Northern Quota covers International graphic novels conference which returned to MMU for the third time for its 20th anniversary

The Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics and 20th Anniversary of the International Bande dessinée Society took place on Monday 24 — Friday 28 June 2019

Matthew Screech interviews keynote speaker Paul Gravett at the link here.

In the interview they discuss a preview of what's happened in the conference and what they've enjoyed so far.

Paul Gravett gave a keynote at the conference on The ‘Outside’ World: Isolationism and Interconnectedness in Comics Cultures.

The organising committee was:

• Joan Ormrod
• Matthew Screech
• David Huxley
• Chris Murray
• Julia Round
• Laurence Grove