tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24822136851819846052024-03-14T07:01:21.050+01:00International Festival of Comics and Games in ŁódźThe Łódź festival is the biggest comics event in Poland and Eastern Europe. Traditionally held in October, it gathers thousands of comics fans from Poland and abroad.International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-65191943505377928732010-06-02T12:21:00.002+02:002010-06-02T13:08:37.635+02:00rules and guestsWe published the new rules for our short comics story competition, you can read or download them <a href="http://www.komiksfestiwal.com/english.html#rules">here</a>, on our <a href="http://www.komiksfestiwal.com/">website</a>, which, by the way, will be restructured and redesigned during the summer...<br /><br />We are also very happy to announce that among our guests this year, there will be <a href="http://www.normbreyfogle.com/">Norm Breyfogle </a>and <a href="http://www.comicbookalex.com/">Alex Robinson</a>, along with a few German artists: <a href="http://www.mawilcomix.de/">Mawil</a>, <a href="http://lambiek.net/artists/f/flix.htm">Flix</a>, <a href="http://www.oesterle-illustration.com/">Uli Oesterle </a>and <a href="http://saschahommer.blogspot.com/">Sascha Hommer</a>. More names to come very soon.International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-69138246667365794742010-06-02T11:19:00.003+02:002010-06-02T11:33:52.029+02:00the new poster!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi3wY58soocgkxDWciRa9x_UEjCK4_82zJQEZFPna5MHFHXojBeE3QfXJ0KJCIC5iOpH-gi12t5bWGvvwQQdcv9H1BGCc1mlKB5pXLqlT8f2bmAdt91AiumpGRCVG_Bv3ZqPTRbIWAZA/s1600/plakat+ma%C5%82y.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478107004168390706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDi3wY58soocgkxDWciRa9x_UEjCK4_82zJQEZFPna5MHFHXojBeE3QfXJ0KJCIC5iOpH-gi12t5bWGvvwQQdcv9H1BGCc1mlKB5pXLqlT8f2bmAdt91AiumpGRCVG_Bv3ZqPTRbIWAZA/s320/plakat+ma%C5%82y.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Keeping in mind the 600th anniversary of the battle of Grunwald (for some: Tannenberg) in 2010, we give you this year's poster of the 21. International Festival of Comics and Games, by our 2009 Grand Prix winner - JACEK FRĄŚ.</div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-66971887289125483492010-06-02T11:14:00.003+02:002010-06-02T11:19:34.285+02:00Some photosPhotos from <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/piotr.kasinski/9Kommissjia2010WystawaKomiksuPolskiegoWMoskwie#">Moscow</a> (Kommissia Festival), <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/piotr.kasinski/DziecieceSpotkaniaZKomiksemPacanow2010#">Pacanow</a> (Children's Meetings with Comics) and <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/piotr.kasinski/FestiwalKomiksowaWarszawa2010#">Warsaw</a> (Comics Warsaw). Enjoy.International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-31211756263073710182010-05-14T09:53:00.003+02:002010-05-14T09:59:24.799+02:00Moscow - festival Kommissia and the Polish expo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOQpnzJn5XMHmOHVwNvPIUc7dykrHHQOXXjI69IwAilSwOEUX07gFJe1zOX92tMtKHVuD7KBUuAdYvGSCG8eLttBbQqRn19ZIAZnZ_PXgBmYlhyKMXhOmYDoSU04cHF6pDtNel7N3rC0/s1600/IMG_2111.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471032167093385858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOQpnzJn5XMHmOHVwNvPIUc7dykrHHQOXXjI69IwAilSwOEUX07gFJe1zOX92tMtKHVuD7KBUuAdYvGSCG8eLttBbQqRn19ZIAZnZ_PXgBmYlhyKMXhOmYDoSU04cHF6pDtNel7N3rC0/s320/IMG_2111.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNI9biva7ESoGxW83DbHNIrO7w3hDcoIYmPTCvjAiuzdjz9cK5A4wG3sDTE-Uoqd8P4HU2L-rRFCRM8HM1MSdUvsrRx6HIXzCj7OV3Gzulfx10Y818iYmwN6hhwZNVDXObt_jbU9FYHY/s1600/IMG_2113.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471032078840815394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGNI9biva7ESoGxW83DbHNIrO7w3hDcoIYmPTCvjAiuzdjz9cK5A4wG3sDTE-Uoqd8P4HU2L-rRFCRM8HM1MSdUvsrRx6HIXzCj7OV3Gzulfx10Y818iYmwN6hhwZNVDXObt_jbU9FYHY/s320/IMG_2113.JPG" /></a><br /><div>We also went to Moscow, where we presented another edition of the Polish comics expo at the <a href="http://www.kommissia.ru/">Kommissia</a> festival, together with the <a href="http://kulturapolshi.ru/">Polish Cultural Institute in Moscow</a>. The project was financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. </div></div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-51877075644733860622010-05-14T08:42:00.004+02:002010-05-14T08:55:07.821+02:00Pacanow - children's comics festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMekQgn-pRZF9b5n5etFP9cvk2RibfbE71Jk9hbpXcEn2Ge3tl91jS5NvWEUaQbY655LKl-LMW1QC0uXBR98Na-SHwn6JrNdASOuMjUyRPZ_Ih32Fpo0l8KoVzgk41zijhLZ8tgOejLQs/s1600/pac2.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471015452304920274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMekQgn-pRZF9b5n5etFP9cvk2RibfbE71Jk9hbpXcEn2Ge3tl91jS5NvWEUaQbY655LKl-LMW1QC0uXBR98Na-SHwn6JrNdASOuMjUyRPZ_Ih32Fpo0l8KoVzgk41zijhLZ8tgOejLQs/s320/pac2.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvCth7CG_46WTvc69KwR7jVoYpkWuIef5OaH2y_TGd2MXtaoy3Wzu9r3eiagDqkL57kMGEWwFPtMpKRCzgwoSJD7oxnRnyEIQdWnyjbzMjsp30kgizjOAYdEe4rfNkKpnuZEWYOn4iKk/s1600/pac1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 221px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471015379892061874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvCth7CG_46WTvc69KwR7jVoYpkWuIef5OaH2y_TGd2MXtaoy3Wzu9r3eiagDqkL57kMGEWwFPtMpKRCzgwoSJD7oxnRnyEIQdWnyjbzMjsp30kgizjOAYdEe4rfNkKpnuZEWYOn4iKk/s320/pac1.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Together with the European Center of Fables in Pacanow we organized a comics event for kids - <a href="http://www.stolica-bajek.pl/dzieciece-spotkania-z-komiksem-im104.php">Dziecięce Spotkania z Komiksem</a>. We presented an expo of Polish comics for children and priovided the young visitors with numerous atttractions, including drawing workshops, scenario writing masterclass (conducted by Tomasz Lew Leśniak, Tomasz Tomaszewski, Sławomir Kiełbus, Piotr Kasiński and Adam Radoń) and a variety of stands where the kids were able to draw, paint, sew, glue, ink and have their faces painted. We had a lot of fun ourselves :)</div></div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-46526406901320761902010-05-14T08:36:00.002+02:002010-05-14T08:42:22.611+02:00Napoli COMICONWe were guests of the 12th Napoli COMICON and we presented the <a href="http://www.comicon.it/mostra.php?from=mostre&id=136">exhibition of Polish comic art</a>. <a href="http://www.comicon.it/ospite.php?id=117">Marzena Sowa </a>was a special guest from Poland.International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-91938588966537446612010-05-14T08:15:00.003+02:002010-05-14T08:24:09.467+02:00festival Komiksowa Warszawa - Comics Warsaw<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQ1ObzuS7vptWHHfMtvz4vZcmP5uxhZnN-zQZjYuScxkX93x6-5nACaBSDLe2lJkesEe4ih_eoZ5e2BMwIXpvwmPpo4TYVfuH9L2CLyAKojLwaG-TgGuTfVKIM56kcobLkMisGDL8wYI/s1600/komiks+warsz.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471007681713839090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQ1ObzuS7vptWHHfMtvz4vZcmP5uxhZnN-zQZjYuScxkX93x6-5nACaBSDLe2lJkesEe4ih_eoZ5e2BMwIXpvwmPpo4TYVfuH9L2CLyAKojLwaG-TgGuTfVKIM56kcobLkMisGDL8wYI/s320/komiks+warsz.jpg" /></a><br /><div>On April 24 and 25, together with the Polish Comics Association, we co-organized the event <a href="http://komiksowawarszawa.pl/">KOMIKSOWA WARSZAWA</a> and presented the exhibition of our own Grand Prix winners, from 1991 to 2009.</div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-86950547021662547642010-01-21T12:24:00.007+01:002010-01-21T12:56:05.310+01:00photos from the last festival & plans<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JLPNCzJpadXuQ4T2K5bpmvNbJ0DHIvZ42SQkmS-es6r8MtFEzwBgQDWz5zZa9ogMt6goCyTPjjbmLxPjhI43ytU2raLmJ41NMWAVgbOBfgqTEcZNn2dbHyjn4ALAPdPuF9lln9__7Pc/s1600-h/_MG_5238.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429160052643114610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JLPNCzJpadXuQ4T2K5bpmvNbJ0DHIvZ42SQkmS-es6r8MtFEzwBgQDWz5zZa9ogMt6goCyTPjjbmLxPjhI43ytU2raLmJ41NMWAVgbOBfgqTEcZNn2dbHyjn4ALAPdPuF9lln9__7Pc/s320/_MG_5238.JPG" /></a>You can check our selection of photos from the 2009 edition by clicking <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/piotr.kasinski/20MiedzynarodowyFestiwalKomiksuIGierWLodzi2009#">here</a>.<br /><div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div>Next weekend we'll be in <a href="http://www.bdangouleme.com/"><strong>Angouleme</strong></a>, France, at the biggest European comics festival. The weekend after - we're also promoting the festival in Poznan, at the <a href="http://ligatura.eu/"><strong>Ligatura Comics Culture Festival</strong></a> (February 5 - 7, Empik Megastore, Ratajczaka 44).</div></div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-29374351658437289482010-01-21T12:13:00.007+01:002010-01-21T12:49:59.815+01:00Festival 2010 - the dates<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPXtOytr7uqseLgVwDDOBUK84Ob5Gv5yhwNVOabVJfk6GvrSap5Zc5SCzDrRopMjN-vPYdgdNLj0PXMxjputUyPJnf96x4oTkcUZu6WJqfpP3IoriGdeH4n2EeDBd_NWq9LfvJsJUHdc/s1600-h/_MG_6876a.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429158938587875650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPXtOytr7uqseLgVwDDOBUK84Ob5Gv5yhwNVOabVJfk6GvrSap5Zc5SCzDrRopMjN-vPYdgdNLj0PXMxjputUyPJnf96x4oTkcUZu6WJqfpP3IoriGdeH4n2EeDBd_NWq9LfvJsJUHdc/s320/_MG_6876a.jpg" /></a><br /><div>The dates of this year's International Festival of Comics and Games are<br /><br /><div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">October 1 - 3, 2010</span></strong>. </div><br /><div>See you in Łódź!</div></div></div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-47216922193055699812010-01-21T11:58:00.004+01:002010-01-21T12:55:29.789+01:00Belgian order for Rosinski<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp2M0D-oG2FiLrLheG5vAOHOPhB6KNjpqc9pKUg7-fBFPeukGFqLOUBCPc-N9H5kX_P_YcvjKPOgWQv2VE_hgLYRTaCmCKn9kMQNgG-5ARpTdCLuxumbKptaech08x9UHvVnnXnd2vmw/s1600-h/_MG_5548.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429160401731363842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqp2M0D-oG2FiLrLheG5vAOHOPhB6KNjpqc9pKUg7-fBFPeukGFqLOUBCPc-N9H5kX_P_YcvjKPOgWQv2VE_hgLYRTaCmCKn9kMQNgG-5ARpTdCLuxumbKptaech08x9UHvVnnXnd2vmw/s320/_MG_5548.JPG" /></a>We're really happy to announce that the long-time friend of our festival - <strong>Grzegorz Rosinski</strong> - was awarded with the Order of Leopold by the Belgian king - Albert II. Rosinki moved to Belgium in the 1970's, where he cointinued his career as a comics artist, creating the famous <em>Thorgal</em>, <em>Hans</em> or <em>Chninkel</em>. Grzegorz visits our festival almost every year. Congrats!International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-50450824235774471852009-12-20T20:50:00.004+01:002009-12-20T21:36:58.220+01:00We're back!The festival ended a long time ago but only now we are finishing all the calculations and reports. Almost <strong>10 000</strong> people visited the International Festival of Comics and Games this year... Thank you everyone! The winners of the 2009 Grand Prix are Jacek Frąś (artwork) and Grzegorz Janusz (story), for their comics 'Ostra biel'. Soon we will show you the full photo documentation from the memorable October weekend in Łódź.<br /><br />We were also pretty busy with other projects, like the <a href="http://www.addays.pl/">AdDays</a> festival, where the Polish advertising industry had a chance to meet and look for new creative talents among young artits.<br /><br />We also organized the <strong>Polish comics exhibition in Amadora</strong>, Portugal during their comics event: Festival Internacional de BD (Oct 23 - Nov 8). The organizng team was accompanied by artists Zbigniew Kasprzak - 'Kas' and Grażyna Fołtyn-Kasprzak - 'Graza'. Click <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/piotr.kasinski/20AmadoraBDWystawaKomiksuPolskiego#">here</a> to see the photos from Amadora BD.International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-68991706357000650972009-08-27T15:22:00.002+02:002009-08-27T15:35:26.896+02:00the poster<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZQrcSzA2BEtZrXYDPBQvrWlrYf-hcqQOzxqjKwxPJCyISFHgkHmBPKSSMqcBwqQo5LqPW7FVj1smoPc4iPZjCvwzriN2_NTCpq8Lyd3n69T2g2abGjRh1Z1o_plFgRtMWqnfnWd9WvA/s1600-h/plakat_100x70v4_CMYK.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374633744187713058" style="WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZQrcSzA2BEtZrXYDPBQvrWlrYf-hcqQOzxqjKwxPJCyISFHgkHmBPKSSMqcBwqQo5LqPW7FVj1smoPc4iPZjCvwzriN2_NTCpq8Lyd3n69T2g2abGjRh1Z1o_plFgRtMWqnfnWd9WvA/s320/plakat_100x70v4_CMYK.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>by <a href="http://jezjerzy.blogspot.com/">Tomasz Leśniak</a></div>International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482213685181984605.post-38716508853490102852009-08-27T14:54:00.005+02:002009-08-31T13:28:47.440+02:00Hello! Welcome to the festival's official blog - we start with this year's news:<br /><br /><strong>2009: 2 - 4 October</strong><br /><strong>20th edition</strong><br /><br /><strong>guests:</strong> Peter Milligan, Nick Abadzis, Zbigniew Kasprzak - Kas, Grażyna Fołtyn-Kasprzak - Graza, Grzegorz Rosiński, André-Paul Duchateau, Marvano, Mythic, Igor Baranko, Aleksandar Zograf, Ivan Brun, Ramon Perez and many more...<br /><br /><strong>exhibitions:</strong> Will Eisner, Zbigniew Kasprzak - Kas and Grażyna Fołtyn-Kasprzak - Graza, Marvano, Greek comics, 20 years of 'Contur', Bogusław Polch, Jerzy Wróblewski, <a href="http://www.citystories.eu/">City Stories </a>Łódź - Lucca, <a href="http://selfu.pl/comixsage">Comix'sage</a> and more<br /><br /><strong>places:</strong> Łódzki Dom Kultury, Hala Expo, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź Art Center, Textilimpex, Wytwórnia, Manufaktura, Piotrkowska street, Affogato<br /><br /><strong>other events:</strong> children's day on Friday, party at Wytwórnia - concerts: BiFF, Cool Kids of Death, Żelazna Brama, DJ No. 107; comics fair, competition for a short comics story - award ceremony, <a href="http://manga.net16.net/news/">Manga Corner</a>, computer games section - <a href="http://www.cybersport.pl/">Cyber Arena</a>, Comics Miss pageant...<br /><br />details available on <a href="http://www.komiksfestiwal.com/">http://www.komiksfestiwal.com/</a> and here - very soon :)International Festival of Comics and Games in Łódźhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17544918415051835489noreply@blogger.com0