Tag Archives: graphic novels

CFPs: Gothic times, Gothic nature, Gothic realities

Posted on 8th June 2019 by William the Bloody

Some exciting conferences coming up! 1. Gothic Manchester Festival Conference 2019 ‘Gothic Times’, Manchester Metropolitan University, 26 October 2019. Deadline: 30 July 2019. In the opening decades of the twenty-first century, with Trump in the White House and Brexit on … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming SFF Adaptations for Film and TV

Posted on 15th August 2017 by William the Bloody

Natalie Zutter, at the always useful Tor blog, has been looking at forthcoming adaptations of SF and fantasy books for film and TV. Some of these are very intriguing; I’m particularly interested in the coming to screen of Kendare Blake’s Anna Dressed … Continue reading →

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The Obscure Cities

Posted on 11th May 2017 by William the Bloody

These illustrations from François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters’s series of graphic novels, Les Cités Obscures depict a marvellous steampunk-ish parallel world that I hope you find delightful. Thanks to the Messy Nessy Cabinet of Chic Curiosities website, which is full of treats … Continue reading →

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CFP: Steampunk: Then, Now, and Then Again, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln 25-27 August 2017

Posted on 5th April 2017 by William the Bloody

Not much time left to respond to this CFP for a steampunk conference, in conjunction with the Asylum Steampunk Festival–deadline 14 April 2017. Despite the development of both science fiction and Neo-Victorian studies, academia has been slow to engage with … Continue reading →

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CFP: Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, Kanagawa University, Japan, 29-30 March 2017

Posted on 28th November 2016 by William the Bloody

This conference on Re-orienting the Fairy Tale, subtitled ‘Contemporary Fairy-Tale Adaptations across Cultures’, looks wonderful and covers the area of research I’m concentrating on at the moment–fairy tale adaptation in various media is a key concern of all of us … Continue reading →

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CFP: Edited collection on iZombie

Posted on 9th June 2016 by William the Bloody

I’ve not seen the TV series iZombie (nor the graphic novel on which it is based) but I’ve heard very enthusiastic reports on this new manifestation of the sympathetic zombie (of which one of our favourites, Daniel Waters’s Generation Dead … Continue reading →

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CFP: Locating Fantastika: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 8 July 2015, Lancaster University

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

An exciting conference at Lancaster in July, embracing all aspects and genres of fantastic narrative. “Fantastika”, coined by John Clute, is an umbrella term which incorporates the genres of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, but can also include alternative histories, … Continue reading →

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CFP for A Second New Edited Collection (Memory in Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian Tales)

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Heather Urbanski is seeking articles for a collection on post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives–a mode that has come into the forefront recently in YA fiction, where it has also encountered paranormal romance. Generously, Urbanski is seeking work from ‘under-represented groups’ and … Continue reading →

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