Cartoonists’ Rights Network International (CRNI)

by Terry Anderson OUR PROJECT Following an international conference co-chaired by the UK and Canada, UNESCO established a Global Media Defence Fund in 2019 (more details can be found here). CRNI made a submission to the GMDF’s first call for partnerships in 2020. We did so because a survey of our regional representatives indicated that […]

Launch of ‘The Gift: Transforming Lives through Organ Donation’

The Gift: Transforming Lives through Organ Donation is a new comic created by the NHS and the University of Dundee aims to get high-school age children and the wider public thinking about the gift of Organ Donation. The comic will be launched to the public on Wednesday 5th September at Dundee Comics Creative Space, Unit 7 in […]

Programme for Graphic Justice Discussions 2018 #GJD2018

Graphic Justice Discussions 2018: Law, Comics, Justice 20 October 2018, St Francis College Brooklyn, NYC 8:30 – 9:15 coffee & registration 9:15-9:25 welcome 9:30-10:45 comics, culture, and critical criminology 9:30-10:45 social justice and human rights 10:55 – 12:10 complicating simplicity: doing justice in/on iconic images in uncertain times 10:55 – 12:10 comics, creativity, and pedagogy 12:20 […]

LEGAL VISUALISATION PROJECT – TENANTS’ RIGHTS

This post was originally published on the Lancashire Law School Blog here: https://uclanlaw.co.uk/2018/05/24/legal-visualisation-project-tenants-rights/. It is reproduced with permission and thanks. Michael Doherty and Chelsea Cully This blog post describes the development of a project to use graphic design principles and techniques to produce a visually engaging guide to tenants’ rights. Inspirations The project drew on a […]

“Calvin and ‘Hart’: Viewing Calvin’s Disobedience through a Jurisprudential Lens”: Sregurupriya Ayappan

We are delighted to host the following post from Sregurupriya Ayappan, who is a III year student of law at the National Law School of India University. Introduction ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ is a much loved comic strip written by Bill Watterson. It follows the daily adventures of a precocious six year old Calvin and his stuffed […]