Take Away the Suit, and What are You?
“CRIPPING” THE COMIC CON 2014

April 9 and 10, 2014
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Syracuse, NY

Schine Student Center, 304 ABC & Panasci Lounge

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

Please note this schedule is subject to change.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014

8:00-9:30  REGISTRATION, ARTIST/VENDOR SET UP, AND BREAKFAST, Panasci Lounge         

9:30-10:00 WELCOME TO OUR CRIPCON! Schine 304ABC

Diane R. Wiener, Symposium Committee Co-Chair

10:00-11:30 KEYNOTE

Naomi Grossman (“Pepper” on American Horror Story: Asylum)
Performance of One-Woman Show “Carnival Knowledge” followed by Q&A
Schine 304ABC

DVD Screening–“Superheroes: A  Never-Ending Battle”
Schine 302

11:30-1:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN   

Gaming Room, Schine 302
Focus Day 1:  Video Games

1:00-2:00 FIRST CONCURRENT SESSIONS           

Schine 304A:  Television

“The Animated Television Sitcom: Satire as a Mirror of Society and Disability”
     Allison Dickey

“The Big Bang Theory and Mad Geniuses in Higher Education”
     Wendy Harbour

Schine 304B: Horror

“The Disabled Immortal Body: Body Atypicalities in Torchwood: Miracle Day, American Horror Story, and The Walking Dead”
     Lydia Fecteau

“Mountains and Mountains of Madness:  Madness and H.P. Lovecraft”
     Ethan Lewis

“Who’s Crazy? Supernatural Phenomena as Mental Illness”
     Cara Liebowitz

Schine 304C: Comics

“Witchbreed and Monsters: The Impact of Difference in Neil Gaiman’s Marvel 1602″
     Rolando Rubalcava

“Batman and the Aesthetics of Camp”
     Lauren Levitt***

“Monsters”
     Jose Alaniz***

***to be presented via Skype

2:00-2:15 BREAK                                 

2:15-2:45 POSTER SESSIONS AND OPEN SPACE

READING AND DISCUSSION: “Undone” – Robin Kellner Schine 304A 

OPEN SPACE Schine 304B 

POSTER SESSION: “Cripping the LEGO: Ideas for Inserting Disability  Representation into a Popular Toy”–Alexander Thompson and Kathryn Carroll  Schine 304C

2:45-3:00 BREAK                                             

3:00-4:00 SECOND CONCURRENT SESSIONS      

Schine 304A:  Media

 “Being Human? Disability Discourses in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Uncanny X-Men”
     Kate Ellis & Mike Kent+++

 “Parental Perceptions of Media Portrayals and Public Awareness of Autism”
     Kalie Mosig***

***to be presented via Skype
+++prerecorded presentation

Schine 304B:  The Creative Process

“OCD: Impediment or Asset in the Creation of Graphic Novel Art”
     James P. McCampbell

“Society as Theater: Symbolic Language and the Mentally Ill”
     Ian J. Abbott-Hook

Schine 304C:  Film

“Laughing in Recognition: The Culture of Intellectual and Developmental Disability in Film”
     Dee Katovitch

“Hulk Smash: Mental Health, Violence, and Empathy in Marvel’s The Avengers Film”
     Sara Saenz

3:00-5:00 Visit Schine 302 for Zombie Makeup!!

4:00-5:00 ZOMBIE 101 WORKSHOP  Panasci Lounge

5:00-6:00 KEYNOTE

“The Walking Dead and Assisted Suicide” 
Dr. William J. Peace
Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor
Syracuse University
Schine 304ABC

6:00-6:15 TRAVEL TO QUAD FOR ZOMBIE WALK ‘N ROLL

6:15-7:00 ZOMBIE WALK N’ ROLL with accessible route outlined  on the SU Quad        

7:00-8:00, RECEPTION IN PANASCI LOUNGE                              

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

8:00-9:00 REGISTRATION, ARTIST/VENDOR SET UP, AND BREAKFAST, Panasci Lounge         

9:00-9:30 WELCOME–DAY TWO  Schine 304ABC         

9:30-10:30 KEYNOTE

The Ultimate “Mainstreaming”: Disability & Mainstream Media
Becky Curran, International Motivational Speaker
Schine 304ABC

10:30-11:30 BREAK         

Gaming Room  Schine 302
Focus Day 2:  Board Games

11:30-12:30 THIRD CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Schine 304A:  Science Fiction

“Ableist Aliens and Progressive Westerners: Star Trek as Metaphor for Neocolonial Hypocrisy”
     Katie Murphy***

“Doctor Who and Disability”
     Andrew Skinner

***to be presented via Skype

Schine 304B: Comics

“To Be Drawn, Or Not To Be Drawn: Suicide in Comic Strips and Books”
     Lydia Fecteau

“Daredevil: The Autistic Without Fear The Evolution of Perceptions of Autism According to the Life of Tim Ulrich”
     Alec Frazier

Schine 304C: Representations

“Cripping Cosplay”
     Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

“Marked Bodies: Physicalist Manifestations of Superhero Strength, Character Evolution, and  Emotional and Mental Dis/Abilities”
     Jenifer Polson

12:30-1:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN   

1:30-2:30 FOURTH CONCURRENT SESSIONS

Schine 304A:  The Creative Process

“Creating the Access Avengers”
     Jill Stromberg***

“Why Not? Defying Convention Through Drawing”+++
     Chandler Blaisell

“A Comics Industry Perspective”
     J. K. Woodward***

***to be presented via Skype
+++prerecorded presentation

Schine 304B: Disability Studies

“Using Social Media to Spread Hope, Power and Voice”
     Colleen Dietrich

“A Personal Validation of the Social Nature of Disability: Difference Environments Different Experiences”
     Mujde Koca-Atabey

Schine 304C:  Representations

“Disabling Humor vs. Disability Humor in the Media: Drawing the Line”
     Angelyn Cabrales, Tina Flores, Jessica Ledbetter, and Sarah Melamed

“More than Something: Positive Representations in the Webcomic Something*Positive”
     Katherine Deibel

2:30-3:30 BREAK         

YOUTUBE SCREENING OF “LIL BUB & FRIENDZ”
with introduction and discussion by Ethan Lewis and Dee Katovitch
Schine 302

3:30-4:30 PLENARY PANEL

“Developing a Disability Version of the Bechdel Test”–Katherine Deibel & Day Al-Mohammed
Schine 304ABC

4:30-5:00 CLOSING Schine 304ABC