Sell's Work on Arthurian Comics

Carl B. Sell has been producing a number of intriguing studies related to the Matter of Britain in  popular culture, including these recent publications on Arthurian-themed comics:

Sell, Carl B. “Aquaman Rex: The Arthurian Associations of a DC Superhero.” The DC Comics Universe: Critical Essays, edited by Douglas Brode. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2020. 158-69. Academia.Edu, https://www.academia.edu/91857597/Aquaman_Rex_The_Arthurian_Associations_of_a_DC_Superhero.

___. “Camelot 3000 and Dracula vs. King Arthur: The Uses of Limited-Run Comics as Updates of the Arthurian Legend for Contemporary Readers.” Arthurian Legend in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries, edited by Susan L. Austin. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press, 2021. 25-34. Academia.Edu, https://www.academia.edu/73478606/Camelot_3000_and_Dracula_vs_King_Arthur_The_uses_of_limited_run_comics_as_updates_of_the_Arthurian_legend_for_contemporary_readers. 

___. “The Once and Future King of Atlantis: The Arthurian Figure in Geoff Johns's Aquaman: Death of a King.” Arthurian Literature, vol. 35, 2020, pp. 192-99. Academia.Edu, https://www.academia.edu/43619244/The_Once_and_Future_King_of_Atlantis_The_Arthurian_Figure_in_Geoff_Johnss_Aquaman_Death_of_a_King.

Arthurian Comics at Arthurian Congress 2014

I think these are the most Arthurian-themed comics papers I've seen at a conference and it is certainly a bold topic for a conference that is often limited to traditional texts and media. Sadly, one needs to be in Romania this summer to hear them. (Please publish your work!)

XXIV Triennial Congress of the International Arthurian Society - University of Bucharest
(full program at http://arthuriancongress.unibuc.ro/programme/)

Monday, July 21st
Panel 2 : 10.30-12.50
King Arthur and the Modern Imagination

Paper 1 of 4: Casey CASEBIER (University of Maryland), Contemporary Arthurian Worlds: Sam Sarkar’s Caliber and the Arthurian Graphic Novel


Friday, July 25th
Panel 1: 15.20-17.20
Thematic Pannel : Children of the (K)night: Arthurian Bad Boys and Mean Girls
Organizer : Kevin J. HARTY (La Salle University, Philadelphia)

Paper 1 (of 7!): Christine NEUFELD (Eastern Michigan University), Bloodlines: The Sanguine Semiotics of Dracula vs. King Arthur


Saturday, July 26th
Panel 2 : 9.50-11.30
Lectures et interprétations des thèmes arthuriens
Paper 3 (of 4): Christina FRANCIS (Bloomsburg University), Reading King Arthur Online: The Webcomic and Web Forum Interplay of Paul Gadzikowski’s Arthur, King of Time and Space