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. 
​Our 19th annual conference will take place
Thursday, November 2nd through Saturday, November 4th, 2017
at the University of Washington in Seattle.

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Design by Jim Woodring

Latest News

• PRESS RELEASE:  ICAF AND CSS PARTNERSHIP: 2016-2017.
  
• Congratulations to Colin Beineke, winner of the 2017 John A. Lent Scholarship Award.
• ICAF 2017's schedule of panels and events is now available!
  
• Check out the new poster for ICAF 2017 with art by Jim Woodring!
• Check out our list of guests and speakers for ICAF 2017.
• ICAF 2017 Hotel, Travel and Registration Information is now available.
• ANNOUNCING ICAF's collaboration with the 7th annual Short Run Comix & Arts Festival, and our 2017 International Guests: Moto Hagio and Jesús Cossio!
• Follow us on Twitter!

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ICAF 2017 Sponsors & Partners

ICAF deeply appreciates the support of the following University of Washington departments and programs:

• Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Comparative History of Ideas
• Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media
• French and Italian
• East Asian Languages and Literatures
• English
• Disability Studies
  
• UW Center for Global Studies
  
• Japan Arts Connection Lab
  
• UW Diversity Program. 
  

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