Tag Archive | "Doctor Chris Murrary"

Events: Free Dundee Comics Expo

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

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I bumped into Phil Vaughan from Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design recently and he’s been kind enough to pass on details for an upcoming comics bash in Dundee next month that he and Doctor Chris Murray have been busy organising, the Free Dundee Comics Expo. The event takes place on Saturday [...]

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Comics: the Dandy exhibition in Dundee

Friday, December 7, 2012

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The University of Dundee’s resident comics and expressive shirts expert, Doctor Chris Murray, alerts us to a new exhibition in the city which is home to publisher DC Thomson: opening on Saturday 8th at 2pm at the University of Dundee’s Tower Building the exhibition celebrates the seventy five year history of The Dandy comic and [...]

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Comics: 2000 AD/Dredd creators at Dundee Contemporary Arts

Monday, October 22, 2012

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The sound and visual quality isn’t the best in this, but it’s still well worth a watch as it features Doctor Chris Murray (in one of his understated shirts) moderating a discussion panel at Dundee Contemporary Arts on the recent Dredd movie with three of 2000 AD’s creators who have all contributed in no small [...]

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‘Entertaining Dundee: From the Comical to the Comic, the Ridiculous to the Sublime’

Monday, April 2, 2012

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‘Entertaining Dundee: From the Comical to the Comic, the Ridiculous to the Sublime’ is an upcoming event which sees Doctor Chris Murray (who we know from his excellent comics academic work in Dundee) pitched against Eddie Small, an authority on Dundee’s well-kent son William ‘the great’ McGonagall (often celebrated as one of the worst poets [...]

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Dundee University launches Masters in Comics Studies

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

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Dundee University has announced that its English department will offer a one-year Masters in Comic Studies, to launch at the start of the new academic year this autumn, the BBC reports and will be lead by a name well known to those in comics studies in the UK, Doctor Chris Murray, with modules set to [...]

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