International Comic Arts Forum
| International Comic Arts Forum | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Comics studies |
| Frequency | (mostly) Annual |
| Country | U.S. |
| Inaugurated | 1995 at Georgetown University |
| Founder | Tristan Fonlladosa Guy Spielmann |
| Most recent | April 20–23, 2023 |
| Filing status | Nonprofit |
| People | José Alaniz, Frank Bramlett, Casey Brienza, Cecile Danehy, Charles Hatfield, Bill Kartalopoulos, Toph Marshall, Arturo Meijide Lapido, Jeff Miller, Mark Nevins, Elizabeth Nijdam, Osvaldo Oyola, Brittany Tullis, Qiana Whitted |
| Website | www |
The International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) is an academic conference and international comics convention. The mostly annual event has been described as one of the earliest academic initiatives in comics studies.
Presenters at ICAF over the years have included such notable academics as Donald Ault, Paul Gravett, Thierry Groensteen, M. Thomas Inge, Bill Kartalopoulos, Fedwa Malti-Douglas, and Douglas Wolk.