CONTEMPORARY COMICS - artists, current themes and contexts.

This academic conference is presented in collaboration with Copenhagen's comics biennial, the international comics festival komiks.dk in Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, 22-23 May.

The conference presents papers from 12 international comics scholars on a diverse range of subjects in contemporary comics, features a keynote from Canadian scholar Jacques Samson, and a special appearance by cartoonist Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan), in conversation with British expert on comics Paul Gravett.