Comic Strip Festival Gaston Lagaffe Honoured

COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL GASTON LAGAFFE HONOURED

Well I never! In 2017, Gaston Lagaffe, Belgian comic strip publisher Dupuis’ famous lazybones, is celebrating his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, the Spirou Festival has invited Gaston to the Brussels Comic Strip Festival. From the Balloon’s Day Parade to the Gaston: Le Géant de la Gaffe exhibition, through lectures and a wide variety of activities, the little Belgian character in his green poloneck sweater makes is present in all the festivities.

EXHIBITION: “GASTON: LE GÉANT DE LA GAFFE” > STAND E1 Gaston is preparing his best jokes ever for a huge exhibition to mark the sixtieth anniversary of his debut in the SPIROU magazine in 1957. A trip though almost a thousand panels of Belgium’s favourite blunderer. Commissioner: Frédéric Jannin. (p. 44)

LECTURES Gaston and the work of his author, Franquin, will be the subject of discussion at several themed lectures led by Frédéric Jannin and Sergio Honorez (editorial director at Dupuis), among others. (p. 46)

“TRAGAWDOUKOUTRRR: ODE TO THE GAFFOPHONE”, A MUSICAL SHOW BY MAX VANDERVORST > BOZAR, ZAAL M Max Vandervorst gives a crazy, unique performance, in which he produces melodies from the strangest objects such as a supermarket trolley, a flat vacuum cleaner, and even a bottlephone, intended to be a stirring tribute to good old Gaston. Hilarity guaranteed. (p. 47)

A FESTIVAL, JUST FOR HIM > PARK, STAND D13 Gaston will feature predominantly at the Spirou Festival, an annual Brussels Comic Strip Festival gathering! A large space will be dedicated to kids’ activities: face-painting, colouring on lightboxes, a Gaston quiz, a scavenger hunt... This will also be the opportunity to get a sneak peek at the Gaffe Gallery, a new release from Dupuis Publishing!

A GIANT BALLOON IN HIS IMAGE To top it all off, Gaston gets a big head and invades the Balloon’s Day Parade thanks to a brand new balloon in his image. Join the 60-year-old lazybones and the whole gang on Sunday 3 September at Place des Palais! Come along from 10:00 for the balloon inflation, and from 13:00 for the parade of the giants of the ninth Art. COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL JEAN-DAVID MORVAN’S LIVING ROOM > BOZAR, ZONE E2

Jean-David Morvan will be on hand in his living room throughout the Brussels Comic Strip Festival. He will do what he usually does: he will work from his couch, use social media every which way, discuss his work, and interview his main collaborators. His colaborators will come and show him (as well as the audience) their new panels, answer questions, improvise autograph signing sessions and other spectacular performances. Don’t forget to stop by and have a coffee with Morvan from 1 to 3 September… in his living-room!

FRIDAY 1

15:00 - Raymond Leblanc Prize Master Class for Leblanc Prize candidates With Daniel Couvreur (Le Soir), Frederic Ronsse (Boekshop Flagey), Gauthier Van Merbeeck (Le Lom- bard’s publishing director), Thierry Tinlot (editor) 17:30 - MAGNUM PHOTOS/Aire LIBRE collection: combining photojournalism and comics With José-Louis Bocquet (assistant publishing director, Dupuis), Clément Saccomani (Noor Agency director, former publishing director of the Magnum Photos agency), Kim JungGi (author), Thierry Tinlot (editor) And in signing sessions: Kim Jung Gi, Séverine Tréfouel, Rey Macu- tey.

SATURDAY 2

11:00 - About Mao Zedong With Rafael Ortiz (author) and Cédric Olland 12:00 - Poland, matters of democracy With Marzena Sowa (author), Gregorz Rosinski (author), Piotr Rosinski (literary agent), Jurek Kuc- zkiewicz (journalist at SOIR), David Evrard (author), Severine Trefouel (author) and Nicolas Anspach (moderator). SUNDAY 3 14:00 - The Korean invasion has begun! With Kim Jung Gi (author), Yoon Gin Choi (author), 11:00 - have some more Spirou and Fantasio: what an Jean-Christophe Caurette (Superani) adventure! 17:30 - Morvan and his ecosystem: welcome to my With Jose-Luis Munuera (author), Boris Demaria show, my friends! (author) With Sylvain Savoia (author), Rey Macutey (author), 12:30 - Glénat Comics Severine Trefouel (author) Cédric Illand (editor) With Olivier Jalabert (editor), Eloise de la Maison And in signing sessions: Rafael Ortiz, Kim Jung Gi, Rey Macutey, (community manager) David Evrard, Séverine Tréfouel, Sylvain Savoia, Jose-Luis Munuera. 14:00 - adapting Barjavel With Rey Macutey (author) 15:30 - Savoia worked with other writers besides me, the bastard! With Sylvain Savoia And in signing sessions: Rafael Ortiz, Kim Jung Gi, Rey Macutey, David Evrard, Séverine Tréfouel, Sylvain Savoia, Jose-Luis Munuera

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GASTON: LE GÉANT DE LA GAFFE THORGAL > BOZAR, STAND E1 (FR/NL) > BOZAR - STAND F25 (FR) In the prestigious setting of Horta Hall As part of the 40th anniversary of at BOZAR, Gaston will roll out his best the famous series created by Jean gaffes for a flash (full-size!) exhibition van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosinski, to mark the sixtieth anniversary of his discover over thirty original black and debut in the SPIROU magazine in 1957. white panels. And for the very first A trip though almost a thousand panels of time in Brussels, attend a live painting Belgium’s favourite blunderer. performance by Grzegorz Rosinski at Commissioner: Frédéric Jannin. the Brussels Comic Strip Festival! Produced by Editions du Lombard and 29/05/17 12:01 INT_INTTHORGALNIFFLE_02_FR_PG001_344.indd 15 FIBD Angoulême. ‘UN MONDE MÉROLL’: EXHIBITION Editions du Lombard production. CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF REQUINS MARTEAUX > BOZAR, SILENCIEUSE(S) STAND E4 (FR) > BOZAR, STAND F27 (FR) In the Méroll World, more than An exhibition of panel one in three people consume reproductions from the Méroll oil every day. It’s a “two- Silencieuse(s) comics. A work in-one” oil that can be used portraying the many forms both for cooking and in your of assault in public spaces, engine! A lecture on uninhibited including harrassment, dragging consumerism, propaganda in and insults. Nine women talk advertising and globalisation, about their experiences, and aim the ”A Méroll World” exhibition to make an impact. is a 3D satirical tale. A Flagey Books production. A Requins-Marteaux production. KAMIMURA VOYEUR > PARC, STAND A16 (FR/NL) > BOZAR, STAND E3 (FR) An exhibition dedicated to Kazuo Kamimura Horacio Altuna, the Argentine cartoonist (1940-1986), an author who went against the and master of thrillers, also happens to mainstream trends of the 1960s and 1970s. His work be a world-renowned PlayBoy author. has a unique aesthetic and sketches a portrait in relief Horacio Altuna’s sharp-humoured work of a Japanese society, under American supervision, is on display behind closed doors in that is changing but where women are more than ever one of BOZAR’s rooms. Fans: keep your prevented from flourishing. eyes peeled! A Kana Publishing and A Flagey Books production. FIBD Angoulême production.

TITEUF, À FOND LE SLIP ! > BOZAR - STAND F15 (FR) Titeuf is turning 25 in 2017. Yet he’s still a child of his time. The release of the fifteenth album, “À fond le Slip!“, confirms it. The Brussels Comic Strip Festival presents a selection of panels from this hilarious new album with drone flights, exploding abandoned suitcases, and inappropriate selfies. A Glénat Publishing and FIBD Angoulême production. COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS

COMIC STRIP MARKET Collectors, bargain hunters, fans: prepare to lose track of time! At the Comic Strip Market, you have the chance to find that missing piece, rediscover a forgotten gem, reacquaint yourself with the heros of your youth, or simply replenish your library! There will be an impressive amount of comic strips and items related to the world of the Ninth Art, all for your enjoyment. > BOZAR - HALL G SIGNING SESSIONS At both Brussels Parc and BOZAR, several hundred of the most world-renowned comic strip authors will be on hand to sign your favourite albums! This year, we will be joined by Zep, Zidrou, Grzegorz Rosinski, Jean-David Morvan, Rey Macutay, Daniel Goossens, Kim Jung Gi, Horacio Altuna, Lewis Trondheim, Arthur De Pins, Crisse, Jean-Louis Tripp, and many more!

LIST AND FULL SCHEDULE OF SIGNING SESSIONS AVAILABLE AT COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL INFORMATION POINTS OR AT WWW.COMICSTRIPFESTIVAL.BRUSSELS COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL LECTURES

A great many authors, specialists, publishers 13:45 - THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST. and journalists will rotate through the BOZAR WHAT IMPACT DO TRAVEL, COUNTRIES AND CULTURES HAVE ON CREATIVE WORK? halls to offer you lectures, encounters and round > BOZAR, STUDIO tables on subjects of burning interest in the Living in a country, immersing oneself in its culture, world of the Ninth Art. environment and residents, inevitably shapes one’s FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER artistic personality. But how? This will be the subject of discussion between artists from four different countries. 15:45 - “REINVENTING GASTON’S COLOURS“ Mari Laaniste, Liisa Kruusmägi, Kivi Larmola, Sanna Larmola et Maciej > BOZAR, STUDIO Palka – 45 minutes Over a four-year period, Frédéric Jannin, commissioned by Dupuis to recolour the 900 panels for the 2017 15:00 - PUBLISHING FRANQUIN, A JOB FOR LIFE? Festival, has remastered every single Gaston panel. He > BOZAR, STUDIO will explain to us, with the aid of documentation, how For several years, Dupuis has been very active in he saved - and sometimes rediscovered - Franquin’s promoting the treasures from its famous catalogue. With treasures. regard to Franquin, who was their mainstayfor several Frédéric Jannin and Morgan Di Salvia – 45 minutes decades, we have seen a proliferation of remastered editions, annotated works, and other new publications. 19:00 - COMIC STRIPS AND GENRES – THE CHALLENGES What if there were still a few surprises left? What if we OF A COMICS AUTHOR AND HER FEMALE CHARACTERS shared them with you? > BOZAR, STUDIO This lecture offers an insight into the role of women in Sergio Honorez, publishing director at Dupuis Publishing and Morgan comics by one of the founders of Laydeez Do Comics Di Salvia – 45 minutes and Czech comics author, Štěpánka Jislová. 16:15 - FLEMISH CARTOONISTS VERSUS Štěpánka Jislová - 45 minutes FRENCH-SPEAKING CARTOONISTS SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER > BOZAR, STUDIO Since the beginning of time, editorial cartoonists have 10:45 - GOTLIBUS DECONNUS REX: IN MEMORIAM been our best editorial writers. Do the artists from the > BOZAR, ROOM M north of the country work differently from their southern We lost Marcel Gotlib a few months ago. From “La Rubric à counterparts? Answers and examples. brac“ to “L’Echo des Savanes“ and from “Hamster Jovial,“ Kim Duchateau, Pieter De Poortere, duBus and Vadot. Host: Marc to “Les Dingodossiers,“ he invented modern humour, both Oschinsky – 45 minutes transgressive and well-meaning. Three of his partners and friends will come and speak about “the Boss“ as he was 17:30 - HISTORICAL COMICS, INSANELY MODERN? known at “Fluide Glacial“. > BOZAR, STUDIO Zep, Frédéric Jannin, Daniel Goossens and Daniel Couvreur - 60 Each year the Cognito Prize recognises the best minutes historical comics. Accompanied by this year’s winner, publishers and authors specialising in historical 11:15 - YOUNG AUTHORS: WHY DON’T WE LEND THEM A comics dive into the heart of one of the most lively and HAND? > BOZAR, STUDIO innovative sectors of the modern publishing world. It’s not easy for young authors to make their way Simon Casterman, Marcel Croës, Dugomier and the author of the through the modern publishing jungle. Assistance is winning work – 45 minutes available, both private and public. And publishers also 18:45 – SILENT make funding available to assist talented young people. > BOZAR, STUDIO Aude Mermilliod, Gauthier Van Meerbeeck, Bruno Merckx, Richard “Nice ass!“ is shoouted as she walks by in retrospect, Valledrand and Michel Dufranne – 45 minutes it’s no big deal, except that “she“ is you and me. And 12:30 - PANDORA MAGAZINE above all, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Lecture and > BOZAR, STUDIO presentation of the book. The various speakers will Pandora magazine (published by Casterman) presents draw the audience into a debate in order to speak out short stories in comic strip format as well as illustrated against street harassment. A Flagey Books initiative. literary texts. Any topic can be broached in any genre, Sibylline Meynet, Salomé Joly, Florence Hainaut and Sylvie Lausberg and any style can be invented with no limitations in – 45 minutes terms of subject matter. Pandora is the best of 2017 comics creativity! Benoit Mouchart, Max de Radiguès, Hugo Piette and Olivier Van Vaerenbergh – 45 minutes COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL LECTURES

SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER TRAGAWDOUKOUTRRR: ODE TO THE GAFFOPHONE > BOZAR, ROOM M 12:30 - INFINITY 8 Max Vandervorst will produce melodies from the > BOZAR, STUDIO strangest objects such as a supermarket trolley, a flat All aboard for a pop and pulp space opera! Each album vacuum cleaner, and even a bottlephone, intended to be is written by two authors, Lewis Trondheim and one of a stirring tribute to good old Gaston. Hilarity guaranteed. the other great script writers, and put into pictures by an With Max Vandervorst, Frédéric Jannin, Thierry Tinlot, Frank Wuyts, illustrator under the artistic direction of Olivier Vatine. Frédéric Dailly and Stephan Pougin 8 agents, 8 missions, 8 temporal reboots to reveal the Saturday 2 at 14:00 - 60 minutes truth and save Infinity 8! Price: €8 adults, €5 children <12 – tickets on sale at the BOZAR ticket Lewis Trondheim, Lorenzo De Felici – 45 minutes office

15:00 - “TYPOGRAPHY IN FRANQUIN’S WORK“ DRAWING CONCERT: “LOUP, LOOKING FOR MEMORIES“ > BOZAR, STUDIO > BOZAR, STUDIO Any pro will tell you that readable comics start with... Loup, the talented guitarist, has lost his memory... To good lettering. Because typography is also art. Through help him get it back, comics author Renaud Dillies and his works, Franquin combined absolute rigour with guitarist Michel Castillano guide him along the way. unbridled creativity. An examination of these little A beautiful show full of poetic music and drawing in letters (and other illustrated curses) with an experct of search of Loup’s memories. the subject matter. With Renaud Dillies, Michel Castillano and Morgan Di Salvia Pierre Huyghebaert (Speculoos Studio and OSP), typographer, and Friday 1 at 18:00 – 30 minutes Sergio Honorez – 45 minutes Free admission

16:15 - JUDITH VANISTENDAEL ON MIKEL GAG LECTURE > BOZAR, STUDIO > BOZAR, ROOM M How do you illustrate someone else’s script? What are With the scientific rigour of American car dealers and the limits and freedoms of the work process? Come the natural charisma of Czechoslovakian physicists, along to a talk on creating a comic strip, thinking up a Bernstein & James, famous authors of “Gag School“, good storyline and using the best style of drawing. offer an illustrated lecture dedicated to the phenomenon Judith Vanistendael and Gert Meesters – 45 minutes of humour. A performance offered by Fluide Glacial. By Bernstein & James Saturday 2 at 16:30 – 45 minutes PERFORMANCES Free admission EXQUISITE CORPSE WITH ZIDROU AND SHOWS > BOZAR, STUDIO Watch Zidrou and his Spanish illustrators Lafebre, DRAWING SHOWS > BOZAR, ZONE E5 Homs, Hernandez and Porcel express their abundant Kim Jung Gi travel from his native Korea to give you the imagination. Using a word or drawing as a starting chance to watch him complete one of his impressive point, Zidrou and his associates will whisk you away in murals over three days. The Korean author will also be brand new, a colourful story! signing his albums and sketch books, and will bring his With Zidrou, Jordi Lafebre, Josep Homs, Oriol Hernandez, Stephanie brushes with him to Jean-David Morvan’s living room. Coesten and Francis Porcel Sunday 3 at 11.15 AM – 45 minutes Friday 1 at 15:30 - Saturday 2 at 12:00 and 15:30 - Sunday 3 at 13:00 Free admission and 16:00

For the very first time in Brussels, come along to a fantastic live painting performance by Grzegorz Rosinski! In the time it takes him to do a painting, the master will give you a window into his world. The work will then be exhibited in of the Le Lombard stand bookstore > PARC, STAND A20 and auctioned off for charity. Saturday 2 at 15:30 PM COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

FRIDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 17:30 - LE PETIT SPIROU (SPECIAL SCREENING, ATTENDED BY TOME & JANRY) 16:00 - “IN A CORNER OF THIS WORLD“ (EXCLUSIVE > BOZAR, ROOM HENRY LE BŒUF BELGIAN PREMIERE AND DISTRIBUTION) Franco-Belgian film by Nicolas Bary based on Le petit > BOZAR, ROOM M Spirou comic (Dupuis Publishing). Japanese animated film by Sunao Katabuchi, based on When Spirou’s mother tells him he will be attending the work of Fumiyo Kôno (Kana Publishing). hotel porter school next year, young Spirou, with the When war broke out, life became complicated for Suzu help of his friends, uses the last days of school to Urano. How should she run the household, enjoy life declare his love to Suzette. And not just any old way. as a family and as a couple and stock up on supplies They decide to go on an extraordinary adventure. in the middle of the air raids? Would Suzu still be able Release date: 27 September 2017 to preserve her characteristic zest for life under these Price: €9 adults, €7 children <12 – tickets on sale at the BOZAR ticket conditions? office Official release date: 13 September 2017 (2 hours 8 mins) Language : FR - Free admission 18:00 - TITEUF (ATTENDED BY ZEP) > BOZAR, ROOM M 19:00 - THE LORD OF THE RINGS French animation film by Zep (Glénat) > CINEMATEK, ROOM LEDOUX It’s a disaster! Nadia is celebrating her birthday and Animated film by Ralph Bakshi (1978) introduced by Titeuf isn’t invited! Why? How could she forget it when Gregorz Rosinski. he expresses his perfected over-seductive attitude Well before Peter Jackson’s gorgeous epic, Bakshi each time he sees her? Despite other chaos in Titeuf’s adapted Tolkien’s trilogy into a film in which the life, he never loses sight of his goal: being invited to “rotoscoping“ process (real actors are filmed, then the beautiful Nadia’s birthday party! image is traced on cartoon panels) works wonders. Release date: 6 April 2011 (1 hour 27 mins) Price: €4/€2 with Comics Pass Language: FR subtitled EN Free admission SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 12:00 - THE SISTERS (TELEVISION SERIES – OUF TIVI: SPECIAL SESSION WITH COMICS AUTHORS CAZENOVE 11:00 - A BRIGHT BLUE SKY (ARTE PREMIERE) AND WILLIAM) > BOZAR, ROOM M > BOZAR, ROOM M French film by Nicolas Boukhrief, based on the work by The difficult but hilarious sisters will now experience Jiro Taniguchi (Casterman Publishing). Co-production their adventures in cartoon form! The Brussels Comic with BOZAR Cinema. Strip Festival, in cooperation with Bamboo Publishing Following a road accident Vincent is declared dead and and Ouf TV offer you a special session with comics Leo is left in a coma. When Leo awakes from his coma, authors Christophe Cazenove and William. the young man’s body is inhabited by Vincent’s mind. Language: FR Release date: October 2017 (1 hour 36 mins) Free admission Language: FR Free admission 17:00 - HEARTBEAT > CINEMATEK, ROOM LEDOUX 15:00 - POLINA (FIRST BELGIAN RELEASE) This French film by Marcel Pagnol, introduced by the > BOZAR, ROOM M authors of the comic strip “Le Schpounz“, Efix and S. French film by Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj, Scotto (Grand Angle Publishing). based on the work of Bastien Vivès (Casterman). Co- About a fool from Provence, the “imbecile,“ played by production with BOZAR Cinema. Fernandel who is always outdoing himself, rapid-fire While she is preparing to join the prestigious Bolshoi repartee and charming scenes make for some of the Ballet, Polina, a dancer, attends to a contemporary best satire on film in Pagnol’s perspective. dance performance that changes everything. She Price: €4/€2 with Comics Pass decides to drop everything and try to do things her way. Release date: 16 November 2016 (1 hour 48 mins) Language: FR subtitled EN Free admission 5 PM - GATE OF FLESH (NIKUTAI NO MON) KIDS ZONE > PARC > CINEMATEK, ROOM LEDOUX The Kids Zone offers fun and creative activities for A Japanese film by Seijun Suzuki (1964), introduced children: colouring workshops, manga makeover studio, by Jean-David Morvan, sponsor of the Atomium Prizes do-it-yourself comics workshops... There’s something Post-war Japan. The country is devastated and the black for everyone! market holds sway. Five prostitutes swear they will not Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00 have sex with anyone besides their customers. But one of them, Mashito, does not keep her promise. One of ATELIER 24 > PARC, STAND D4 cult film-maker Seijun Suzuki’s greatest successes. Uncover the secrets of comics production, learn how Price: €4/€2 with Comics Pass to tell a story and create your characters. Whether you are a beginner or a long-time enthusiast, Atelier 24’s authors will be there to share their experience with you ACTIVITIES AND and the tricks of their trade! FANWARS > PARC, STAND C10 WORKSHOPS The 501st FanWars Garrison will transport you into the Star Wars universe with its original decor, models, COMIC STRIP SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES > BOZAR & PARC costumes and imperial animation. Join the dark side! Take advantage of the presence of the Tournai, Watermael-Boitsfort, and Châtelet Fine Arts Academies ZONE GEEK > BOZAR, ZONE G1 as well as digital arts students from ESA Saint-Luc in Come to the Geek Zone and Flash Raccoon and explore Brussels. They will help you learn how to produce geek pop culture activities, film, cosplay, and imaginary comics and show you their wildest projects. worlds! On the schedule: quizzes, blind tests, demos and Belgian content exhibitions... there will be surprises INTERNATIONAL PAVILION and gifts to win! > PARC, HALL B The international delegations and representatives will offer many workshops at the International Pavilion. The exact schedule can be found on page 50 of this programme, as well as on the Brussels Comic Strip Festival website.

COMICS ART MUSEUM > BOZAR, STAND F20 Discover the Belgian Comic Strip Center’s (CBBD) next large exhibition, dedicated to the New Flemish Comic Strip! The CBBD’s reading nook offers you a selection of comic strips produced by the cream of this new generation of authors, as well as a competition related to the works exhibited.

BELGOTAKU > PARC, STAND A3 Belgotaku is back at the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, much to the delight of manga fans! Come and take part in board and card games that will test your knowledge of manga, discover new releases or join in a Cosplay workshop!

RETROLUDIX > BOZAR, STAND F13 Comics have always been subject to adaptations into video games. The “Retroludix“ Association offers you the chance to pick up a joystick at their stand and get acquainted with these “comic games“ and take a nostalgic journey back to the 1980s and 1990s. COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL PAVILION > PARC, HALL B

Belgium may be especially proud of its comic POLAND (POLISH INSTITUTE) strip heritage, but many other countries have The artist Maciej Palka will give you the key to move also produced great successes. Among them, from a blank page to a comic result, even without an 18 foreign cultural representatives will be initial idea. He will also explain how to get yourself present at the International Pavilion so that published! people can discover their works and take the Saturday 2 at 18:30 Also, Wojciech Stefaniec invites you to his drawig show – Sunday 3 at 15:30 opportunity to share their experiences. ROMANIA THE EUNIC BRUSSELS COUNTRIES (ROMANIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE BRUSSELS) > STAND B1 With the help of some fantastic games such as ‘Exquisite The members of the European Union National Institutes Corpse’, Xenia Pamfil will introduce children of all ages for Culture invite you to discover their countries’ comic to comic strip techniques, while having fun at the same strip heritage. On top of a reading corner, drawing shows time! – Saturday 2 at 11:00 and signing sessions, each country will be offering workshops and conferences. Get more information from TURKEY (YUNUS EMRE INSTITUTE) the stand (B1) or the website. The Turkish caricaturist Uğur Gürsoy will share his personal experiences of the comic strip world. How CAMÕES, PORTUGAL (INSTITUTE COOPERATION AND does he find inspiration? How does he put it onto LANGUAGE, I.P. – PORTUGAL) paper? Which steps are required to produce a comic Paul Monteiro is offering children aged 6-12 the chance strip album? – Saturday 2 at 15:30 to discover how easy it is to tell illustrated stories. Saturday 2 September at 15:00 ITALY (LUCCA COMICS & GAMES BY LUCCA CREA SRL & He will also be giving a lecture on Portugese comics – THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE) Sunday 3 September at 12:30 > STAND B2 EN, IT Lucca Comics & Games is returning to the Brussels ESTONIA (PERMANENT REPRESENTATION OF ESTONIA TO Comic Strip Festival to present three gifted Italian THE EU) artists : Mirka Andolfo, Giuseppe Palumbo and Riccardo Estonia are offering a sketched out board game, a lecture Pieruccini, who will take part in signing sessions and on the influence of travel on comic strip work and, finally, drawing shows. an introspective workshop with their Finnish counter parts that will explain how to search within yourself to CZECH REPUBLIC (CZECH CENTRE BRUSSELS) tell a personal story. An autobiography, ideas and travel > STAND B3 (FR, EN) journal, all in one. – Friday 1 at 17:00 and Saturday 2 at 13:45 The Czech Centre in Brussels invites you to discover and 17:00 the best of Czech comics. For adults, Lucie Lomová will be signing her books in French, and for the children, HUNGARY (BALASSI INSTITUTE – CULTURAL SERVICE she will be giving a workshop. Štěpánka Jislová will OF THE EMBASSY OF HUNGARY) be giving a lecture on how the place of women is While Attila Futaki will present the first stages in his approached in comics. inking of the book ‘The Hypnos’ and let the audience have a go themselves, another workshop will allow STERLING BOOKS you to explore the first steps in creating a new comic > STAND B4 (EN) strip. Finally, there will be a lecture touching on the Sterling Books, the independent English bookshop Hungarian Revolution as seen by Attila Futaki in ‘The in Brussels, brings a selection of their great range Angel of Budapest’. – Saturday 2 at 14:00 and 18:00 and Sunday of English-language comics to the festival. Daniel 3 at 14:00 Clowes, Alan Moore, Joe Sacco and Posy Simmonds, ‘The Walking Dead’, DC, Marvel, etc. THE BASQUE COUNTRY (ETXEPARE BASQUE INSTITUTE) The two workshops given will allow your children to create their own comic strip, while also discovering comic strip vocabulary and the cutting process, and trying out different drawing techniques on a variety of materials. – Saturday 2 at 12:30 and Sunday 3 at 11:00 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (CONGOLESE BRAZIL (BRAZILIAN EMBASSY IN BRUSSELS) COMIC STRIP CENTRE) > STAND B11 (FR, EN, PT) > STAND B5 (FR) Brazil is represented by two of its flagship authors, Adão The Congolese Comic Strip Centre aims to produce and Iturrusgarai and Cynthia Bonacossa. Both are editorial promote Congolesian comics past and present, bringing cartoonists and authors of several comic strips and will together authors, independent artists, publishers, be offering signing sessions and the opportunity to journalists and cultural operators. The Congolese reflect on the Ninth Art and Brazil, as well as drawing Comic Strip Centre will give an exhibition and signing shows. session of albums on sale. HONG KONG (HONG KONG ARTS CENTRE) TUNISIA (COLLECTIF LAB619) > STAND B12 (EN) > STAND B6 (FR) Why only read a comic? Why not play with it? This is Lab619 is an independent Tunisian experimental comic what ‘PLAY! Hong Kong Comics Touring Exhibition’ collective that produces a magazine that is unique in offers. A touring exhibition that highlights the history Tunisia. Come along and find out about the magazine and development of the local comic, from 1960 to the and its derivatives, and enjoy the collective’s lecture present day. Exchanges, sales, drawing shows and and signing sessions. signing sessions are all included in the programme.

EGYPT (TOKTOK MAG) > STAND B7 (FR, EN) It was in January 2011, in a climate of social unrest, that the first issue of the TokTok magazine was published. The quarterly magazine echoes both the comical and tragic side of the reality of daily life in Egypt. Three founding artists will be here for an exchange and signing session.

“RE-ANIMATE EUROPE“ INTERNATIONAL COMIC COMPETITION 2017 > STAND B8 (EN) How do you re-animate Europe? This is the question that several artists will be answering in this exhibition. Come along and discover the work of 75 artists from across Europe. The winner of the competition on which this exhibition is based will be delighted to sign their works for you.

SOUTH KOREA (KOREAN CULTURAL CENTRE IN BRUSSELS) > STAND B9 (FR, EN) Five Korean authors will exhibit their work: KIM Jung Gi, CHOI Gyusuk, SOO Shinji, RYU Seunghee and HAN Hyeyeon. There will even be a photo zone to immortalise the event.

HAVANA AND ALGIERS (THE AUTRIQUE HOUSE) > STAND B10 (FR, NL, EN, ES) To mark the release of its new publication, Kronikas, the Autrique House is holding an exhibition, a lecture and signing sessions by authors from Brussels, Algeria and Cuba. A fictitious inventory of each city’s heritage from the point of view of the authors who live in the capitals. COMIC STRIP FESTIVAL PARADES

BALLOON’S DAY PARADE As is the case every year, an extra balloon will put in an appearance at the parade. So, this year, Gaston will be participating in this great adventure, flouting his famous laziness for his birthday! Come and watch our friends be inflated on Sunday morning at Place des Palais. Then walk with them through the streets of Brussels. At the end, tell them “see you next year“ as they are deflated on Boulevard du Centre. The route: Place des Palais > Rue Ducale > Rue de la Loi > Rue des Colonies > Place de l’Albertine > Boulevard de l’Empereur > Rue des Alexiens > Rue des Bogaerds > Boulevard Anspach > City Centre Boulevards.

SUNDAY 3 10:00 > 13:30 - balloon inflation at Place des Palais 15:00 - the Balloon’s Day Parade departs 18:00 - arrival and end of the parade on the Boulevards of the city centre. THE TINTIN RALLY The rally, one of the absolute must-sees of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, will be a bit different this year, since Tintin Magazine is inviting Spirou Magazine along to the festival! In all, about 100 collectors’ cars that have featured in the Tintin or Spirou magazines will come alive in Brussels and beyond. After a journey of around 100 kilometres starting in several Belgian towns, the legendary racing cars will arrive in Brussels during the afternoon of Sunday 3 September. Upon their arrival at the Place des Palais, they will be judged by a formidable jury. For the rest of the day, visitors will then have the opportunity to admire the cars at the Place des Palais.

SUNDAY 3 9:00 - the rally departs 13:00 - the vehicles arrive at the Place des Palais and are judged by the jury 13:00 - 18:00 - car exhibition at the Place des Palais

THE “EXTRA’S” OF THE COMICS STRIP FESTIVAL Throughout this fantastic weekend, the KOREAN CULTURAL CENTRE Brussels Comic Strip Festival has a programme The Spectrum of the Blue, Youth packed with unique activities. Come and The Korean Cultural Centre in Brussels will hold its 4th celebrate the Comic Strip Festival throughout exhibition of Belgian and Korean comics, in cooperation the city! with Manhawa Contents Agency (KOMACON). This year, KOMACON is celebrating its 20th anniversary and seven Belgian and Korean authors will present their GUIDED TOURS works about “Youth“ for the occasion. (FREE) Address: Rue de la Régence 4, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:00 > 17:00 Free guided tours from Friday to Sunday in French, Special opening hours: Sunday 3 September. Dutch and English! FILIGRANES BOOKSTORE GUIDED TOURS OF COMIC STRIP WALLS In celebration of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, (1 HOUR 30 MINS) L’Atelier Mille, the cream of the young Belgian comic, Travel across Brussels with a professional guide will be putting on an exhibition at Filigranes. Come and from Arkadia to admire favourite characters such as admire the panels, drawings, research, etc. on the large Astérix, Tintin and Milou, Néron and even Ric Hochet, red wall of the bookstore by the Belgium’s comic strip immortalised in giant size on the walls of almost 50 dream team – the new generation! houses. Address: Avenue des Arts 39-42, 1040 Brussels, Belgium Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10:00>20:00, Saturday 10:00>19:30, GUIDED BICYCLE TOUR TO LAEKEN (3 HOURS) Sunday 10:00-19:00 Go on an 8-kilometre cycle ride to Laeken and explore the north of Brussels, where two wheels go hand in BELGIAN COMIC STRIP CENTRE hand with the Ninth Art. Professional guides from Pro The Belgian Comic Strip Centre in all its colours! On Velo will accompany you throughout this journey of Saturday, it offers an exquisite corpse led by Zidrou comic strip discovery. and his Spanish collaborators. Afterwards, Zidrou will take you on a guided tour of the temporary exhibition Information and registration at all Comic Strip Festival information dedicated to himself, which will end with a signing points. session along with his collaborators. Address: Rue des Sables, 20-1000 Brussels Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00 Prices: Adults €10/Senior citizens €8/Young people 12-25 €7/ EXHIBITIONS AND Children under 12 €3.50. Discount for Comic Strip Pass holders!

ACTIVITIES ACROSS MOOF The Museum Of Original Figurines will open its doors THE CITY for the Comic Strip Festival weekend! Comic Strip Pass holders will enjoy a special discount to visit this must- CHAMPAKA GALLERY see shrine to the Ninth Art. Rey Macutay, who was entrusted by J-D Morvan with Address: Rue du Marché aux herbes 116, 1000 Brussels the task of drawing Jaurès (2014) and Ravage (2016), is (Horta Gallery) a veritable graphical adventurer. With bold composition, Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00>18:00 panels laid out like paintings and energetic drawing, Prices: Adults €10/Senior citizens, students and young people aged Rey Macutay is fearless. The exhibition – a world 10-18 €8/Children under 10 €3. Discount for Comic Strip Pass premiere - will display his major panels. holders! Address: 27, rue Ernest Allard, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Opening hours: Friday 1 to Sunday 3, 11:00 > 18:30 COMICS FOOD CORNER Take a gourmet break and stroll over to our Iris Food GALERIE TINTIN©HERGÉ Corner located at Place Royale and Place des Palais. The gallery will present a facility devoted to the Tintin’s Many unusual and flavourful dishes will be available: Imaginary Museum. Developed in 1979, this exhibition cocktails, sushi, falafel, bagels, vegan burgers, insects, brings together the legendary items collected by Tintin as well as African and Balinese dishes, await you. There throughout his adventures and the real objects that will be something for everyone ! inspired them. > Place des Palais Address: Place du Grand Sablon 35, Brussels, Belgium Friday 1 : 12:00 – 22:00 Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 111:00 > 18:00 Saturday 2 : 10:00 – 22:00 53 Sunday 3 : 10:00 – 22:00 #stripfeest #fetedelabd Gay Centre:Opmaak 1 7/02/11 11:19 Pagina 1 BRUSSELS à la carte FR Gay Centre:Opmaak 1 7/02/11 11:19 Pagina 1 MINI

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