Wednesday, 26 June 2019 at 1:00 pm – Wednesday, 26 June 2019 at 8:45 pm
International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference - Public and Practitioner Day
The Wednesday of the International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference will be a day which is open to members of the public and practitioners. All are welcome to attend! See our full day schedule below:
Launch of ‘There’s No Bus Map for Dementia’ Mini-Comic
Date: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Time: 1pm - 1.45pm
Location: GM335, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond St West, Manchester Met, M15 6LL
Tickets: FREE - Available on Eventbrite
Join us for the launch of 'There's No Bus Map for Dementia', a new mini-comic about the experience of living well with dementia and the condition’s social and emotional impacts​.
‘There’s No Bus Map for Dementia’: Workshop for health/social care practitioners and carers
Date: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Time: 2pm - 3.30pm
Location: GM335, Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond St West, Manchester Met, M15 6LL
Tickets: FREE - Available on Eventbrite
Following the launch of 'There's No Bus Map for Dementia', we’ll be holding a workshop for practitioners and carers who support people living with dementia.
Laydeez do Comics Workshop: Your Life Stories as Comics
Date: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Location: Geoffrey Manton Building
Tickets: Free - Available on Eventbrite
ALL WELCOME (mixed event)
Join us for our Laydeez do Comics workshop in Manchester in conjunction with International Graphics Novel and Comics Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Rachael Ball, Lou Crosby, Dr Nicola Streeten
This session will begin with a brief illustrated presentation of the possibilities of the comics form. This will be followed by some fun practical exercises to introduce you to drawing comics. No drawing experience or knowledge of comics is required to participate. Please bring something to draw with.
Paul Gravett Keynote: The ‘Outside’ World: Isolationism and Interconnectedness in Comics Cultures
Date: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Location: Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond St West, Manchester Met
Tickets: £5 – Available here.
In our high-speed, highly connected, ‘borderless’ world, it’s easy to forget that export, exchange and trade have always been part of the global industries of comics. Paul Gravett explores how the big three – American comics, Franco-Belgian bande dessinée and Japanese manga – as well as other players have been determined to spread their sales abroad and also receptive, in the end, to enriching external content and influences. The more interconnected comics cultures become, is it more likely that specific national styles, themes and schools are set to vanish and for a stateless, internationalist ‘world comics’ style to emerge?
Laydeez do Comics, Manchester
Date: Wednesday 26th June 2019
Time: 6.30pm (prompt) – 8.45pm (approx.)
Location: Room G34, Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University, M15 6BH
Tickets: Free - Available on Eventbrite
ALL WELCOME (mixed event)
Join us for our first Laydeez do Comics event in Manchester in conjunction with International Graphics Novel and Comics Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University. The night promises an LDC special. Including 4 short illustrated talks, by:
- Rachael Ball - cartoonist/ illustrator – author of ‘The Inflatable Woman’
- Shromona Das - artist & researcher - #MeToo in India
- Sarah Lightman - artist, academic, curator, editor and writer
- Nicola Streeten - speaker, writer and drawer of comics on “Me and Laydeez do Comics: What next and why
Organising Committee:
Joan Ormrod: J.ormrod@mmu.ac.uk
Matthew Screech: m.screech@mmu.ac.uk
David Huxley davidhuxley@gmail.com
Chris Murray C.Murray@dundee.ac.uk
Julia Round jround@bournemouth.ac.uk
Laurence Grove Laurence.Grove@glasgow.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University is committed to disability equality. If you have any access requirements, please let us know via 0161 247 6740 or email us at lucy.simpson@mmu.ac.uk before you arrive to help us to make sure that your visit to the event is as enjoyable as possible.