The International Comic Arts Forum

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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The next ICAF will be held May 23-25, 2013 at The University of Oregon in Portland.
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Congrats to our new ICAF chair, José Alaniz! Meet Jose and the rest of the Executive Committee.
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ICAF 2011 Recap

2011 "ICAF in Review" by Jen Vaughn, Comic Artist and CCS Librarian
"The Comics and Pedagogy Roundtable" by Katie Moody, CCS Student
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ICAF was founded at Georgetown University in 1995 by Tristan Fonlladosa and Guy Spielmann.