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Academic Biography
Julian Lawrence is an award-winning cartoonist and educator specializing in comic books. Born in England and raised bilingual English-French in Québec, his work has been published and displayed internationally by Fantagraphics Books, Les Editions des Plaines, Conundrum Press, National Film Board of Canada, Penguin Books, Cartoon Network and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Julian’s work concentrates on the undercurrents of communication through gesture in the medium of comics. His research explores freehand narrative drawing and its impact on representations of artist identity. Investigations of these topics led him to combine theories of authorship with semiotic analysis of comics. This combination constitutes a large focus of Julian’s art/research/teaching practice. His most recent works include the publication of two graphic novels: Drippy’s Mama and The Red Drip of Courage, as well as contributions to the book The Bliss and Blisters of Early Career Teaching: A Pan-Canadian Perspective and SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education. Julian lives in Middlesbrough, UK where he works as a Senior Lecturer in Comics and Graphic Novels at Teesside University.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, University of British Columbia
1 Sep 2014 → 1 May 2017
Award Date: 1 May 2017
External positions
Artist/Educator, The StART Studio UK
1 Jun 2018 → …Artist/Educator, ArtStarts in the Classroom
1 Sep 2009 → …Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Julian Lawrence is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Research Output
The Adventures of Drippy the Newsboy Volume III: The Dripping Boat
Lawrence, J., 23 Apr 2020, Canada: Conundrum Press. 64 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Relational Connections through the Space of Learning: Exploring Youths' Experiences of Filmmaking with Comics
Lawrence, J., Lin, C-C. & Can, I., 10 Sep 2019, In : International Journal of Education Through Art. p. 297-308 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Where the Action Is: Crumb, Semiotics, L'Ecriture Feminine, and Taste
Lawrence, J., 18 Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) The Art of R. Crumb. Worden, D. (ed.). 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Images, Speech Balloons, and Artful Representation: Comics as Visual Narratives of Early Career Teachers
Lawrence, J., Irwin, R. & Lin, C-C., 12 Apr 2017, In : SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education. 2, 2, p. 1-31 33 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Secret Identities in the Classroom: Negotiating Conceptions of Identity with Comics and Bilingual Grade Four Students
Lawrence, J., 11 Apr 2017, 222 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
Press / Media
Cartoons have always been for adults but here’s how they got tangled up with kids
3/02/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
17 Canadian comics to watch out for in spring 2020
7/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Martin Scorsese says superhero movies are ‘not cinema’: two experts debate
Julian Lawrence & Neil Archer
24/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment