international conference

The international conference WOMCOM: Women Power in Comics will begin with a lecture by Dr. Nicole Streeten, one of Europe’s leading researchers in feminist comics and the driving force behind the British association LDComics. Additionally, we will discuss the importance of building comics communities — from encouraging original production and fostering networks of solidarity to developing (infra)structure — with Eva Hilhorst, founder of the graphic journalism platform Drawing the Times, Rita Fürstenau, publisher of the renowned publishing house Rotopol, Jana Adamović, and Dragana Radanović, co-founders of the Serbian comics collective Comic-Aunties.

PROGRAMME:

Building the Communities & Futures of Comics
16.00–16.15 / Welcome
16.15–17.15 / Dr. Nicola Streeten (UK), DOING IT OURSELVES (DIO): Generosity, Reciprocity and Conviviality, lecture
17.30–18.00 / Eva Hilhorst (NL), Drawing the Times & Comics Journalism, presentation
18.00–18.30 / Rita Fürstenau (DE), Publishing Comics: The Case of Rotopol, presentation
18.45–19.45 / Comics Communities (virtual & in-person), debate
Participants: Dr. Nicola Streeten (UK), Eva Hilhorst (NL), Rita Fürstenau (DE), Dragana Radanović (RS), Jana Adamović (RS); moderator: Dr. Eszter Szép (HU)
19.45–20.00 / WOMCOM digital platform, presentation

The first day of the conference will be moderated by Dr. Eszter Szép (HU), a comics scholar, educator, and curator.
Drawn documentation: Anna Júlia Benczédi (RO/HU).
The conference will be held in English.