November 22 @ 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
1:00–2:00 Comics, Bande Dessinée, Fumetti, and Manga: Comics in Many Forms—A conversation about comics in their many forms. Vin Deighan (aka Frank Quitely), Laurence Grove (director of the Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures at the University of Glasgow and president of the International Bande Dessinée Society), Antonio Ianotta (University of San Diego), and Van Tarpley (San Diego State University) join moderator Elizabeth Pollard (co-director, Center for Comics Studies at SDSU) for a discussion exploring the similarities and differences of English-language comics, French bande dessinée, Italian fumetti, and Japanese manga. Free museum admission to the first 40 college students with a current ID. The Theater, Comic-Con Museum.
Drawing workshop immediately preceding the panel, from 11:45-12:45, with Vin Deighan (aka Frank Quitely) in the Prebys Foundation Art Studio. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Included with museum admission. Details subject to change.

