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Now in its fifth year, The London International Comics Festival, hosted at the ICA, is far and away the best place to find a serious and eclectic showcase of world comics fare. Running from October 19 to November 6, the highlights are:
24-Hour Comics Day
Understanding Comics guru Scott McCloud challenges artists the world over to create original 24-page comics in only 24 hours. A stellar array of artists is promised to be working 'live'.
October 20-21 (3pm-3pm)
Lingua Comica
In a packed weekend for Asian and European comics, this lab gathers 14 young creators from across the two continents to explore the medium's culture-bridging abilities. A raft of talks will specifically address Chinese, Vietnamese and Indian fare, as well as Manga's influence.
October 20 to 21
Exhibition: Aleksandar Zograf
View the hand-made comics created in the midst of shattering war by Serbian cartoonist Zograf, author of the excellent Regards From Serbia.
October 20 to November 3 (at bookartbookshop, 17 Pitfield St, London N1)
Fumetti Maestros
Two of Italy's finest graphic novelists, Gipi (Garage Band, Notes for a War Story), and Igort (5 Is The Perfect Number, Baobab) come together for a discussion of their core themes and techniques.
October 23 (7pm) |
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Comics That Go Bump in the Night
Can comics really be scary? A timely dissection (it's Halloween, stupid) of the chilling and the macabre in the medium with writers Jamie Delano (Hellblazer), Chris Blythe (Angel Fire) and Ian Edgington (Scarlet Traces), together with artist D'Israeli (Scarlet Traces).
October 31 (7pm)
Posy Simmonds
Posy Simmonds, veteran newspaper cartoonist and creator of the acclaimed Gemma Bovery, discusses and draws characters from her new graphic novel, Tamara Drewe.
November 1 (7pm)
Comics Britannia Rule!: How Yesterday's Comics Live On Today
Three talks that discuss three potent elements of British comics history: I Love Girls' Comics: From School Friend to Photo-Love, Achtung! Commando!: The Art of War Comics and The Seventies' Revolution: From Tammy to 2000AD! - the latter featuring legends Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill.
November 4 (2.30pm-7pm)
Iraq: The Graphic War,
Today & In 2011
The Iraq conflict is the subject of two major new graphic novels: Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman's Iraq: Operation Corporate Takeover exposes America's covert goals, while Sean Michael Wilson and Lee O'Connor's provocative Shooting War project the war's technology, media coverage and paranoia four years hence. The writers are expected to attend.
November 6 (7pm)
Words by Danny Graydon
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I spy an espionage thriller
