In addition to the three panels that the Comics and Graphic Narrative Forum is sponsoring at MLA 2026, there will be a number of other comics-related panels at the conference. Comment on this post if you have any sessions to add.
MLA 2026 Panels Featuring Papers on Comics:
Thursday, January 8
52. Comics as Physical Objects
Friday, January 9
Just in Time: Material Lives, Migrant Worlds, Ecologies of Belonging
Just In Time: Rewriting Patriarchy through Expanded Comics: Tu corazón me pertence
Pathways: Comics and Community: A Transfer Student Pathway
190. Toronto the Good? Representations of Toronto in Canadian Literature
287. BIPOC Relationships across Territorial Boundaries
Saturday, January 10
439. Drawing Place: Rust Belt Comics
489. Comics without a Cure: Healthcare Stories in Words and Images
536. Frames of Resistance: Feminist Embodied Pedagogy in the Graphic Novel Classroom
Sunday, January 11