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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · 27d

Quoting Paul Gravett:

"It seems apt that a week ago today, on the same day as our conference [ #ComicsAndAI ], Ilan Manouach was interviewed on @comicsjournal.bsky.social:

www.tcj.com/comics-peopl... "

'Comics people generally hate what I do': The Ilan Manouach Interview - The Comics Journal

Ilan Manouach interviewed by Robert Aman.

www.tcj.com

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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 28d

A student in our MSc is doing a project titled "Reimagining Reference Management Tools as Living Knowledge Management Systems". I know many of my followers here use Mendeley, Zotero, etc. Please help her with her survey? cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

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cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Sep 3

Looking forward to presenting @comicsandai.org tomorrow. Full schedule including list of presenters and abstracts here: comicsandai.org/schedule-abs...

Schedule, Abstracts, & Bios

The schedule outlines a series of presentations at a comics and AI conference, discussing generative AI’s impact on comics, copyright, creativity, and ethical considerations.

comicsandai.org

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Aug 21

It's been an exciting and super busy editorial year at The Comics Grid. Processing times have not been short. We appreciate the kind, ongoing patience of all involved authors and reviewers. Scholarly goodness is coming. Bear with us! It will be worth it. #Researcherled #OpenAccess

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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · Aug 21

Excited for having recieved @comicsgrid.com HQ a review copy of Comic Fascism. Ideology, Catholicism, and Americanism in Italian Children's Periodicals by Zane Elward (2025). Thank you @ohiostatepress.bsky.social! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... #ComicsStudies

My hand holds a copy of the academic monograph titled Comic Fascism. deology, Catholicism, and Americanism in Italian Children's Periodicals, by Zane Elward. Paperback.

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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · Aug 13

Still time to register to attend Comics & AI: Critical Prompts. A one-day multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity. Thursday 4 September 2025, London, UK. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @comicsandai.org

Comics and AI: Critical Prompts | City St George's, University of London

A one-day multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity.

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 27

#ComicsStudies

Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · Jun 27

The Taste of Comics - full book of abstracts internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com/wp-content/u... #IGNCC25

internationalgraphicnovelandcomicsconference.com

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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · Jun 23

Comics everywhere. Or speech balloons at least.

Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · Jun 23

I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'. danmcquillan.org/cpct_seminar...

A historical photo of Ivan Illich being interviewed by a camera crew. Speech bubbles have been added to the image. The speech bubble from the interviewer says "The role of the university is...?" and the speech bubble from Illich says "...to resist AI".

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 17

"Reflections on My Time at the Open Library of Humanities" — a blog post by Naomi Morris, CHASE Editorial, Marketing and Technical Intern at OLH: www.openlibhums.org/news/822/

Reflections on My Time at the Open Library of Humanities

A blog post by Naomi Morris, CHASE Editorial, Marketing and Technical Intern for OLH What first drew me to the CHASE placement at OLH was their ethos around open access …

www.openlibhums.org

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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · Jun 12

#CFP A one-day multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity. 200-word abstract submission deadline: 10 July 2025- comicsandai.org/call-for-pap... #ComicsStudies

Call for Papers 2025

A one-day conference in London. We invite 200-word abstracts. Deadline 10 July 2025.

comicsandai.org

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 11

Ditto

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · Jun 11

It’s worth emphasising that comics have managed to get this far with a fraction of the space on store shelves, a minuscule amount of titles compared to prose, basically no public funding, no support in the curriculum, etc. What would the impact be if comics received support & resources?

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jun 11

Next Wednesday! A free online talk about my graphic research project on the poet(s) Michael Field, which I'm currently undertaking at Merton College, Oxford, sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-com...

Oxford Comics Network April to June 2025

A series of three talks from three academic comics experts from around the globe. All free. All online. All fascinating.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 11

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 11

Quino in the TLS!

The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Jun 11

Miranda France: An Argentinian cartoon gang with old heads on young shoulders

Did Karl Marx eat his greens?

www.the-tls.co.uk

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 9

Hey kids! Comics!

Centre for HCID, City St George's @hcid.city · Jun 9

Dr Francesca Benatti (The Open University) hcidopenday.co.uk/speakers/fra... #HCID2025

Francesca Benatti « HCID Conference

hcidopenday.co.uk

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 5

#ComicsStudies call!

Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · Jun 4

Deadline for submissions in a month's time! comicsandai.org

Comics & AI: Critical Prompts

A multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity

comicsandai.org

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Anna Hughes @anna-r-hughes.bsky.social · Jun 3

If you're interested in learning more about #Collaboration in #DiamondOA publishing (successes & failures!), why not read the #DIAMAS report @mikaellaakso.bsky.social

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 4

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University of London Press @uolpress.bsky.social · Jun 4

💥We're very excited to share that we have launched a new free training course! Explore our #OpenAccess in the #Humanities training course on RESHAPED, a new learning platform developed by the School of Advanced Study @uolondon.bsky.social.

Details here:
uolpress.co.uk/2025/06/new-...

New Open Access in the Humanities online training course launched! - University of London Press

We are excited to share details of our new online training course on open access publishing, developed by the University of London Press with the School of Advanced Study. The course is free and avail...

uolpress.co.uk

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The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship @comicsgrid.com · Jun 4

Honoured to be an @openlibhums.bsky.social #DiamondOA journal!

Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 4

We were at the #DIAMAS conference in Brussels yesterday, sharing our work on scholar-led, community-owned open access!

OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy

Poster showcasing the Open Library of Humanities' model for scholar-led, diamond open access publishing, highlighting journal flips, Janeway platform, and library support.

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Paula Clemente Vega @paulaclemente.bsky.social · Jun 4

Really enjoyed representing @openlibhums.bsky.social at the #DIAMAS conference in Brussels yesterday. Had some great conversations about diamond OA, journals flips from commercial publishers, and what scholar-led publishing can achieve

Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · Jun 4

We were at the #DIAMAS conference in Brussels yesterday, sharing our work on scholar-led, community-owned open access!

OLH publishes 33 #DiamondOA journals, supports journal flips from commercial publishers, and co-founded @ojcollective.bsky.social to bring publishing back into the academy

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Open Library of Humanities @openlibhums.org · May 29

“Intersecting Practices and Traditions in Poetry Performance: Interviews with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan, Anthony Joseph and Marsha Prescod” by Helen Thomas. First in #OLHJournal “Poetry Off the Page” Special Collection. doi.org/10.16995/olh...