This event, organised by Dr Andrew Tate and Dr Brian Baker (Creative Writing) in conjuction with ReOPeN brought together researchers and graphic novels-comics enthusiast from Lancaster and Manchester. Opening talk: Prof Benoit Peeters, The French and Belgian tradition in the Graphic Novel and Science Fiction The featured image shows Peeters and Schuiten’s graphic novel “Revoir […]

The latest ReOPeN-linked project explores health inequalities across the UK. Artist Joe Decie has been working with two researchers at Lancaster University – Dr Emma Halliday ( Health and Medicine) and Dr Natasa Lackovic (Educational Research) – to create a collective graphic memoir booklet about UK communities’ experiences and action, related to health inequalities. The […]

The latest ReOPeN-linked project is a graphic vignette booklet about community well-being and social connectedness: The booklet was created by artist Len Grant, who applied a technique of graphic ethnography and sketching, in collaboration with the community of and around Haslingden, Haslingden Resident advisors (Dawn Vear, Jennifer Shilliday, Lisa Bloor and Gemma Shingler), Kayt Horsley […]

A new graphic novel collaboration, this time between Benoît Peeters and Aurélia Aurita, has been published and featured as one of the highlights of this year’s Angoulême festival, at the main stand of renowned publishing house Casterman. The novel is autobiographical, about Professor Peeters’ student days and love of cooking, quite humorous, authentic and wonderfully drawn by Aurelia […]

A new international project will focus on developing a digital teaching manual applying a GNC/visual narrative, by a team of UK and Thai academics, focusing on youth health and sex education in response to identified needs of Thai teachers and Thai Ministry of Education goals for the future of education. The manual pilot will be produced […]

A new exciting project related to GNC to start soon. Graphic futures is a project in collaborative authorship based at the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University. The project aim is to use techniques from graphic fiction in order to explore how social futures are created in the now. As well as getting creative […]

One more addition to translated work by Schuiten-Peeters – a fantastic architecture and story-telling imaginarium https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555713/samaris-by-benoit-peeters-francois-schuiten/9781631409424/     

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                                                      Date: 12th  October 2017 at 2 pm Location:  The Storey, Auditorium, LA1 1TH,  Lancaster Led by UK Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard, in collaboration with Dr Natasa Lackovic, Lancaster University & LICAF Booking and info: please e-mail n.lackovic@lancaster.ac.uk