Comics Multiverses: Framing the Unreal - Exploring Graphic/Visual Science Fiction and Fantasy

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"Comics Multiverses"

The concept of the multiverse dates back to ancient Greek philosophy, and it entered modern scientific debate in 1895, as Milan M. Ćirković outlines in The Oxford Handbook of the History of Modern Cosmology. Some argue, however, as Paul Davies does in “A Brief History of the Multiverse,” that the idea of the multiverse is unverifiable as science fact and will forever remain science fiction. In comics, the multiverse was famously realised in “Flash of Two Worlds!” in The Flash #123 (Sept. 1961), which introduced Earth-Two. Since then, the multiverse has been a core aspect of DC Comics history, and it is as important to Marvel Comics and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is engaged in “The Multiverse Saga.”

This seminar at the conference Framing the Unreal: Exploring Graphic/Visual Science Fiction and Fantasy discusses comics multiverses, with a focus on the fact that, as Ćirković states, “The multiverse represents a triumph of diversity.” It explores the ways in which comics multiverses do or do not represent diverse identities, selves, voices, histories, realities, or what ifs.

Period	13 Nov 2024
Event type	Seminar
Location	Venice, ItalyShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International