Highlights from "Comics: Philosophy and Practice"

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Channel: The University of Chicago · 2012 · Education

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This spring's groundbreaking "Comics: Philosophy and Practice" conference, sponsored by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, was the first conference held in the newly opened Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. The conference brought together 17 legendary cartoonists for three days of discussion about the past and future of graphic narrative. Conference participants included Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Robert Crumb, among other notable artists.

For more information on the conference, visit: http://graycentercomicscon.uchicago.edu/

For more information about the conference, visit: http://graycentercomicscon.uchicago.edu/

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