​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. 

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Save the Date!
​The 20th annual forum will take place April 4-6, 2019 at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

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latest news

• Announcing the ICAF 2019 Call for Proposals! (Deadline extended to Oct 29!.)
• Announcing the brand new International Comic Arts Forum
  Comics Scholarship Bibliography! A list of English-language comics scholarship rolling out on a six-month schedule.
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• ICAF Artist Talks on YouTube

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