Below you will find a draft copy of the programme for the graphic justice symposium taking place 11 September 2013 in London. A fun-packed day indeed!
Coffee and registration: 0900–1000
Session 1: 1000–1130
| Panel 1A: Law, meet comics | Panel 1B: Vigilantism |
| Mark Zaid, [effect of law on comics industry and content] | Fletch Williams and Kurtis Dobie, ‘Kingdom Come: Truth, Justice and the American Way?’ |
| Graham Ferris and Cleo Lunt, ‘Can A Good Guy be on the Side of the Bad Guy: The (Mis)Representation of the Ethics of the Lawyer for the Defence in Adversarial Criminal Proceedings in Comics and Graphic Fiction’ | Chris Comerford, ‘The Order Creates the Chaos: Batman and the Dichotomy of Justice’ |
| Kim Barker, ‘Copyright, Derivative Works & UGC: A Comic Inspiration?’ | Angus Nurse, ‘Extreme Restorative Justice: The Politics of Vigilantism in Vertigo’s 100 Bullets’ |
Coffee: 1130–1200
Session 2: 1200–1300
| Panel 2A: Race | Panel 2B: Talking through comics |
| David Keane, ‘Minority Rights and Racial Discrimination in Graphic Novels’ | Shawn Harmon, ‘Not Foresighting and Not Answering: Using Graphic Fiction to interrogate Social and Regulatory Issues in Biomedicine’ |
| Ian Rakoff, ‘Comics and the making of the American Identity’ | Richard Glancey, [Teaching constitutional law with comics] |
Lunch: 1300–1400
Session 3: 1400–1530
| Panel 3A: Comics vs reality | Panel 3B: Thinking about law and crime |
| Elaine Deering, ‘Themes of Justice in Superhero Comic Book Stories’ | Chris Boge, ‘Crimes against (Super)Humanity: Forms of Justice and Governance in Alex Ross’s Justice and Dan Jurgen’s Justice League International’ |
| Nancy Silberkleit, [Comics as a means of tackling bullying] | Chris Lloyd, ‘Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Obama’s Drones, Judge Dredd and Benjaminian Violence’ |
| Nic Groombridge, ‘Stepping off the Page: Superhero Crime and Victimisation’ | Darren Parker, ‘Rick Grimes’ Lament: Reimaging Lawfulness in a World of the Undead’ |
Coffee: 1530–1600
Session 4: 1600–1700
| Panel 4A: Truth, justice, and Tintin | Panel 4B: Violence |
| David Marrani, ‘Tintin, (Anti?) Hero of Justice’ | Nickie Phillips and Staci Strobl, ‘Deathworthiness: Red Team and Cry for Justice in Retributive Context’ |
| Jérémie Gilbert, ‘Graphic Reporting: Human Rights Violations through the Lens of Graphic Novels’ | James Petty, ‘Violence, Justice and Ideology in Watchmen’ |
End: 1700
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