Programme 2011
SUNDAY 30th OCTOBER
Tickets are available on the day at the venue.
Dundee Comics Day 2011
Wot Comics Taught Me ...
all day starting at 11.00am
£10 all day / £5 children under 13
D'Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, Tower Building
Tickets can be bought from the University's Online Store.
The 2011 Dundee Comics Day welcomes a stellar line-up of talent to Dundee. Answering the question 'what can comics teach us?' will be John Wagner, Frank Quietly, Cam Kennedy, Colin MacNeil and Robbie Morrison. There will also be talks by noted comics historian Paul Gravett, who will be discussing his new book 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die, as well as Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering (creators of the Burke & Hare graphic novel), and Phil Vaughan and Jamie Bryan, who work on the interface between comic, computer games and animation.
We’re welcoming an incredible array of comic talent to Dundee, designed to appeal to everyone with an interest in comics, and will be accessible to the general public, comics fans of all ages, and those with a scholarly interest in the medium.
For more information about the Comics Day please contact Dr Chris Murray at c.murray@dundee.ac.uk.
Programme for Comics Day
- 11.00: Paul Gravett | 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die
- 11.30: Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering | Burke & Hare
- 13.00: John Wagner
- 13.30: Robbie Morrison
- 14.00: Colin MacNeil
- 14.30: Break / book signing by Colin MacNeil, Paul Gravett, John Wagner, Robbie Morrison, Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering
- 15.00: Gallery talk on Battlelines Exhibition, featuring artwork from Commando Comics
- 15.20: Phil Vaughan, Jamie Bryan and Tiger Games
- 15.50: Cam Kennedy
- 16.20: Frank Quitely
- 17.30: Announcement of Dundee Comics Prize Winners and wine reception
Neil Forsyth
Launch of Why Me? the Very Important Emails of Bob Servant
7.00pm
FREE
Tower Building
Tickets can be bought from the University's Online Store.
Bob Servant is back! Fresh from his success as a BBC Radio 4 star and bestselling author, he's offering up a new compilation of emails targeting a fresh batch of email spammers - the false lenders who have bravely stepped into the credit crunch, supposed lawyers with suggestions for Bob's various pickles and fake foreign soldiers giving military guidance for Bob's campaign against a local bowling club. They all find a man from Brought Ferry who is ready and willing to indulge them and offer his unique brand of advice.
Bob's friend of many years, Neil Forsyth, will be reading from the book.
