York University's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Departments of English and Humanities proudly present
The Queer Comics Symposium
Featuring:
Professor Michelle Ann Abate (Ohio State University), author of Tomboys: A Literary and Cultural History (Temple University Press)
Professor Justin Hall (California College of the Arts), cartoonist and editor of No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics (Fantagraphics)
Professors Alison Halsall and Jonathan Warren (York University), editors of The LGBTQ+ Comics Studies Reader (University Press of Mississippi)
A screening of the award-winning documentary, No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (dir. Vivian Kleiman, Compadre Media)
Friday, 28 April 2023
12-3 PM: Lecture and Panel Discussion, York University, Accolade Building East, Room 005
12 pm: Introduction and Welcome
Plenary Address: Professor Michelle Ann Abate (The Ohio State University)
Queering Conformity in Postwar America: The Li'l Tomboy Comic Book Series and Gender Rebellion in the 1950s
1 pm: Coffee and Lunch Break (refreshments provided)
1:20 pm: Panel and Discussion
Lin Young (University of Calgary): Webcomics and the 'de-Othered' Queer Future
Joti Bilkhu (York University): Queer Fairy Tales as Alternative Languages in Trung Le Nguyen's The Magic Fish
Alison Halsall (York University): 'You've Got Hate Mail': Threatening the Transgender Subject
Jonathan Warren (York University): Being Jughead: Queer Opportunity in Riverdale Nation
3 pm: Conclusion and Invitation to Lecture and Screening Downtown
6-9:30 PM: Lecture and Screening, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto
6 pm: Introduction and Welcome
Plenary Address: Professor Justin Hall (California College of the Arts)
Gay in the Gutters: Comics Memoir and History in a World of No Straight Lines
7 pm: Film Screening: No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics (dir. Vivian Kleiman 2021)
8:30 pm: Discussion and Reception
Admission free to all attendees.
Queries may be directed to Professors Alison Halsall (ahalsall@yorku.ca) and Jonathan Warren (jwarren@yorku.ca).
