Dr David Huxley  

David Huxley is Senior Lecturer on the BA(Hons) Film and Media Studies course. His subject specialisms are the Graphic Novel, Comic Book & Comic Strip, Censorship, Hollywood Film and Animation. His PhD thesis was The Growth and Development of British Alternative Graphic Magazines 1966-1986. Current research interests include the graphic novel and the comic strip,animation and the horror film and early twentieth century British Music Hall performers. He has drawn and written a wide range of adult and children's comics, and designed posters for conferences held at the university (see images).
He has supervised a wide range of Phds in the fields of the graphic novel and the comic strip, horror, genre and national film and examined a wide range of Phds in film and cultural studies.

He is joint editor of the new Routledge publication 'The Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics' (first issue 2010).


Qualifications
BA Hons Fine Art, Birmingham Polytechnic, 1972
ALA, Birmingham Polytechnic, 1974
PhD Loughborough University, 1991



Professional Activities
External Examiner : 1995 - 2011: B.A. Courses: Bournemouth Institute of Art, Loughborough University, Teeside University, Salford University. M.A. Courses: University of the Arts, London
External Examiner, RSA Cartooning and Sequential Art Course, 1990-1993
Extra Mural Lecturer, Manchester University, 1988-1991
Lecture courses on animation and comics at Cornerhouse Arts Centre, 1987-2010