The Queer Comics Symposium
York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the Departments of English and Humanities proudly present
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
6-10 PM: Lecture and Screening, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto
Queries may be directed to Professors Alison Halsall (ahalsall@yorku.ca) and Jonathan Warren (jwarren@yorku.ca).
