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CEREBUS/DAVE SIM BOOK
| Call for Papers Date: | 2010-07-31 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-03-04 |
| Announcement ID: |
174583 |
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CEREBUS / DAVE SIM BOOK - ABSTRACT DEADLINE 31 JULY 2010
FINAL PAPERS DEADLINE 30 NOVEMBER 2010
full name / name of organization:
Eric Hoffman
contact email:
lily_anselm@yahoo.com
cfp categories:
cultural_studies_and_historical_approaches
gender_studies_and_sexuality
journals_and_collections_of_essays
popular_culture
religion
theory
twentieth_century_and_beyond
DEADLINE: November 30, 2010
LENGTH: 2,500-7,500 words, maximum 10,000
Call for papers for a collection of critical essays on various aspects of or approaches to Dave Sim's comic book Cerebus, both a scholarly and popular, though coherent, companion (and introduction) to the series.
Any subject matter is welcome, so long as it pertains to Dave Sim and/or Cerebus.
Some recommendations of subjects that in which I am most interested:
Discussion of 1970's comics scene in which Dave first started to contribute together with a discussion of the various influences on Cerebus (Howard the Duck, Conan the Barbarian, Red Sonja)
Cerebus as satire of the comics medium (The Roach, "reads," etc)
Cerebus as social satire (political and religious satire)
The shift in tone from earlier and later Cerebus as a result of Dave's conversion
The influence of Cerebus on the comics industry
Cerebus and the graphic "Novel"
Dave Sim as self-publisher and his feud with Gary Groth and the Comics Journal
Dave Sim and the CBLDF
Comics fandom and Aardvark Comment (& the Yahoo Group)
Narrative structure in Cerebus
"Mind Games"
"Something Fell"
Dave Sim as magpie (Barry Windsor-Smith, Mort Drucker, etcetera)
Gerhard's impact on Cerebus
Sim's use of literary characters (Wilde, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, etc)
Sim's use of public personas (Elrod, Mick and Keef, Lord Julius, Konigsberg, The 3 Stooges, etc)
Meta-narrative in Cerebus (Viktor Davis/Reid in Reads, Sim in Minds and Guys)
Cerebus and Religion (both pre-and post-conversion)
Cerebus as a critique of feminism
Gender issues in Cerebus (male/female light/void, he/she/it, YHWH, God, "Tangent," "10 Impossible Things," etc)
Non-affiliated, no book contract.
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