Throughout 2020, events, exhibitions and meetings are taking place in France and abroad celebrating the French-speaking “9th art”.
Pierre Lungheretti’s presentation celebrates the exceptional creativity of the sector, the innovative aspects of BD 2020 and the recent translations of French comics by British publishers.
Pierre Lungheretti is Director of the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image.
Comfy, Putzi, Punta – On the Necessity of Global and Transnational Comics History
Dr Pavel Kořínek is a Prague-based comics theorist, historian and journalist, working at the Institute of Czech Literature and a founding member of the Centre for the Study of Comics ICL / UP.
As an author Pavel has written a number of monographs on eastern European comics including Punta, in association with Lucie Kořínková.
These extraordinarily difficult times give us a vital chance to reappraise the medium and its problems and potentials, local and global, technological and personal.
Paul Gravett explores some of the issues and innovations, looking ahead at what ’The World That’s Coming’ may have in store.
Paul Gravett is one of the UK’s leading authorities on comics, with an international reputation as an author and curator.
He highlights the range of responses these conflicts generated, from Captain America punching Hitler out of the park in 1940 to the Nam, a Marvel title that explored the realities for GI’s during the Vietnam War.
John McShane is the creator of comic series Jimmy the Zombie and many more, publisher of Trident Comics, contributor to Comic Scene and frequent presenter at LICAF and other comic festivals.
In her lively and very personal presentation Elyon's explores what it takes to be a successful African artist in the unique circumstances of the African continent.
Elyon's is a comic creative based in the Republic of Congo and founder/Director of the Bilili BD Festival.
Time, Space and Narration, from Winsor McCay to Richard McGuire
He suggests these works are as innovative and groundbreaking as 20th century film and challenge our perception of time, space and narration in unique ways.
Benoît Peeters is the creator, with artist Francois Schuiten, of the celebrated series of graphic novels, The Obscure Cities. He is an authority on the work of Hergé and Professor of Graphic Fiction and Comic Art at Lancaster University.
Catch up with some of America's best-known and most-loved cartoonists during this online event! This Saturday (12th September 2020) sees NCSFest return, organised by the US-based National Cartoonists Society - which this year will be broadcast across the web for free from NCFest.com.
