Art Spiegelman, Breakdowns
Events in this season:
- Live From Kirby Plaza
- Stripping Off: Erotic Comics
- Art Spiegelman: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@*!
- Shelton, Spain, Spiegelman: Up From the Underground
- PoCom 2: Potential Comics Continued
- Incredibly Strange Comics
- Great British Comics: Past, Present + Future
- Comica Comiket
- Dave McKean's Imaginings
- Twentieth Century Boys
- Between the Panels 3
- Turning Classics Into Comics
- Alex Maleev: Master of Mood
- Ian Rankin: Crime & Comics
- Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of the Snow + Naruto 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
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Comica 2008
14 November 2008 - 30 November 2008
London’s ace comics festival is at the ICA for two weeks of talks, exhibitions and films.
More details on Comica at venues across London are at www.paulgravett.com.
Talks
Live From Kirby Plaza
23 November 2008
Paul Gravett, Paul Gambaccini and guests pay tribute to the creator-genius of American comic books.
Talks
Stripping Off: Erotic Comics
23 November 2008
A romp through the world of X-rated comics, from bandes dessinées to hentai manga.
Talks
Art Spiegelman: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@*!
24 November 2008
The Pulitzer-winning creator of Maus talks about his return to autobiography in his latest work.
Talks
Shelton, Spain, Spiegelman: Up From the Underground
23 November 2008
Three of the greatest members of the American underground comix movement recall the heady daze of their 60s debuts, their cartooning careers and their latest releases.
Visual Art
PoCom 2: Potential Comics Continued
14 - 26 Nov 2008
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Le Gun's Neal Fox, Bill Bragg, Emma Rendel and more fill our long wall with a graphic story mind-map.
Visual Art
Incredibly Strange Comics
14 - 26 Nov 2008
Reel at the world's most outrageous, weirdest comics: Amputee Love! The Girl Who Loved The Swastika! Trucker Fags in Denial!
Talks
Great British Comics: Past, Present + Future
23 November 2008
Celebrate comics favourites from your childhood and discover what's exciting today's kids.
Talks
Comica Comiket
22 November 2008
Meet and buy from self-publishing creators of comics and manga. Join in, and get work signed.
Talks
Dave McKean's Imaginings
16 November 2008
Take a tour of Dave McKean's new collaborations and his next solo comics.
Film
Twentieth Century Boys
26 November 2008
A first look at the live-action version of the manga series, inspired by the T.Rex song of almost the same name.
Talks
Between the Panels 3
16 November 2008
How do you make a graphic short story, and develop it into a graphic novel?
Talks
Turning Classics Into Comics
16 November 2008
Reinterpreting and reimagining the classics from Shakespeare to Wilde.
Talks
Alex Maleev: Master of Mood
18 November 2008
The Daredevil illustrator talks to David Hine about approaches and collaborations.
Talks
Ian Rankin: Crime & Comics
17 November 2008
Edinburgh's most famous crime writer talks about The Beano, literacy through comics, and his new Hellblazer graphic novel.
Film
Naruto: Ninja Clash in the Land of the Snow + Naruto 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
22, 29 - 30 Nov 2008
A special manga double bill, screening as part of our Comica season.