Today we received a limited edition designer toys “Boomchik” who were cast out of plastic at home by Yefim Polynchuk. They will go to the winners of competition, theme this year is “Borders”. Wait your comics!!
This year’s “Goethe Institute” will present a special project – traveling exhibition of German comics «Comics, Manga & Co», which will show works of the main comics artists of Germany over the past 25 years. Some of the artists already visited Boomfest with exhibitions and workshops.
Participants of exhibition: Mawil, Arne Bellstorf, Martin tom Dieck, Anke Feuchtenberger, Flix, Jens Harder, Sascha Hommer, Line Hoven, Ulf K., Reinhard Kleist, Isabel Kreitz, Christina Plaka, Henning Wagenbreth.
The exhibition will be held from 10 to 28 September in the library of book graphics.
More information about German comics you can find on the site – http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/com/deindex.htm
Stefano Ricci is an Italian illustrator and creator of comics with a unique way of working: he combines pencil, oil pastels and collage and really attacks the paper, often destroying the surface in the process. His drawings and comics have appeared in books and magazines like Libération, Les Inrockuptibles, Télérama, l’Humanité, la Repubblica, and Glamour. Ricci’s first illustrated book appeared in 1989, entitled Dottori (Metrolibri). In 1996, he made name with his first comic book: Tufo, with a scenario by Philippe De Pierpont (Amok).
Ricci has drawn for the theatre, dance and cinema and is involved in many artistic institutions. He currently teaches comic strip drawing and contemporary graphics in Hamburg, where he also lives. His work has been exhibited at comic festivals as much as in art galleries.
His exhibition will be held in the Art centre Nevsky 8 from September 23 to October 16.
Stefano Ricci is guest of the festival.
Miguel Gallardo Spanish illustrator and comic artist. As an illustrator Miguel works with newspapers and magazines «la Vanguardia», «El Público», «Herald Tribune», «NYT» and «The New Yorker». During his career, Miguel has received two awards of the international comics festival in Barcelona, two prizes of Society of Newspaper Design, the prize «Serra D’Or» for the book «¿Que le pasa a este niño?»and premium «APIC» for his illustrations for newspaper «la Vanguardia».
In 2007, the publishing house «Astiberri» was published comics of Miguel, “Maria and Me» (Maria y yo) – a book that tells about travels and adventures of the artist and his thirteen-year old daughter Maria, who suffers autism. In 2008, this book has been awarded the National Prize of the Government of Catalonia. And in 2009 was created by the documentary film based on the book, which won many awards at various festivals.
His exhibition will be held in the Vladimir Nabokov Museum from September 22 to October 16.
Miguel Gallardo is guest of the festival.
We continue with the competition, the theme is “Borders” (more about it is in section “Competition” of website). This year, prizes will be provided by companies Moomin Characters and Corel. The best works will be presented at the exhibition in the Small Hall “Manege” on the channel Griboyedov 103.
In addition, this year we will be able to invite participants from other cities, but not more than 20 people whose work will be included in the shortlist and to provide them accommodation in St Petersburg from 22 to 26 September in a hostel in the center of the city. Transportation costs they will pay themselves, if necessary visa support, we will arrange it.
Good luck and look forward to your comics!!
© Stanislava Rachkovskaya, winner of 2010
International Comics Festival Boomfest was born in 2007 in Saint-Petersburg. Since then it has grown up into a bright international event in the world of comics art. Annually in September the festival covers the main city stages. Comics and illustration exhibitions, performances, film screening, competetitions and master-classes for young authors, meetings with artists and professionals and of course the book-fair — all of these could be found within every Boomfest.
In 2011 the Boomfest exhibition program takes place from 10th September to 16th October and educational program from 23th to 25th September.
Theme for the competition this year, “Borders”, read more http://boomfest.ru/competition.
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