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H-Film Comics and Authorship Discussion published by Maaheen Ahmed on Saturday, January 21, 2017 CFP Authorship special issue: Comics and Authorship The comic, recently legitimized through the graphic novel phenomenon while remaining anchored in popular culture, can provide unique insights into issues surrounding authorship. Although comics scholarship has explored autobiographical comics and the strategies for self-fashioning of individual canonized comics artists and writers, the complex and protean concept of comic book authorship remains by and large overlooked. Analyses of the changing notions of authorship, their contextualization and implications - aesthetic, political, economic - across different comics genres and formats can provide answers to key questions, such as: How do different techniques and styles mold conceptions of the author? Who is the author in large franchises and studio collaborations? What are the claims to authorship of vital but often overlooked mediators such as letterers and inkers? How do conceptions of authorship vary with publishing format (serial comic book, graphic novel, syndicated comic strip, self-published fanzine)? In this special issue dedicated to comics, the open-access journalAuthorship seeks to specify the range and potential of the terrain covered by comics and authorship through bringing together papers on the following, broad aspects: Roles encompassed by the notion of authorship in comics (writer, artist, letterer, inker, penciller) Differences in constructions of authorship across formats, genres, cultures and history Self-creation of author (and auteur) personas through paratextual elements Self-reflection on authorship in comics, cartoons and graphic novels Issues of authorship raised by adaptations of comics in other media such as novels and films. Please send articles (ca. 5000 words) to Maaheen Ahmed ([email protected]) by 31 July 2017. The issue will be published in December 2017. Author guidelines can be consulted here. Contact Email: [email protected] Citation: Maaheen Ahmed. Comics and Authorship. H-Film. 01-21-2017. https://networks.h-net.org/node/14467/discussions/162857/comics-and-authorship Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1.

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Melissa DeJesus Mobile 646 344 2877 Website http://melissade.daportfolio.com/ Email [email protected] Passionate about motivating and inspiring children and teens in expression and critical thinking through the arts using the best in comics, animation, illustration, storytelling and design. Always looking to challenge myself, learn from others, and enjoy teaching others about self representation through art. My interests and skills extend over a vast array of genres and fields of professions. I'm looking to continue my career in education to offer the best of my experience and enthusiasm. Education The School of Visual Arts MAT Art Education 2013-2014 BFA Animation 1998-2002 Employment Harper Collins Publishing 2013-2014 Relevant Comic Illustrator Illustrated 7 page black and white comic excerpt for teen novel. Awesome Forces Productions Fall 2012 Assistant Animator Collaborated with partner in creating animation key frames for animated segments featured in TV series entitled The Aquabats! Super Show! Yen Press 2012-current Graphic Novel Illustrator Illustrated a full color chapters for a graphic novel entitled Monster Galaxy. Created and designed new characters along with existing characters in the online game franchise. Random House 2012-2013 Letterer / Retouch Artist Digitally retouched Japanese graphic novels for sub-division, Kodansha. Lettered 200+ comic pages and designed supplemental pages. Organized and prepared interior book files for print production. King Features Syndicate 2006-2010 Comic Strip Illustrator Digitally illustrated, colored and lettered daily comic strip, My Cage, for newspapers across the country from Hawaii to South Africa. Designed numerous characters on a day to day basis for growing cast.
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