and Room for Love . He has also edited Mammoth Books of Best New Manga, and Colour Me Bad. He will be talking, showing and telling about the earliest days of comic strip narrative, and how those distant techniques relate to his current practice.
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