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Title: 
Essential comic dialogues. 2021 [Meeting]
Date: 
07-10-2021 / 16-12-2021
Place: 
Mediateka. Teka 202, floor 2
Produced by: 
Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao
Type: 
Meeting
Tags: 
Comic books
Drawing
Graphic novel
Podcasting
Summary: 
First cycle of mediation related to some essential
American, European, Manga and Spanish figures in the
world of comic figures takes place in the Komikteka
activation process. In these sessions the usual audience of adult readers
and newcomers can converse and reflect on the work of different graphic novel creators.
Description: 
Programme

Thursday, 7th October 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Hugo Pratt: “La balada del mar salado” ("The Ballad of the Salty Sea")

This session will center on the figure of Hugo Pratt, one of the great graphic illustrators, and Corto Maltese, one of the most memorable characters in the entire history of comics.

Thursday, 28th October 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Will Eisner: "Contrato con Dios" (“A Contract with God”)

Conversation about Will Eisner, a reference in the graphic novel, and about his work "Contract with God": daily stories that take place in a suburb of New York.

Thursday, 18th November 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Carlos Giménez: "Paracuellos"

Meeting about the graphic author Carlos Giménez and his work "Paracuellos". Autobiographical and considered one of the cartoonist’s best work, the novel talks about the education of orphans in the Spanish postwar period.

Thursday, 16th December 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Osamu Tezuka: "Adolf" (v.1)

Conversation about the manga author Osamu Tezuka and his work "Adolf," the story of three people with the same name: a Jewish boy living in Japan, a half-Japanese half-German boy, and the leader of Nazi Germany. Each of them deals with a point of view on the events of the Second World War.

Related activities: 
Diálogos, historietas y bocadillos. 2021 [Podcast]
Appears in Collections:
Literature - Comic
Mediation - Comic and literature