Heated Rivalries: Sports, Games, and Graphic Narrative

Inviting 300-word abstracts exploring graphic narratives about sports, athletics, or competitive games. We especially welcome papers whose themes include embodiment, disability, gender/sexuality, nationalism, or race; proposals should be medium-specific to comics. (More details: <https://tinyurl.com/sportscomicsMLA>).

Deadline for submissions: Sunday, March 15, 2026

Chase Gregory, Bucknell University (cpg008@bucknell.edu ) Adrienne Resha, University of Virginia (amr9hk@virginia.edu )