Saturday’s comics fair at Kino Šiška will provide an overview of this year’s comics harvest and a selection of releases from local comic book publishers, comic shops and sellers of second-hand classics.
The accompanying fair programme again brings a wide range of events for comics fans of all generations, and it is joined by the Remix Comix international conference programme, which includes comic book talks, masterclasses and conversations with renowned Slovenian and foreign comic book authors who will also sign their books.
We will conclude the fair day at 8PM with the conclude with the Zlatirepec Awards for the Best Original and Best Translated Comic Books of the Year, along with a comics concert, where the popular Zagreb musician Miki Solus and comics artist Izar Lunaček will join forces.
10.00–20.00 / upper lobby
COMICS FAIR
SIDE PROGRAMME:
11.00–13.00 / Komuna
TONI OR HOW TO GET NEW FOOTBALL BOOTS?
storytelling and children’s workshop (6+)
Toni is an avid football player who desperately wants the shiny new Ronaldo Speedster football boots. The comic will be interpreted by improv actor Juš Milčinski.The children will also meet the author of the comic, German illustrator Philip Waechter. The event will finish with a comics workshop led by Matej de Cecco. Apply for the workshop: prijava@divjamisel.org
13.00 / Kamera
WOMCOM: WOMEN’S POWER IN COMICS
exhibition
The travelling exhibition features the comic works created during the first two WOMCOM residencies in Serbia and Hungary.
14.00–14.45 / Katedrala
KATARINA ŠEME
masterclass
Comics artist, animator and graphic designer Katarina Šeme will reveal how her autobiographical travel comic debut Sumatra (VigeVageKnjige, 2022) came to be.
15.00–15.30 / Katedrala
PHILIP WAECHTER
conversation
Translator Neža Božič will talk with German illustrator and comic book author Philip Waechter about his work.
15.45–16.15 / Katedrala
IN THE SHELTER OF TREES
comic book talk
Finnish comics artist Sanna Hukkanen and cultural anthropologist Inkeri Aula will talk about their comic book In the Shelter of Trees (V zavetju dreves, Aristej, 2023).
16.00–18.00 / Komuna
FOR A BETTER TOMORROW
comics workshop for children (8+)
In the workshop aimed at the youngest, participants will come up with funny and playful slogans calling for a better and fairer future for all. Apply for the workshop: drustvo.gumb@gmail.com
16.30–17.15 / Katedrala
MIKAEL ROSS
masterclass
German comics artist Mikael Ross will take us behind the scenes of his high-profile comic book Der Umfall (Šola padanja, Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana, 2023).
17.30–18.00 / Katedrala
INVISIBLE LIVES
comic book talk
Janez Grm will talk with the author of the comic book Invisible Lives (Nevidna življenja), Ivan Mitrevski, and the head of the Counselling Office for Workers, Goran Lukić, about how the comic came to be.
18.15–19.00 / Katedrala
WINSHLUSS
masterclass
French comics artist and animator Winshluss, author of several high-profile comics, will offer us insight into his work process, showing us how his comics are created, from idea to final image.
19.15–19.45 / Katedrala
COMICS AND HERITAGE: STORIES FOR A NEW AUDIENCE
conversation
We will discuss how comic stories can build and consolidate collective historical memories with renowned comics creators Zoran Smiljanić, Marijan Pušavec and Jaka Vukotič. The debate will be moderated by historian Dr Blaž Vurnik.
20.00 / Katedrala
ZLATIREPEC 2023
comics awards ceremony
For the fifth year in a row, we will conclude the main day of the festival with the awarding of the Zlatirepec Awards for the best original and translated comics of 2023.
21.00 / Komuna
MIKI SOLUS VS. IZAR LUNAČEK
drawn concert
This year’s jubilee tenth edition of the Ljubljana Comics Festival will conclude with a drawn concert where popular Croatian musician Miki Solus and local comics artist Izar Lunaček will join forces.
Organisation: Kino Šiška in cooperation with Stripolis Institute, Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana, Remix Comix, Divja Misel Institute, Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House, Aristej Publishing House, GUMB Association, Packa Association of Slovenian Comics and Related Sequential Arts
Supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission, FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange, French Institute in Slovenia.
Masterclass sponsor: Outfit7.
Free admission.
10.00 – 22.00
www.tinta.si
