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<p class="MsoNormal">Not strictly comics but might be of interest? Please share too if you can!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Critical Essays on
<i>BoJack Horseman<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(Or:
<i>Once Upon a Time in Hollywoo</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Editor: Harriet Earle, Sheffield Hallam University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This CfP seeks papers that engage with the Netflix series
<i>BoJack Horseman </i>(created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg) to be published as part of an edited collection. Over six seasons,
<i>BoJack Horseman </i>has received widespread critical acclaim for its bold and often nuanced discussions of a varied range of topics, set against the fading glitz of LA and played out through a distinct cast of both human and anthropomorphic characters.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The series has included many nuanced – and also problematic – representations of mental health and substance abuse, as well as brought into question
culturally entrenched issues of celebrity, gender politics, and queer identities. In short, it is a series that takes on a huge range of subjects and is ripe for critical interrogation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Paper topics could include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Celebrity, Hollywood, and the film/tv industry<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">The use of animal avatars/animals as metaphors<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Feminisms<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Social media<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Mental health, childhood trauma, and therapies<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Addiction, drug use, and alcoholism<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Queer bodies, identities, and selves<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Sex, sexual bodies and sexual pleasure/desire<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Fandoms and fan engagement (online communities, conventions, etc.)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">LA and Hollywoo(d) as space/place<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">The list is by no means exhaustive, and I am happy to consider any piece which works with other angles of the series – please be in touch with any questions!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Papers should be 8000 words (inclusive of all notes and bibliography) and the deadline for
<b>ABSTRACTS</b> is 1<sup>st</sup> February 2022. See below for deadlines. Abstracts and papers should be submitted to the editor by e-mail via
<a href="mailto:Bojack.Essays@gmail.com">Bojack.Essays@gmail.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> authors are welcome to submit abstracts: from PhD candidates and early career researchers, to established
academics. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Deadline schedule: <o:p>
</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submission of abstracts: 1<sup>st</sup> February 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Notification of abstract acceptance: 1<sup>st</sup> March 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Submission of full chapters: 1<sup>st</sup> July 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Publication date: To be confirmed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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