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Last Updated: 07/20/2003 17:05:58
the International Festival of Comics
(Comics)
Lodz, Poland
24-26 October 2003
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We are honoured to invite you to the 14th Comics Festival which will be held in Lodz in October 2003.
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The festival, first organized in
1991, is one of the best - known
cultural evens in Poland and
Eastern Europe. Every year
thousands of people interested in
this kind of art come to Lodz to
meet the best artists and talk on
topics of their interests. Owing to
the International Festival of
Comics Lodz has become
“the Polish capital of
comics”. The festival lasts
three days. At that time you can
visit numerous exhibitions (open
to the public till November
2003), attend interesting
meetings called “comics
sessions” and lectures.
This year you will be able to
meet J. Szylak and W. Birek and
watch films made on basis of
some famous comics. During the
festival the jury will announce the
results of the competition for the
best comics. Every year over a
hundred artists from Poland and
abroad enter the competition.
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One should mention here many
famous artists you can meet at
the festival. One of them is G.
Rosinski living in Switzerland. In
the past we were honoured to
invite such artists as B. Polch, H. Chmielewski, J. Christa, T. Baranowski, Sz. Pawel and many others.
Every year you can see works of the artists who have gained much popularity in Poland and abroad.
During the festival you can also meet many very young artists whore works are becoming more and more
popular. The Comics Festival is a great opportunity to talk about this kind of art. While visiting the
exhibitions you will be able to learn much about the history and theory of comics.
The organizers haven’t forgotten about comics collectors. There will be plenty of opportunity for
buying some older and the latest comics. We are honoured that nearly all Polish publishers want to present
their comics during the festival.
Since 1998 the third day of the festival has been devoted to Manga – Japanese comics. It creates a
great opportunity to present the Japanese culture and tradition to the public. The festival is very popular
with artists, publishers and mass media. Every year a large number of journalists observe the festival. That
is why. You can find numerous reports on KOMIKS 2003 in the Internet, newspapers and on the radio
and TV. People organizing the cultural event deeply believe that the main aim of the festival is to promote
young talented artists by showing their works to the public and publishers.
E-Mail us at probts@hal-pc.org
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