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We're glad to share the call for papers for the Visual Depictions of the American West Conference, which will take place at the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies - Ca' Foscari University of Venice, November 21-22, 2020.The event is organized by Laboratorio per lo Studio Letterario del Fumetto/Laboratory for the Literary Study of Comics and the ICLA Research Committee on Comics Studies and Graphic Narrative, and it stems from the need to explore the various ways the American West has been depicted in comics/graphic novel form across the years and different countries.Paper proposals can be sent between March 10 and March 30, 2020.Check the full CFP out on the official website!For further information, you can write directly at venicewestconference@gmail.com.