Monthly Archives: January 2014

Call for Papers: Additional chapters needed for “Characters of ‘The Walking Dead'”

January 28th, 2014 | Posted in call for papers, The Walking Dead

CALL FOR PAPERS ON “CHARACTERS OF THE WALKING DEAD“ This volume is currently under contract with McFarland & Company Inc. Publishers and is co-edited by Kim Paffenroth and John Morehead. As the title indicates, we are seeking chapter submissions that focus on the characters of The Walking Dead television series and uses the characters as […]

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Dark Horse: March 22 is Hellboy Day

January 23rd, 2014 | Posted in comics, Hellboy

Dark Horse Comics designated March 22 Hellboy Day to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the comic. Read more here.

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Brown University Graduate Student Conference on the Monstrous and the Religious Imagination

January 23rd, 2014 | Posted in conference, fantasy, monster theory, monsters, monstrous, religion

Brown University is presenting an upcoming conference titled “Beasts Monsters, and the Fantastic in the Religious Imagination.” The schedule from the website: Friday, February 28, 2014 Keynote Address 6:30-7:30pm Dinner Reception 7:30pm Saturday, March 1, 2014 Breakfast 8am-9am I. Morning Session: Doing Things with Demons 9am-10:45am “When a Bad Being Does Good Things: The Demon […]

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Seriously Staked Vampire Symposium

January 21st, 2014 | Posted in conference, vampire

Seriously Staked Vampire Symposium Look beyond the Twilight and True Blood frenzy and there is, and always has been, a serious study of vampires. Seriously Staked brings together a wide variety of subject experts and academics to talk about a range of questions concerning vampires. These include: Can science explain vampires? Do real vampire hunting […]

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