English (UK) 
Ελληνικά | Saturday, September 28, 2024 |
| 11:00 am |
Recipe for comics... just for kids! - Nikolas StefadourosIn this workshop, children will learn ways to make their own comic, with the purest virgin materials (i.e. pencil, paper, paints, etc.) and will travel with their heroes in their stories... by Nikolas Stefadouros
*Participation in all workshops is free. Instead of a fee, you can donate stationery (pencils, erasers, sharpeners, crayons, drawing blocks, etc.), which will be donated to the children of the Association of Voluntary Offering and Support “Orizondas”. |
| 11:00 am |
Comic; Drawing is not enough…The 9th Art, the art of comics, is directly intertwined with the visual element: drawing. But is this enough? Is it enough to have developed illustration skills to ensure the success of a good comic? As contradictory as it may sound from a... Master of the art, the Italian comic creator Massimo De Vita, explains that success in comics is not limited to pencil and pen. |
| 1:00 pm |
From the blank white page to bookstore shelves and festival tables: TasmarIn this workshop, we will discuss self-publishing from beginning to end: the conception of the idea, the creation process, the production (printing houses, screen printing studios, digital prints), the distribution, and the participation in festivals. *Participation in all workshops is free. Instead of a fee, you can donate stationery (pencils, erasers, sharpeners, crayons, drawing blocks, etc.), which will be donated to the children of the Association of Voluntary Offering and Support “Orizondas”. |
| 1:00 pm |
Manga: the past, present and future of Japanese comicsToday, manga has taken the world by storm. From the international sales of comics, they dominate to their recognizable aesthetic found in clothing, furniture, gadgets and even other Arts beyond the Ninth, the influence of Japanese comics is undeniable. But what is manga anyway? How do they relate to the broader Japanese culture? What led to their creation and spread? What are the essential milestones in their history? And why do they have big eyes? |
| 2:00 pm |
HELLASS BOOK: How to make a mix-and-match book: Anestis Mavromatis Parasidis, Dimitris AvramopoulosAfter creating our book with Dimitris Avramopoulos HELLASS BOOK, a mix-and-match book, we decided that the joy and fun of creating it was such that it would be extremely selfish if we did not share the secrets of its creation. The aim of the workshop will be to share this information we gathered during the creation of the form and at the same time the creation of a form by the participants after the workshop. In addition to lots of laughter, this specific process promotes cooperation in a special way, as the creation of characters results in countless other combinations which the participants place after discussion. We aspire to have the laboratory in the form of a cooperative game.
*Participation in all workshops is free. Instead of a fee, you can donate stationery (pencils, erasers, sharpeners, crayons, drawing blocks, etc.), which will be donated to the children of the Association of Voluntary Offering and Support “Orizondas”. |
| 3:00 pm |
Nobody Laughs Here AnymoreA 160+ page wordless "ping pong" graphic novel explores the pain of childhood trauma and the healing effects of time. A day in the life of a clown. Popped balloons and daydreams. A sad clown travels through his memories in search of meaning. It is a journey into the mind of a tortured soul longing for an escape. Past, present and future combine in a mosaic of the human condition. Memories make us who we are and shape our lives. In the end, it's all about how you survive. A psychological horror story about love, friendship and childhood trauma: join us in this discussion about how we planned everything and achieved our goal! Tips on how to plan your time and ideas for writing inspiration! |
| 4:00 pm |
Hard islands and black catsA double presentation of the two main works of Tasos Maragos Hard Rock and Kuro. |
| 5:00 pm |
Presentation of the comic "To ptoma" by Tassos Zafeiriadis, Yannis Palavos, Thanasis PetrouComic creators Tasos Zafeiriadis and Thanasis Petrou and screenwriter and author Yiannis Palavos discuss and present the journey of the corpse, which was reissued in 2024. A macabre commentary on urban loneliness by the creators of Gra-Gros, Tasos Zafeiriadis, Yiannis Palavos and Thanasis Petrou. In an apartment, the body of an old man is discovered in decay. The funeral home undertaking the funeral is obliged to wait for the daughter of the deceased, who is absent abroad. An office worker will keep the body overnight until the daughter arrives. Corpse is the story of two corpses – one in the present and one in the future. About two living people achieve, each in their way, what they have wanted all their lives: to communicate. A bitterly optimistic comic. (from the back cover of the book) |
| 6:00 pm |
Presentation of Ilan ManouachIlan Manouach (born 1980) is a conceptual comics creator, publisher, exhibition curator and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège after completing his PhD at Aalto University. He is the founder of the Brussels-based organization Echo Chamber, which aims to produce, support, document and record radical artistic practices in contemporary comics, as well as the director of the international research project Futures of Comics with the aim of the historical study of the mutations of the comics industry under the influence of economic developments, globalization and technological accessibility. Throughout his work, he investigates the language and possibilities of the medium of comics, the extensibility of their use beyond their traditional function, the ideological background that characterizes publishing and translation practices, the possibilities for decentralized and group creation of projects, etc. Among his dozens of works, all designed to provoke discussions and reflections centered on comics, stand out Shapereader, an experimental tactile reading system of comics through ideograms (tactigrams) for visually impaired people, Katz, an indirect conversation with his Maus Art Spiegelman through his groundbreaking gestural appropriation and deliberate misrepresentation, TinTin Akei Kongo (TinTin in the Congo), an identical book to TinTin's editions but translated into Lingala, the language spoken in the Congo and in which this particular adventure of Herge had never been translated for obvious reasons, One Piece, consisting of all the published material of the popular manga in a single monstrous volume of 21,540 pages that can only be considered as a conceptual, non-utilitarian sculpture-spectacle, coming into "collision" with the content of et al. |
| 7:00 pm |
"Between Us", a Horror Anthology by Chaniartoon PressMaster Manolis Hatzipanagiotou presents the first edition of "Chaniartoon Press" comic "Among Us", a collective horror anthology, with 11 original stories. The creators of the comic will also participate in the presentation: Spyros Derveniotis, Panos Zaharis, Efi Theodoropoulou, Nikos Kampasele, Stavros Kioutsiukis, Manolis Lagouvardos, Tasos Maragos, Alexia Othonaiu, Thanasis Petropoulos, Yiannis Rouboulias, Nikos Stavrianos. From the village hill near the Castle, from the shuttered house in the center of the city, from the upstairs apartment, the forest and the cemetery, from the Corinthian mountains and your safe house, from a world that does not there terror arrives and stabs with sharp teeth among us... A horror anthology, a comic dedicated to the Great Terror that is "among us" (like the title of the same name) and whispers in our ear that it is here again. (from the back cover of the book) |
| 8:00 pm |
Presentation of mangaka Shintaro KagoPresentation of the great Manga creator Shintaro Kago! Shintaro Kago, born in 1969 in Tokyo, is the primary representative of ero-guro, and his work moves between the grotesque, the erotic, the strange and the uncanny. His stories are distinguished by the constant deconstruction of the comic's form and its reconstruction through narrative paradoxes and unpredictable scenario outcomes, essentially playing with and testing the reader's mind. Something similar is done in his book "The Princess of the Eternal Castle", published by Jemma Press. We witness a parallel narrative, two parallel worlds and their eternal ramifications. This book, as mentioned by the editor of Myrto Tselentis, was released simultaneously in Japanese, Italian and English, something scarce for manga. Shintaro Kago's new manga, "The Twelve Sisters of the Eternal Castle", will also make its debut at the festival, which will be published by Jemma Press. Speakers: Shintaro Kago, Myrto Celentis, Georgia Vania In collaboration with Jemma Press – Jemma Books & Comics. |
| 9:30 pm |
Gemma LiveGemma is a five-member band that was formed in 2017 in Rethymno, Crete. Their music is a journey to many places and timelines. Inspired by ancient pagan Cretan sounds and influenced by the pioneers of electronic music, they create a unique futuristic show that combines post rock atmosphere, tribal rhythms, trance vibes and electropunk elements.
Their first LP is called Gemma, was released in 2021, including 8 tracks and has received fantastic reviews from press, blogs and radios from all over the world.
Their new album "Δρόμοι", was released in early 2024 with the help of Joe Records and is already stirring the waters of the Greek-speaking underground scene. With a dance, atmospheric and sometimes dark vibe and guests such as Marios Davelis (Fundracar) and Miss Zebra, Gemma are moving in new ways, with a willingness for extroversion and experimentation.
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