Thoughtbubble 2011 - art by Becky Cloonan
Just come back from a fantastic five days at the Comics Forum 2011 conference and Thoughtbubble convention. I went to the forum primarily for the comics and medicine day on the Thursday, but thoroughly enjoyed the other two days as well.
Met up with all the fantastic graphic medicine crowd I met at the June conference in Chicago: MK Czerwiec, Mita Mahato, Ian Williams, Linda Raphael and Sarah Leavitt. Also met Andrew Godfrey of Sicker Than Thou for the first time, as well as Katie Green, Paula Knight, Nick Soucek, Simon Moreton (Better, Drawn) and Karrie Fransman.
Also good to meet Ian Hague, the Comics Forum director, and talk about the possibility of doing something with comics and archaeology next year – possibly with Hannah Wadle and include social anthropology as well. All inspiring in the truest sense of the word. Came back yesterday with a head buzzing full of ideas and a determination to get cracking on new projects as quickly as possible. Now to try and fit 28 hours in a day…
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