“‘To Learn of Magic is Not Hard’: Teaching Tarot in Comics” Vincent Gonzalez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Representing Jewish Identities in Joann Sfar’s Graphic Novel The Rabbi’s Cat” “Eros and Visuality: On Blankets, Caves, and Theological Desire” “London as Sacred and Desecrated Space(s) in Alan Moore’s From Hell”Įmily Merriman, San Francisco State University Panel 2: Literary Applications of Religion “From Bambi to Buddha: Manga’s Amazing Spiritual Search” “A Hesitant Embrace: Comic Books and Evangelicals” Megan Goodwin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Liber Corpus: Grant Morrison’s Reflexive Relationship with his Invisibles” Sturm’s works will beĪvailable for purchase at the reception. The lecture will be followed by a light reception. James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems Xeric Award and Eisner Award-winning author of
The Boston University Department of Religion, and Caption BoxĪll conference events will be held in room 201 on the second floor of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies, located at 147 Bay State Road (entrance on Sherborn Street). The Boston University Graduate Student Organization The New England-Maritimes American Academy of Religion
This event is free and open to the public.įor more information, please contact conference organizer A. Given the increasing seriousness with which the public has come to view comics as an art form and Americans’ fraught but passionate relationship with religion, “Graven Images” will provide an opportunity for discussion of cutting- edge artistic and social issues by exploring the roles of religion in comic books and graphic novels. David Lewis (PhD candidate in Religion and Literature, Boston University)įrom the performance of religion in comics, to religious or mythic traditions among the elements of various works, to the use of comics by religious practitioners themselves, the relationship between comics and religion is dynamic and evolving. Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic NovelsĬo-organized by Christine Hoff Kraemer (PhD, Boston University, 2007) andĪ.
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