Sir Tim Drake
03-31-2008, 11:32 PM
I just received an e-mail copy of the following call for papers. I had to remove the editors' names and e-mail addresses due to concerns over spam, but I thought I would post it here anyway, since it seems like some people here might be interested in it.
CALL FOR PAPERS: REREADING VINCE COLLETTA
We are currently seeking submissions for an edited collection with the working title Rereading Vince Colletta: The Theory, History, and Politics of Defining "Good" Inking. This volume has been accepted by the University of Southeast Florida Press and a notable Colletta scholar has agreed to write a lengthy introduction.
This collection aspires to be a comprehensive survey of current scholarly debates regarding Colletta's work. We will strive for equal representation of both pro-Collettist and anti-Collettist viewpoints. We are particularly interested in essays that address the following questions:
* How might we explain the psychological dynamics of the relations between Colletta and his collaborators? Does Lacanian psychoanalysis offer a useful means of unraveling Colletta's differing relationships with Kirby, Romita, and others?
* What sort of attitudes toward race and sexuality are expressed in the alterations Colletta made to Kirby's work? How might Colletta's work have been informed by hidden classist, masculinist or other assumptions?
* When Colletta is identified as having been a "bad" inker, what implicit definitions of "good" inking are at work here? What does the critical response to Colletta's work imply about the historical evolution of standards for evaluating inking?
* Can postmodern theories of linearity, such as those developed by Derrida and J. Hillis Miller, be usefully applied to the problematic of Colletta's inking line and its relation to Kirby's pencil line?
* How did Colletta's ethnic identity as an Italian-American affect his career? How did Colletta embody or refute popular stereotypes related to Italian-American organized crime?
We welcome submissions from both the academic and fan communities. Please submit essays to [CENSORED] by April 1st, 2009.
CALL FOR PAPERS: REREADING VINCE COLLETTA
We are currently seeking submissions for an edited collection with the working title Rereading Vince Colletta: The Theory, History, and Politics of Defining "Good" Inking. This volume has been accepted by the University of Southeast Florida Press and a notable Colletta scholar has agreed to write a lengthy introduction.
This collection aspires to be a comprehensive survey of current scholarly debates regarding Colletta's work. We will strive for equal representation of both pro-Collettist and anti-Collettist viewpoints. We are particularly interested in essays that address the following questions:
* How might we explain the psychological dynamics of the relations between Colletta and his collaborators? Does Lacanian psychoanalysis offer a useful means of unraveling Colletta's differing relationships with Kirby, Romita, and others?
* What sort of attitudes toward race and sexuality are expressed in the alterations Colletta made to Kirby's work? How might Colletta's work have been informed by hidden classist, masculinist or other assumptions?
* When Colletta is identified as having been a "bad" inker, what implicit definitions of "good" inking are at work here? What does the critical response to Colletta's work imply about the historical evolution of standards for evaluating inking?
* Can postmodern theories of linearity, such as those developed by Derrida and J. Hillis Miller, be usefully applied to the problematic of Colletta's inking line and its relation to Kirby's pencil line?
* How did Colletta's ethnic identity as an Italian-American affect his career? How did Colletta embody or refute popular stereotypes related to Italian-American organized crime?
We welcome submissions from both the academic and fan communities. Please submit essays to [CENSORED] by April 1st, 2009.