International Festival of Comics and Games
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International Festival of Comics and Games is held annually in Łódź at the Lodz Culture Centre. It is the largest Polish and assumed to be one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe comic con.
In the beginning, the festival was called All-Polish Convention of Comic Creators. The first one was held on 2nd February [1991]] in Kielce
. All subsequent ones were held in Łódź. The name was changed to International Festival of Comics in 1999, during the tenth edition of the con. In 2008 the "and Games" was added to the name, as the con expanded also embraced the area of computer games
.
The Festival's special guests included Grzegorz Rosiński
, Stan Sakai
, Marvano
, Pat Mills
, Clint Langley
, Milo Manara
, Jean Giraud
, Tanino Liberatore
, Zbigniew Kasprzak, Karel Saudek, Henryk Chmielewski, Tadeusz Baranowski, Janusz Christa
, Bogusław Polch, Szarlota Pawel
, Bohdan Butenko and Norm Breyfogle
among many other international and local comic creators.
During the Festival, numerous panels and workshops are held, as well as meetings with the creators, publishers and other important figures from the comic field, including the cross with movies and literature fields.
It is also accompanied by the largest comic market throughout the year, where fans, collectors and both professional and small-press publishers sell their products and collectibles.
In the beginning, the festival was called All-Polish Convention of Comic Creators. The first one was held on 2nd February [1991]] in Kielce
Kielce
Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
. All subsequent ones were held in Łódź. The name was changed to International Festival of Comics in 1999, during the tenth edition of the con. In 2008 the "and Games" was added to the name, as the con expanded also embraced the area of computer games
Computer Games
"Computer Games" is a single by New Zealand group, Mi-Sex released in 1979 in Australia and New Zealand and in 1981 throughout Europe. It was the single that launched the band, and was hugely popular, particularly in Australia and New Zealand...
.
The Festival's special guests included Grzegorz Rosiński
Grzegorz Rosinski
Grzegorz Rosiński is a Polish comic book artist. He is best known for the series Thorgal.-Early life:Grzegorz Rosiński was born in Stalowa Wola in 1941...
, Stan Sakai
Stan Sakai
is a third-generation Japanese American Cartoonist comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo. -Biography:...
, Marvano
Marvano
-Biography:Born in 1953 in Belgium, he studied interior architecture before working as an illustrator and starting to draw graphic novels. Probably his best known work is the collaboration with Joe Haldeman on the Forever War graphic novel, an adaptation of the award-winning The Forever War novel...
, Pat Mills
Pat Mills
Pat Mills, nicknamed 'the godfather of British comics', is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since....
, Clint Langley
Clint Langley
Clint Langley is a British comic book artist best known for his work on series with Pat Mills at 2000 AD and as the cover artist for Marvel Comics' Guardians of the Galaxy....
, Milo Manara
Milo Manara
Maurilio Manara – known professionally as Milo Manara – is an Italian comic book writer and artist, best known for his erotic approach to the medium.-Career:...
, Jean Giraud
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir, the latter appearing mostly in the form of a boxed signature at the bottom of the artist's paintings, for instance the...
, Tanino Liberatore
Tanino Liberatore
Gaetano Liberatore , better known as Tanino Liberatore, is an Italian comics author and illustrator. His best known fictional character is RanXerox.- Life and work :...
, Zbigniew Kasprzak, Karel Saudek, Henryk Chmielewski, Tadeusz Baranowski, Janusz Christa
Janusz Christa
Janusz Christa was a Polish author of comic books, creator of the comic book series Kajtek i Koko and his perhaps most famous, Kajko i Kokosz series. He debuted in 1957 and many of his works have been printed in the Wieczór Wybrzeza and Świat Młodych magazines...
, Bogusław Polch, Szarlota Pawel
Szarlota Pawel
Eugenia Szarlota Pawel-Kroll is a Polish comic book artist, creator of the popular series about 'Kleks'.-References:...
, Bohdan Butenko and Norm Breyfogle
Norm Breyfogle
Norman Keith "Norm" Breyfogle is an American comic book artist, fine artist, illustrator, and writer. He was involved with the character of Batman consistently from 1987-1995. Breyfogle has worked on many different characters for most comic book publishers at one time or another...
among many other international and local comic creators.
During the Festival, numerous panels and workshops are held, as well as meetings with the creators, publishers and other important figures from the comic field, including the cross with movies and literature fields.
It is also accompanied by the largest comic market throughout the year, where fans, collectors and both professional and small-press publishers sell their products and collectibles.