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dedicated to the study of comics from around the world

The International Comic Arts Forum is an annual academic conference dedicated to promoting the scholarly study and appreciation of comic art, including comic strips, comic books, comics albums and graphic novels, magazine and newspaper cartooning, caricature, and comics in electronic media.
Learn more about ICAF's mission and our annual conference.
ICAF 2014 will be held November 13-15, 2014 
at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, OH

Latest News

  • Confirmed Guest Artists: Hanneriina Moisseinen, Justin Green, Phoebe Gloeckner, Carol Tyler, Dash Shaw, and Jeff Smith.
  • Congrats to John A. Lent Award Recipient, 2014: Jennifer Anderson Bliss, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign!
  • Confirmed Speakers: University of Calgary Professor Bart Beaty... more updates to come!

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ICAF was founded at Georgetown University in 1995 by Tristan Fonlladosa and Guy Spielmann.