The Gutter is the Message 02

11/12/2020

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Julian Lawrence (Senior Lecturer Comics & Graphic Novels, Teesside University) is an award-winning cartoonist and educator specializing in comic books. Born in England and raised bilingual English-French in Québec, his work has been published and displayed internationally by Fantagraphics Books, Les Editions des Plaines, Conundrum Press, National Film Board of Canada, Penguin Books, Cartoon Network and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.

Julian has an MA in Art Education from the University of British Columbia and lives in Middlesbrough, UK where he is the Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Comics and Graphic Novels programme at Teesside University.

Julian’s research concentrates on ethnographic investigations into the ways comics transmit narratives. His research explores freehand narrative drawing and its impact on representations of artist identity. Investigations of these topics led him to combine theories of authorship with semiotic analysis of comics and create lessons that support students in developing a voice, improving literacy, and negotiating conceptions of identity. As a bilingual artist/researcher/teacher, Julian delivers lessons in both English and French.
His most recent works include the publication of three graphic novels as well as contributions to the book The Bliss and Blisters of Early Career Teaching: A Pan-Canadian Perspective, various journals. He is currently working on a book chapter that investigates the ways comics and collaboration engage university students with community art education.

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