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PRESS KITBrussels, August 2016Brussels Comic Strip Festival 2016Brussels organises the 7th edition of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival from 2 to 4 September 2016Belgium, and Brussels in particular, have been fertile ground for comic strips from the very beginning, so it's entirely fitting that they dedicate a full weekend to the rich cultural heritage that is the "Ninth Art." Since it began in 2010, the Brussels Comic Strip Festival has grown by leaps and bounds and acquired a reputation as a premier festival in the Ninth Art world. More than 100,000 people are now expected to attend each year as well as 250 renowned authors. Under the big top for this 2016 edition, we will naturally find the highlights of the schedule: The endless mazes of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, the superb collector's items from the great Journal Tintin Rally, and the impressive giant floats of the Balloon's Day Parade. A wide array of offerings to delight little kids as much as grown-up comic strip fans and Sunday readers. At the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, which will set up shop in the Parc de Bruxelles, there will be hundreds of signings, exhibits, a packed international pavilion, workshops, and activities in every direction. Sales, and contests awaiting festival-goers. This year the Brussels Comic Strip Festival will also provide the perfect occasion to celebrate several important anniversaries: the tenth anniversary of the Raymond Leblanc prize for Young Artists, the 70th anniversary of Le Lombard's publishing house, as well as Lucky Luke's 70th birthday. This is the chance to top off the weekend with a few extra surprises!Finally, it should be noted that this year, the Brussels Comic Strip Festival will play host to a greatly expanded international programme. Just like the multiculturalism in Brussels, the stands under the tents and the outdoor activities will be conducted in various languages. French, Dutch and English will of course be widely present, but also Spanish, Italian, Finnish or even Korean will be heard. As to help the visitor to quickly identify the language in which an event will take place, a free programme of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, mentioning all languages of all events, will be distributed in the tents.The Brussels Comic Strip Festival is an initiative by the Brussels-Capital Region with the support of the City of Brussels and the COCOF (College of the French Community Commission), coordinated by visit.brussels.Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u ic Strip Festival PAGEREF _Toc458686956 \h 4Honouring Quebec PAGEREF _Toc458686957 \h 4Publishing houses PAGEREF _Toc458686958 \h 7Book signings PAGEREF _Toc458686959 \h 12Conferences PAGEREF _Toc458686960 \h 13Exhibitors PAGEREF _Toc458686961 \h 16Charitable acts PAGEREF _Toc458686962 \h 17Comic Strip Schools and Academies PAGEREF _Toc458686963 \h 17Other exhibitions PAGEREF _Toc458686964 \h 18Activities PAGEREF _Toc458686965 \h 21Internatonal Pavilion PAGEREF _Toc458686966 \h 232.The ??extra’s?? of the Comic Strip Festival PAGEREF _Toc458686967 \h 27Free guided tours PAGEREF _Toc458686968 \h 273.The journal Tintin Rally PAGEREF _Toc458686969 \h 294.The Balloon’s Day Parade PAGEREF _Toc458686970 \h 305.Raymond Leblanc Prize PAGEREF _Toc458686971 \h 316.The Brussels Comic Strip Festival is looking for ambassadors PAGEREF _Toc458686972 \h 317.Practical information PAGEREF _Toc458686973 \h 328.Press information PAGEREF _Toc458686974 \h 33Comic Strip FestivalThe heart of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival will be under the big top in Parc de Bruxelles/Warandepark. Many activity booths, workshops, exhibitions, comic book signings, conferences, and much more will welcome young and old alike from 2 - 4 September 2016.Still bigger each year, the Comic Strip Festival’s tents are big enough to house something for everyone. Specialised booksellers will bring together offerings from publishers great and small, giving fans the chance to unearth the ultimate gem to cap off their collections. For people keen to meet fellow comic book lovers and make new discoveries, the exhibitions, signings, activities, workshops, and conferences will make the Brussels Comic Strip Festival even more of a must-see event.Honouring QuebecThe seventh edition of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival will feature Quebec as an honoured guest. After Taiwan and Turkey (on the occasion of the commemoration of 50 years of Turkish immigration in Belgium), it is the turn of the comic strip artists of Quebec to sign books and take part in meetings, exhibitions, conferences and all sorts of other activities in the course of this annual and not-to-be-missed comic strip celebration.Every year, the Brussels Comic Strip Festival becomes more international. Because, even if Belgium and Brussels are recognised as fertile ground for the comic strip, there is still plenty of room for discovery and sharing. So, the Quebec General Delegation to Brussels, together with the Francophone Comic Strip Festival of Quebec and Quebec Edition, joins the seventh edition of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival to present Quebec’s version of the ninth art in all its diversity.Quebec’s place of honour in Brussels will be reflected through the prism of all that is the essence of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival: conferences, workshops and activities for the young, comic strip improvisations, on-the-spot drawings, meetings and book signings by some 20 leading authors from Quebec, including Michel Rabagliati, ZViane, Maxim Cyr, Freg & Makina and Fran?ois Miville-Deschênes, represented by around 15 of 44 Quebec publishers, films at the Cinematek (Royal Cinemathèque of Belgium)…as well as by the presentation of Quebec specialties, like the comic strip series QC, which will, in an informal and relaxed manner, reveal the secrets of their creators’ world.Here is Quebec’s programme:Exhibition: 25 important moments in Quebec's comic strip history Currently very healthy, Quebec comic strip has a rich, often misunderstood history. In twenty-five capsules, those attending the Comic Strip Festival are invited to find out about the important moments in the history of the 9th art in Quebec, from its first known appearance to its current successes, the cartoonists, characters and publishers who have made Quebec comic strip what it is today. Entertainments for young peopleWith fun, interactive entertainments offered in the Quebec Area, everybody is invited to get together with Quebec cartoonists and take part in different activities in which drawing will take centre stage.Friday 215:30 – 16:15: Drawing is easy! with Tristan DemersSaturday 310:30 – 11:15: Le Noctambule, with Sampar12:30 – 13:15: Discover the world of the Dragouilles! with Maxim Cyr13:15 – 14:00: The Smikee strip, with Freg & Makina16:00 – 16:45: Stroke by stroke, with BachSunday 410:30 – 11:15: The Omnivers of Alex A12:00 – 12:45: Drawing is easy! with Tristan DemersDrawing encountersAt the Comic Strip Festival, the public is invited to take a close look at Quebec cartoonists as they draw.Friday 217:45 – 18:15: Gautier Langevin & Olivier CarpentierSaturday 311:15 – 11:45: Maxim Cyr12:00 – 12:30: Alex A14:00 – 14:30: Tristan Demers14:45 – 15:15: Djief16:45 – 17:15: Fran?ois Miville-Deschênes18:15 – 18:45: BachSunday 411:15 – 11:45: Sampar12:45 – 13:15: Samuel Cantin14:00 – 14:30: Freg & Makina15:30 – 16:15: ZvianeInterviewsThese interviews in the Quebec Area give the public the opportunity to meet Quebec cartoonists participating in the Comic Strip Festival and find out about their career paths.Friday 217:00 – 17:30: Julie Delporte18:30 – 19:00: Sylvain LemaySaturday 315:30 – 16:00: Jean-Paul EidSunday 413:30 – 14:00: Delaf & Dubuc14:45 – 15:15: Michel RabagliatiBelgique/ Québec encountersIn 2015, Quebec and Wallonia-Brussels set up an exchange residency for cartoonists. At the Comic Strip Festival, come and listen to the cartoonists who have taken part in these exchanges or who have drawn new creative friendships from the experience. Friday 216:15 – 16:45: Studio companions, with Djief & Jean-Luc Cornette.Saturday 317:30 – 18:00 : Leaving to create, with Julie Delporte & Alcante.Episodes of the programme BD QC The documentary series BD QC offers a boundless journey to the heart of Quebec comic strip. Presented by the actress Sophie Cadieux, each episode traces the portrait of a cartoonist by exploring his favourite subjects, his sources of inspiration, his creative techniques and his influences. At the Cartoon Festival, see exclusive episodes from the first two series produced by Argus Films and broadcast in Quebec on the ICI ARTV channel.Friday 215:00 – 15:30: Réal Godbout & Pierre Fournier19:00 – 19:30: Jean-Paul Eid19:30 – 20:00: ObomSaturday 310:00 – 10:30: Zviane18:45 – 19:10: Michel Rabagliati19:10 - 19h35: Guy Delisle19:35 – 20:00: Thierry LabrosseSunday 410:00 – 10:30: Delaf & Dubuc16:15 – 16:40: Djief16:40 – 19:05: Philippe Girard19:05 – 19:30: Julie Rocheleau19:30 – 20:00: Jimmy BeaulieuPublishing housesEach year publishing houses come from far and near to take part in this not-to-be-missed event for fans of cartoon strips. At this seventh edition, there will be some forty publishers and 250 authors, for signings, entertainment, talks, games, exhibitions and other craziness. Le Lombard will play a special role as this publishing house is setting up shop under the marquees of the Comic Strip Festival to celebrate its 70th birthday. Johan de Moor, one of Le Lombard's emblematic authors, has designed the poster for the 2016 edition. The Raymond Leblanc Foundation will hand out its Raymond Leblanc Award to a young creator.LE LOMBARD - 70 years of adventure at Le Lombard!On occasion of its 70th anniversary, Le Lombard is popping the cork and making the champagne fizz! Over 50 authors at signings, exhibitions, animated talks, improvs galore, angry birds, pencil strokes and dozens of comic books to be won!70 years of heroes and stories; an opportunity to spend the weekend with Thorgal, Bob Morane, Ducobu, the Smurfs and Yakari, and also to relive the adventures of Tintin and go in search of Ric Hochet, Clifton, Jonathan and many others. Among the publishing memorabilia and catapulting Angry Birds, there will be something for everyone!For the curious: an exhibition devoted to the surprising collection of La Petite Bédéthèque des Savoirs. For young people: a lesson to be learned while having fun! Children will be able to attend a course taught by the Latouche Institute, dive into the Resistance during the 2nd World War or learn to draw smurfly well. For the nostalgic: talks about the author of Tintin magazine and a magnificent comic book dedicated to the adventures of this famous weekly. And for everyone: drawing demonstrations, giant Pictionaries, entertaining talks; with prizes guaranteed! All in an area spanning 300 m2.With, among others, Andreas, Dimitri Armand, Fran?ois Boucq, Clarke, Cosey, Bob De Groot, Derib, Erroc, Godi, Olivier Grenson, Mateo Guerrero, Thomas Legrain, Fran?ois Miville-Deschênes, Nix, Raives, Michel Rodrigue, Turk, Roman Surzhenko, Judith Vanistendael, Warnauts, Zidrou and many more!2016 SPIROU FESTIVAL : authors, fun and grooms à gogo!On the programme of this great gathering of fans of SPIROU and the Dupuis comic strips is everything that has made previous years such a success (but with more floor space), with signings, interviews and entertainment from the platform, live drawing sessions with portraits by Bercovici and workshops for children and toddlers. There will also be exclusive photo sessions based on your favourite series, a show by the Mastodonte workshop, masterclasses, a sneak preview presented by Arthur de Pins himself of scenes from the animated film Zombillénium and, last but not least, signings by your favourite authors!For three days, some forty authors, including Nob, Yoann, Velhman, Zidrou, Batem, Munuera, Dodier, Feroumont, Janry, Kox, Mathieu Reynès and many others, will be sitting behind their tables with only one goal, to offer the public drawings and exchange impressions. Delaf and Dubuc, authors of the world-famous Nombrils, will be the guests of honour as this year's festival is dedicated to Quebec. In addition to the entertainment planned by SPIROU, the fans will be able to find these two Canadians in their own special pavilion at the Comic Strip Festival. But that's certainly not all. This year, the SPIROU Festival will also feature a new area dedicated to GROOM, the new magazine that decodes the news and society in cartoon strip format. Edition number 2 of GROOM, which is dedicated to the social networking phenomenon, will be on sale at the Festival. And it will be accompanied by some amazing entertainment. On the programme: The Battle of the News, in which two newspaper cartoonists will face off in an attempt to make people laugh. The Information Challenge, in which an author will have ten minutes by the clock to explain in drawings a supposedly complicated news item. And the Spirouticons, a great game in which the public will be asked to guess the names of some great SPIROU series from a set of emoticons. And as GROOM has decided to decode the social networks, the members of the editorial board will stroll around the Festival with tablets on which those who want can take part in a grand quiz on this topic, or dress themselves up in a thousand ways using some inspired Snapchat apps. And as a little extra gift: Christian Darasse and Sti will draw small lifelike caricatures of anyone who would like it, free of charge to use on Facebook or Twitter profile.And because the Spirou magazine wants to pamper its subscribers, those who report to the SPIROU Festival welcome desk (and all visitors who take out a subscription at that time) will receive a surprise package. Ballon Media On Ballon Media stand, there will be a wide range of Dutch comic strips edited by the publishing houses Dupuis, Dargaud, Le Lombard, Glénat, Casterman, Blloan & Ballon Comics to find. The public will meet up with, among others : Largo Winch, XIII, Thorgal, Tintin, Spirou, Guust Flater, Blake & Mortimer, Michel Vaillant, Blauwbloezen, Jommeke, Minions… and a great selection of very qualitative graphic novels.And this year, Ballon Media is celebrating the 70th anniversary of Lucky Luke! As required by the tradition of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, a nice list of authors signings can be expected!ballonmedia.be DargaudThis year Dargaud is going to blow out a few with the public. That most famous of cowboys, Lucky Luke, and the So British duo, Blake and Mortimer, are all celebrating their 70th birthdays! On this special occasion, Dargaud has entertainment and surprises in store for the fans all weekend. On the bill, activities at the stand and outdoors, signings by several of the authors, drawing workshops for the younger set and souvenir photos to receive and share directly on social networks. It will also be possible to come and listen to a talk by Matteo, the creator of the Marina series, about his work on the Venice of the past and present. And to stroll through the royal park, while following special Blake and Mortimer clues… Will also be present, authors like Vanyda, Renaud Dillies, Matteo, Jordi Lafebre, Roger Ibanez, Nicolas de Hitori, Damien Vidal, Jérémie Royer, Beka, Crip, Joan Urgell, Aimee de Jongh, etc. Editions Ptit LouisWith nearly 25 years in the industry, Editions P'tit Louis offers the public the chance to discover the many flagship titles from its catalogue such as " The Adventures of Vick and Vicky," albums by Malo Louarn as well as series by Dupaxon and Rona. Activities and an exhibition will get fans acquainted with the steps involved in producing a comic strip. Bruno Bertin will also be on hand at signing sessions throughout the festival's three-day run.editionsptitlouis.fr Kana - kana.frThe brave will come and try the big chill by jumping from a height of 4 metres with the Sky High Survival animation. Kana's new survival series where the public’s survival depends on their agility in jumping from building to building.At Kana's stand, fans can also meet the cartoonists Guillaume Lapeyre, Rémi Guérin and Sylvain Dos Santos for Booksterz (in exclusive release for the Cartoon Festival), and Elsa Brants for her series Save Me Pythie.SandaweThe collaborative platform supporting comic strip projects offers three activities on their stand throughout the festival:"Publish your comic strip" - A meeting on appointment with a cartoon publisher, aimed at cartoonists who have not yet published an album, to advise them on their work and instruct them on how to get published. To make an appointment, contact animation@. "Adopt a cartoonist" - Cartoon readers can also help cartoonists get themselves published. In this game, they will choose a cartoon project and will go through the different stages to help it get published."Meet a young cartoonist". The beginners can share the experience of a young cartoonist, his/her troubles and successes, advice about what to do and what not to do. To make an appointment, contact animation@. ZineZoneLast year, the Comic Strip Festival inaugurated the ZineZone: a new island making way for a section on the production of the 9th art, too often missed by the general public. For the second year running, the Zinezone takes on board its guests les Requins Marteaux (Fr) and Cornélius (Fr) and FREMOK (Be). A few hearty sailors/illustrators will join the crew for booksignings and meetings. An exhibition entitled "Cornelius or 25 years of cartoon strip creation" will also be on offer next to the stand. There will be original strips, silk screening, sketches, preparatory drawings, sculptures, etc.Set up in Albi in 1991, Les Requins Marteaux is an atypical structure in the context of comic strip. Combining their skills as publishers, film producers and now festival organisers, their many-faceted approach spreads across all media the often irreverent and uncompromising work of publishing house cartoonists such as Winshluss, Cizo, Felder, Bouzard, Willem, Moolinex, Morvandiau, Anouck Ricard, Morgan Navarro, Nine Antico, Bastien Vivès, Aude Picault, Hugues Micol, Guerse et Pichelin, Khattou… Since 2014 Les Requins Marteaux has published a magazine. A propaganda tool that enables the creators to acknowledge unknown and talented cartoonists, still just as essential to the project. Today in Bordeaux, Les Requins Marteaux have introduced Fabrique Pola. The projects are more pleasing than ever and the atmosphere is fantastic."Elitism within everyone's grasp" has been the Cornélius family motto for 25 springs. A publishing house that mixes velvet and draughts, it welcomes beginners and famous cartoonists to the same table. Once known for its silk screened covers, the patriarch has never severed the link with the artisanal aspect of the business. Here, publishing is akin to staging. The script is a work to be interpreted, to be presented to readers from the widest possible angle. At the Zinezone during the festivities will be: Fanny Micha?lis, Donatien Mary, Beno?t Preteseille and Ludovic Debeurme!Founded in June 2002, from the merger of the two comic strip publishing houses — Fréon (Be) and Amok (Fr) — Frémok is an associative structure that now runs on the energy of its volunteers. Their founders, all cartoonists, make it their common goal to subvert the 9th art. At the avant-garde of Comic Strip, Frémok is a UFO in the field of graphic literature, a platform enabling cartoonists and volunteers to carry out the most extreme experiments, de-partitioning genres, mixing poetry and politics, world view and narrative plasticity, Art Outsider and philosophical concentrate, children's book and comic strip, Contemporary art and demonic soap opera. There will also be other publishing houses:Delcourt-Soleil - editions-delcourt.fr Glénat - Casterman - Paquet Group (Edition Paquet, Chours, EP, Kramiek, Place du Sablon) – Joker Editions - editions- Les Editions du Grand Vingtième - Editions le Héron d'Argent - editions-leherondargent Bamboo Edition - bamboo.fr Kennes Editions - BD Must Editions - bdmust.be Editions HibouLivr’S Editions - 180° Editions - And other Independent publishers and authors:Association Esprit-Phoenix - Editions Bande à Part - editions- Alain Poncelet & David PeetersMichel D'agostiniSkad - barje.be Atelier Fabien Rypert "AFR" - Toubab - Bandes Gribouillées - L'employé du Moi - Valérie ReniersKhani Editions - Synapses - Homme Burger - Salut ! Ca va ? Macadam Valley - HYPERLINK "" Atelier 24 - Ayaba Association (Emile Valery Nkongo Kingue)TokTok Mag - HYPERLINK "" Lab 619 - Ysartis – Book signingsSeveral hundred authors will be bustling around under the Comic Strip Festival’s big top to autograph comic books and share their latest work with the public! The complete list of the creators who will be at this year’s Comic Strip Festival will be revealed to the public this summer! Meanwhile, here is a little glimpse of those who the festivalgoers might meet under the Festival tent:On Le Lombard stand : Andreas, Dimitri Armand, Fran?ois Boucq, Clarke, Cosey, Bob De Groot, Derib, Erroc, Godi, Olivier Grenson, Mateo Guerrero, Thomas Legrain, Fran?ois Miville-Deschênes, Nix, Raives, Michel Rodrigue, Turk, Roman Surzhenko, Judith Vanistendael, Warnauts, Zidrou…On the Festival Spirou stand: Nob, Yoann, Velhman, Zidrou, Batem, Munuera, Dodier, Feroumont, Janry, Kox, Mathieu Reynès…On Casterman stand: Philippe Jarbinet, Charles Berberian, Olivier Neuray, Jean Michel Beuriot, Stéphane Servan, Joel Alessandra, REGRIC, Olivier Weinberg, KRASSINSKY, Nicolas Perge, Fran?ois Riviere et Javi Casado, Marc Jailloux , Yves Plateau…On Dargaud stand: Renaud Dillies, Vanyda, Mathieu Burniat, Roger Ibanez, Matteo, Jordi Lafebre, Damien Vidal…On Delcourt-Soleil stand: Thierry Coppée, Djief, Anne Teuf…On Glénat stand: Alary Pierre, Ben Radis, Dany, Foerster Philippe, Gos, Otero Nicolas, Paquet Robert, Walt…On Joker Editions stand : Aurélie Betsch , André Osi, Gurcan Gursel, Philippe Bercovici, Jean Derycke, P.E.Paulis, Bernard Swysen, Thierry laudrain, Philippe Eudeline, Régis Lesca, Beno…On Kennes Edition stand : Joris Chamblain, Lucile Thibaudier, Rachel Zimra, Pacotine, Ludo Borecki, Johan Pilet, Picksel, Antonio Lapone, Gihef, Renaud De Vriendt, Alcante, David Evrard, Falzar, Marco Paulo, Maxime Cyr, Sampar…On Bamboo Edition stand: Mig, G.Charlet, M.Chevereau, Peral, B.Du Peloux, P.Fenech, R.Drommelschlager, Jytéry et Tefenkgi.On Groupe Paquet stand: André Taymans, Erwin Dreze, Georges Van Linthout, Francis Carin, Antonio Sandoval, Romain Hugault, Pascal Croci, Jesus Alonso, Olivier Speltens, Michel Koeninguer.On Kana stand: Guillaume Lapeyre, Rémi Guérin, Sylvain Dos Santos et Elsa Brant.Conferences (FR-NL-EN) As usual, the Comic Strip Festival will showcase the international, aesthetic, historic and societal dimensions of the 9th art through lectures and roundtables under the tent. This year, the Comic Strip Festival proposes a double cycle of lectures that will feature knowledge and travel, so that everyone can discover the many and varied facets of this art:“Comic Strips Around the World”: Quebec is the guest of honour this year, and the participants at the International Pavilion will take the public on a journey to the four corners of the world through debates, roundtables and presentations.“When Comic Strips Become Teachers”: comics can be a formidable teaching tool. Through lectures and roundtables, several creators and specialists will show the public how comic strips can make societal and scientific themes accessible to everybody.Program:Friday 2 September:4:30 p.m. - from Plato to Pluto'The Eight O'clock Suburbs' is a comic strip based on Jerome Berthaut's thesis of the same name on the production of television news reports about the suburbs. But adapting a university thesis to a comic strip is not so simple. How does one construct a narrative that is appealing while juggling concepts, analyses, figures? It's quite a challenge for the author. Helkarava - 30'5:30 p.m. - current trends in European comicsThis round table brings together cartoonists and specialists from five European countries to introduce the most popular comics from their respective countries.Antal Bayer, Eszter Komornik, Mari Laaniste, Alain Servantie, Mihai Grajdeanu & Agata Wawryniuk - 60'Saturday 3 September11:15 a.m. - Venice, yesterday and today, in comics To create their series Marina, Matteo Alemanno and Zidrou asked themselves the following question: can we represent Venice, jewel of history and architecture, in comic form? Based on historical, literary and film resources, these two authors have set their Venice in the 14th and 21st centuries to present the adventures of an intrepid young heroine, Marina.Matteo Alemanno, Zidrou - 45'12:30 p.m. - Everyday life as a comic stripDesigners and authors from six countries will discuss their documentary and autobiographical comics, as well as opportunities for self-expression and participation in social dialogue through graphic narrative in their respective countries.Alain Servantie, Antal Bayer, Joonas Sildre, Agata Wawryniuk, Mihai Grajdeanu, Marko Armspach - 60'2.00 p.m. - “DESSINE MOI UNE IMPRO” (Special KIDS!)A performance by the Ligue d’Impro with the illustrator from Quebec.3:30 p.m. - Comics of QuebecRelying on a growing community of authors, very dynamic editors and a great deal of creative diversity, Quebec has carved out a respectable niche for itself in the realm of the Ninth Art. With authors Michel Rabagliati and Delaf & Dubuc, as well as specialist Sylvain Lemay, come and learn a bit more about these comics at the crossroads of European and American culture. Michel Rabagliati, Delaf & Dubuc, and Sylvain Lemay - 45'4:45 p.m. - It's time we talked about female genital mutilation.The album A Little Part of Them tells the story of Antoinette, mother of little Marie-Léontine, who harbours the painful memories of her mutilation. To take on this challenging taboo topic, the non-profit group GAMS Belgium (Genital Mutilation Abolition Group) will join screenwriter Zidrou for a hard look at the subject of female circumcision.Zidrou, GAMS Association - 45'6:00 p.m. - 'The Fantastic Parliament', a crossmedia project to raise awareness among the younger generationHeroine Zephyrinus Tinguely guides us through 14 illustrated fantasy stories and just as many pages of games. But what realities are hidden behind her departed grandfather's writings? Mathias Dessimoz, from the professional school of contemporary arts (EPAC), and Marie-José Portmann, spokesperson for the Swiss Parliament Services, let us in on the secrets of the crossmedia album 'The Fantastic Parliament'. Mathias Dessimoz & Marie-José Portmann - 45'Sunday 4 September10:30 a.m. - Taboos and censorship in comicsPascal Croci, screenwriter and self-taught artist, has earned critical acclaim for Auschwitz, a documentary comic which received the National Assembly's Youth Prize in 2000. Through his work Pascal Croci does not attempt to recap the 'final solution', but wishes to raise awareness in later generations about the duty of remembrance.Pascal Croci - 45'11:45 a.m. - How to create a French-style mangaDiscover the world of manga and its French offshoot with Elsa Brants, author of Save Me Pythia, in the realm of Greek Mythology; and Guillaume Lapeyre and Sylvain dos Santos, authors of Booksterz, a manga which revisits the literary classics (from Kana Publishing).Elsa Brants, Guillaume Lapeyre, Sylvain dos Santos - 45'1:00 p.m. – Edition lidu presents Scrollino, a revolutionary comic/book conceptSpecializing in picture books, Edition lidu encourages artists and authors from all walks of life and offers books in French, English, Czech, and other languages, always offering readers a unique experience. Guests of this conference will include Ludmila and Sylvain Favardin, the artist-author founders of Edition lidu and originators of a revolutionary publishing concept, the Scrollino, which will be presented.Ludmila & Sylvain Favardin - 30' 2:00 p.m. – Transatlantic CollaborationWith so much collaboration in art and publishing, big names in Quebecois comics are developing more and more links with Europe. In the company of Quebecois writers Djief and Tristan Demers, Brussels author Alcante and publisher Dimitri Kennes, come and discover the projects and initiatives resulting from these enriching exchanges. Djief, Tristan Demers, Alcante, and Dimitri Kennes - 45' 3.30 p.m. - Groom: Spirou talks current eventsIn an ultra-connected world where children wade through conflicting information, putting the news into perspective becomes a necessity to avoid any confusion. That's the mission that Groom, Dupuis Publishing's new magazine, takes on! To mark the release of Groom's second issue, devoted to the challenge of social media, Damien Perez, Benoit Feroumont, and Sti will talk about their approach to making news more accessible.Damien Perez, Benoit Rajesh, and Sti – 60’17.00 p.m. - “DESSINE MOI UNE IMPRO” A performance by the Ligue d’Impro with the illustrator from Quebec.Exhibitors (FR-NL-EN) A number of comic book sellers have already signed up for this fourth edition of the Comic Strip Festival: sales of new and used comic books, specific marketing, networking with young authors, etc. There will be plenty to delight collectors, experienced bargain hunters, and comic book fans looking for something new!Bookshops:Objectif BD - objectif-bd.be The Skull - Le Bdpathe - Zone - HYPERLINK "" Fantasy BoxAmazonie BD - BD - Brüsel - Comic strip sellers :StefanixDelvaux VincentBD Stocks Ribambelle - NemoMaillé EtienneYaka BD - HYPERLINK "" Horizon BD - d'en FaireComix SPRLRonald Vanden BrandenAlso to discover under the marquees:Wallonia-Brussels Federation The Wallonia-Brussels Federation will present a selection of Brussels Walloon comic books and publishers whose creation has been supported by comic strip support grants. The spotlight will be on the residency programme with Quebec. Comic strip illustrators and scriptwriters will be invited to present their works and information regarding the Wallonia-Brussels Federation's cultural and literary policy will be available. Furthermore, Crypte Tonique, Brussels picture-oriented publisher and bookshop, will use the comic strip festival to contribute to the launch of the Paul Cuvelier Foundation (Paul Cuvelier -1923-1978- was one of the most important illustrators of the post-war period, his comic strip work being just part of his work). In this context, the foundation will offer an exhibition, two publications and the launch of the HYPERLINK "" website composed of a blog with a link to a catalogue raisonné. These initiatives will be hosted at the stand of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, which has supported the highlighting of this artist.Charitable actsThe Charcot FoundationThe Charcot Foundation finances and raises since 1987 funds for research into multiple sclerosis in Belgium. Every year numerous Belgian university research teams receive the necessary resources from the Charcot Fund. The projects are chosen carefully for the purpose of real progress in the treatment and the understanding of this so far incurable disease.In addition to raising awareness and the Charcot Fellowship, a newly launched PhD scholarship in Belgium for young researchers each for a period of 4 years, the Fondation Charcot supports the development of the BELTRIMS, the first register for MS patients in Belgium.The public at the Brussels Comic Strip Festival too can support this MS-research, by joining the fun balloon contest and supporting with their contribution to the research and the Fondation Charcot. Great prizes to win, and better prospects to give to 11 000 Belgians with MS.More information: fondation- and on our Facebook ic Strip Schools and AcademiesThere are several schools and training facilities in Belgium and abroad so that young drawers can turn their passion into a profession. They will discover the different phases of learning how a comic strip is created: scenario, character establishment, image splitting, editing, drawing, etc. thanks to the presence of several schools of art.Académie des Beaux-Arts de Tournai (Belgium)The teachers and students of the Beaux-Arts Academy in Tournai will be present to welcome the young and the not-so-young who wish to show their own work and, even, begin to create a comic strip of their own. Onlookers are welcome too and can learn all about the Academy’s comic strip option. Students enrolled at the Academy will be happy to present their own work, albums and collective comic strips created in the course of their studies. ?cole professionnelle des arts contemporains (Switzerland)The Brussels Comic Strip Festival is honoured this year to welcome Switzerland’s Professional School of Contemporary Art (EPAC), a private school that has become well rooted in the Swiss cultural scene since it opened 20 years ago. The school trains the illustrators, comic strip creators and game artists of tomorrow while promoting a wide view of the world through unique partnerships in Europe and Asia. Several EPAC students will present “ The Fantasy Parliament “, their cross-media project composed of a book, a web site and on-line games. This project has been commissioned by the Swiss Parliament. Académies de Watermael-Boitsfort et Ch?teletStudents who take part in the Comic Strip Workshops of the Watermael-Boitsfort et Ch?telet academies will present and autograph the two latest issues of their comic magazine “?!”, along with some of their other creations during the three days of the Comic Strip Festival. They also can have their portrait drawn and see, first-hand, how some exquisite comic strip cadavers take shape! Digital Arts - esa Saint-Luc BruxellesDriven by the calculating power of the computer and the development of electronic interfaces, digital creation has developed considerably, forming well-identified art categories (augmented reality, serious game, interactivity, Net-art, digital photography). Already included in the digital arts curriculum, they have been extended to the creation of games, film or documentary sequences.Digital Arts students from the ESA Saint-Luc in Brussels present their projects: interactive animation, video game design or web projects. They will be delighted to introduce the public to their rich and varied graphic worlds. Other exhibitionsApart from the exhibitions already mentioned, many other free exhibitions are to see right under the big top, thanks to the cooperation of Brussels museums and galleries waiting to be discovered!501st FanWars Garrison (FR-NL-EN)The FanWars Garrison is a Belgian costuming association on Star Wars’ theme. It is an integral part of the 501st Legion, worldwide organization comprised of and operate by Star Wars fans and considered as Lucasfilm’s preferred Imperial costuming group.The 501st FanWars Garrison will plunge the fans into the Star Wars universe with its original sets, its models, its costumes and its Imperial activity. fanwars.be 9th Art Gallery (FR-NL)Homage to Pepperland – Tania’s catsOn 11 May 1970, not far from here, at 47 rue de Namur, an unusual-for-Brussels bookstore opened its doors specialising in Sci-Fi and comics, particularly comics for grown-ups. It took a woman to dream up and produce such a thing: Tania. She was the one who brought Barbarella, the new Jean-Claude Forest comic, to Brussels, along with Pravda, in over-drive from Peellaert, for example, as well as Echo of the Savannas or Moebius and Druiller. She even went into publishing, with F’Murrr or Tardi, without forgetting the first album from a young newcomer: Benoit Sokal and his Inspector Canardo.On top of all this, Tania also loved cats. So, the comic-strippers drew cats for her, hundreds of cats! The 9th Gallery presents some of them at the Comic Strip Festival. Banque Dessinée (FR)Created in 2005 in Brussels, Banque Dessiné (a play on words from Bande Dessiné, the French term for comic strip) specialises in the sale of comic strips at auction and rapidly has become a point of reference in its field. Their 46th public auction (09-25-2016) and the faithful attendance of collectors are strong testimony to their expertise. Each sale, in fact, resembles a happening, with bédéphiles or comic strip fanatics gathered around everything and anything to do with comic strips: albums, silkscreens, enamelled plaques, original story boards or objects in 3D.The Comic Strip Festival is the occasion to exhibit some major creators through their legendary albums, as well as their original boards, drawings, 3D objects.Knowledgeable comic strip experts also will be present to guide the public and respond to any questions that they might have, such as: how to recognize an album worthy to be included in a collection or how to identify the criteria that make it possible to establish the value of an album. BD Enchères (FR)The only auction house to specialise in the auction of Comic Strips in the region of Liége also will be present at this year’s festival. BD Enchères has been offering quality lots in a pleasant atmosphere for more than five years. Collectors’ albums, luxury and limited editions, rare and prestigious objects, drawings and original strips…in short, anything even remotely to do with the 9th art.Prestigious or accessible to the widest audience, sale lots to be auctioned on 2 October 2016 will be on display at the Comic Strip Festival. This is an opportunity to view and appreciate unique pieces, work signed by the greatest, rarities, etc. Experts also will be available for free evaluations throughout the Festival.bdencheres.be The Cartoonist (FR-NL)Cartoon and Strip UnitedFor this year’s Comic Strip Festival, the Cartoonist has assembled a collection of press cartoons about …comic strips! Belgium is known for the quality of its comic strips but press cartoons are not far behind in terms of quality. The 22 cartoonists of The Cartoonist collective (Kamagurka, Kroll, Marec, Gal. Vadot, Karl, Zaza, Johan de Moor, Cécile Betrand, Sondron, Steve, Clou, Fritz Quirit, Ilah, Fred, Kanar, Kim, Lectrr, duBus, Joris Snaet and Cost) celebrate the comic strip and its heroes, with which they have grown up and frequently referred to in their own drawings. They obviously are enormously respectful of the work of their colleagues who have made the comic strip art of Belgium known beyond its borders.Besides the Cartoon & Strip United exhibition, The Cartoonist opens a boutique at the Cartoon Strip Festival, with a nice range of postcards mugs, albums and prints.Cartoon lovers may also visit Et Cetera, the temporary exhibition, free of charge, at the BELvue museum, located next door to the Palais Royal, during the Comic Strip Festival.thecartoonist.be Tardioli-Cauwenberghs (FR-NL-EN)Tardioli-Cauwenberghs is a fantastic universe inspired by the Belgian comic strip world. Through the work of daring artists, Zowee Tardioli creates hand-made, limited editions of collections in an enigmatic and truculent 9th dimension deployed across an infinite number of astonishing and extraordinary creations.At the Comic Strip Festival, they will be displaying their Swordfish from the Adventures of Blake and Mortimer and their Face to Face collection composed of a number of Belgian cartoon characters in unexpected clashes...In addition, this year PIXI, the well-known manufacturer of metal comic statues, will expose at the same stand. They have created comic figure collections for more than 30 years. With their incredible know-how, dating back to the tin soldiers, they have amassed an amazing universe of comic collections: with more than 2.000 pieces PIXI is regarded as the biggest producer of comic statues. The 2 companies are currently developing the ship “De Kleppende Klipper” with their equipage (Bob, Bobette, Orville, Wilbur, Aunt Agatha and Knul) from the famous adventures “Bob and Bobette” from Willy Vandersteen, also known as the "Flemish Hergé”. PIXI will also expose their latest new releases at the Brussels Comic Strip Festival.Finally, the Jeu de Bulles gallery in Brussels also will be present, with its great, specialised expertise in the works of Hergé.Belgian Comic Strip Center (FR-NL-EN)From 20 September 2016 to 28 May 2017, the Belgian Comic Strip Centre will present an exhibition on “The Art of the Cover”. This exhibition will display a multiplicity of views on comic book covers, inspired, mainly, by observation of production, interviews with a selection of actors in the publishing world and a survey of comic book readers and the public. Internet users’ choices and their motivations will be on display and the result of votes on different themes will be featured.The public can vote, too, for your favourite covers and get an advance look at the favourite covers of a number of celebrities in the comic book world when they visit the BCSC stand at the Comic Strip Festival. A competition on the most iconic covers will put the festival goers to the test: winning participants will earn entry to the exhibition and its preview! La Petite Bédéthèque des Savoirs (FR)Based on the observation that one of the last big territories unexplored by cartoonists remains the huge field of humanities and non-fiction, the concept of La petite Bédéthèque des Savoirs is simple: a collection of didactic cartoons that associates a cartoonist with a specialist. La petite Bédéthèque does not shirk any field of knowledge: science, history, philosophy, literature, law, geography, technology, zoology, economics, theology, etc... but also more current subjects such as pop culture or society issues. Find out about this collection at the Petite Bédéthèque des Savoirs exhibition in the Comic Strip Festival's marquees!ActivitiesCosplay Contest, comic book improvisation shows, guided tours, kiddie land, workshops, and demonstrations. There is something for all ages and interests.Atelier 24 (FR-NL-EN)The public will discover how to create a comic character drawing inspiration from the persons and objects that surround you, learn to tell funny stories in just a few bubbles, or to create their own caricature portraits. In a great number of workshops, the public can participate in an exquisite cadaver, attend drawing combats and choose the winner, or take part in a cartoon quiz and win prizes.Atelier-24-Bd-207104142732542 Giant Mural by Frank Pé (FR-NL-EN)Frank Pé, from whom a big retrospective ? Frank Pé or the The Passions of a Faun ? is to discover in the Comics Art Museum until 4th September, create a 10-metre mural before your very eyes (and to announce his cover of Spirou & Fantasio in October), over the three days of the festival. Find him inside the Comixothek to attend the creation of this monumental work and see the final result on Sunday afternoon!Macadam Valley (FR-EN)Macadam Valley, alias Ben Dessy, gives us the chance to get to grips with the techniques of drawing, cutting and narrating, so that we can create our own cartoon! Ben Dessy is 29, and he studied comics at the Erg. Winner of the Golden Blog Award in 2012 for his strip blog , he is now the author of two tomes of “Macadam Valley” and of “Hors d'Oeuvre” which was released by publisher Même Pas Mal. Schedule?:Friday4 pm- 6pmSaturday et Sunday10?:30 am -12?:30 am1?:30 pm – 3?:30 pm 4 pm -6 pm ? DESSINE MOI UNE IMPRO ? – a performance by the Ligue d’Impro and the artists from Quebec! (FR-NL)This performance by the Ligue d’Impro is an invitation on a journey into the imagination. A world in which spectators of any age can interact with the story that is made up before their eyes. Amusing and poetic, this performance combines the talent of the illustrator with that of improvising comedians from the Ligue d’Impro. The pencils bring the sets and the characters to life, so the actors become one with the drawing.Schedule :Saturday2 pmSunday5 pmBelgotaku (FR)Since 2009, the Belgotaku community has been a place for fans of manga, video games, music and Asian culture to meet and share their passion. Belgotaku sets up at the Comic Strip Festival to display this amazing world to everybody: some will search for clues in the Comic Strip Festival's marquees for a manga treasure hunt. Several manga works will be on display in the marquees. The public can also be introduces to manga by sitting in the reading corner and taking part in the drawing workshops provided by Belgotaku!belgotaku.be Comic strip workshops with Bruno BertinBruno Bertin, author of The Adventures of Vick and Vicky will transport young and old alike into the comic strip universe. Twice a day for one hour, Bruno Bertin will cover the steps involved in comic strip production using the famous comic strip heroes "Vick and Vicky" at the Editions P'tit Louis booth. The public can explore the exhibition which explains all the steps that go into making a comic strip from A to Z.Retroludix (FR-NL-EN)The great popularity of comic strip heroes with young people, whether they be European, American, or Japanese, has always inspired numerous video game adaptations. The "Retroludix" Association offers the fans the chance to pick up a joystick at their stand and get acquainted with these "comic games" and take a nostalgic journey back to the 1980s and 1990s.Kids Zone (FR-NL-EN)Kids Zone offers fun and creative activities for children: colouring workshops, a manga makeover area, DIY comic workshops... Something for everyone!Schedule :Saturday2 pmSunday5 pmInternatonal PavilionSeveral foreign authors and artists will make the trip to Brussels for this year’s Comic Strip Festival weekend so that the public can discover their countries’ comic strips. Besides Quebec, guest of honour, more than 15 foreign cultural delegations will stop at the International Pavilion. Exhibitions, book signings, lectures and workshops…will take the public on a journey around the world.China (FR-NL-EN)On the initiative of the Chinese Ministry of Culture and the China Cultural Centre in Brussels, there will be a lot to see on the China stand throughout the weekend:An exhibition of 50 original strips created by 10 Chinese cartoonists and a unique series of strips from the comic "San Mao", a character rooted in Chinese popular culture.Creation of original drawings by two Chinese cartoonists, including the famous artist Zao Dao. Book signings and meetings with the illustrators.Children will not miss out either: they can watch cartoons from Chinese popular culture and get to work creating their own comic strip character under the watchful eye of our artists.The China Cultural Centre in Brussels will be showing films and animations relating to the Chinese comic strip world throughout September. For more information about the schedule: cbrussels.be. Havana (FR-NL-EN-ES)The Algiers-Brussels-Havana Triangle is a cultural project supported by the Brussels-Capital Region. Autrique House, the first private townhouse built by Art Deco architect Victor Horta, aspires to bring together the comic books and the heritage of Algiers, Brussels and Havana, respectively. This exhibition is a foretaste of the cross-cultural encounter to be illustrated by the periodical publication “Crónicas Urbanas,” starting in 2017.Czech Republic (FR-EN)While not as important in the cultural landscape as they are in Belgium, comic books and comic strips are, nevertheless, a significant cultural phenomenon in the Czech Republic. Relatively little known outside Eastern Europe, the Czech comic strip is coming back to the Comic Strip Festival with three publishing houses: Meander, which publishes unique art books for children, children’s books for adults and comic books for everybody; Baobab, which concentrates on alternative illustrated children’s books and cooperation with the artists of the future; and Edition lidu, which supports artistic creation and literary culture with an original approach. Two Czech comic book authors will be at the Festival to offer book signings and workshops, as well as meetings.South Korea (FR-EN)Kim Keum Suk, an impressively passionate and remarkable artist, will be at the Comic Strip Festival! In very powerful style, she has produced several books based on true stories and never hesitates to describe and develop her own thoughts, which sometimes are dark and bitter. Kim Keum Suk will create a graphic performance directly before your eyes and will sign her work.At the same time, the work of several other South Korean artists can be discovered, along with Kim Keum Suk and Ma Youngshin, in the course of an exhibition.National Cultural Institutes of the European Union (EUNIC) (FR-EN)EUNIC members work to promote their countries’ culture outside the European Union. Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Romania and Turkey come together to promote the comic books and strips of Europe.On the programme: exhibition, workshops, improvisation, on-the-spot drawing sessions and more than 20 artists present to take visitors into their universe. Throughout the weekend, EUNIC will conduct more than a dozen workshops, free of charge, to launch the comic strip creation process and discover the drawing techniques of foreign artists (detailed timetable below).Italy (EN-IT)Italy will return to the Comic Strip Festival with its famous comics festival: Luccas Comics & Games!Exhibition : Lucca Comics & Games’ quick instructions to Italian Comics, part 2 - NoirItalian comics have a long and rich tradition. Some masters are known worldwide, like Hugo Pratt, but many artists and characters never got out of the Italian border. In the second “quick instructions” exhibition presented by Lucca Comics & Games at the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, the focus is on mystery and noir: ten contemporary artists, presented with their characters and a selection of books for the audience to browse, to start learning about comic books famous in Italy but mostly unknown abroad.Guests : Mirka Andolfo & Riccardo PierucciniAccomplished penciler and colorist, Mirka Andolfo started her own comic Sacro e Profano (Sacred and Profane) on the Internet, and it immediately became a hit. The funny love story between a sexy angel and her boyfriend, a perennially aroused devil, also became a series of books, which had a huge success. Her new comic book, Contro Natura, published by Panini, will be released at Lucca Comics & Games 2016. She is currently working for DC Comics for the all-female series DC Bombshells.Cartoonist, character designer, visualizer, Riccardo Pieruccini works with many Italian publishers on many different projects. His last personal comic book is the crowd-funded Prussians Vs Aliens, a funny steampunk story written by Davide La Rosa.Live performance : The wondrous adventures of two Italian cartoonists in BrusselsLive performance by Mirka Andolfo, and Riccardo Pieruccini. Inspired by the typical ‘Comic Battles’, two Italian artists will challenge each other in a live performance that, before audience’s very eyes, will tell the good, the bad and the ugly of their experience in Brussels at the Comic Strip Festival. Stay tuned!Piola Libri – Italy (FR-EN-IT)Italy will be all the more present this year thanks to Piolalibri – a bookstore, a wine bar, a crossroads for music, literature and cuisine, where people can enjoy veritable underground Italian culture in Brussels. The bookstore has put together a programme to help the public discover the world of Italian comic books: some from the most interesting publishing houses, large and small; some major classics like Dylan Dog, Tex and the work of Milo Manara, along with such contemporary names as Zerocalcare, Gipi, Vanna Vinci and Baronciani; a meeting with the artists Mirka Andolfo and a book signing by a surprise artist from Bonelli publishers. In collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture and much more to come!Tunisia – Lab619 Collective (FR)Lab619 is an open, independent and self-managed Tunisian collective for experimental comic strips. In particular, Lab619 is known for producing a comic strip magazine for adults, a first in Tunisia. Five issues have appeared so far and the most recent contains the work of 15 different artists. Besides the magazine, the collective promotes the art of comic strips by organising exhibitions (Barcelona, January 2016; Paris, February 2016; Casablanca, May 2016) and workshops. In September 2016, it will be Brussels’ turn to welcome Lab619. The collective will present the Tunisian comic strip, from history to the present to hopes for the future, along with an account of their own adventure over time. Workshops to help people get started with comic strips will be offered and the public will be able to discover the latest issue of the magazine with its authors who will sign your copy for you.EPAC (?cole professionnelle des arts contemporains) – Switzerland (FR)The Brussels Comic Strip Festival is honoured this year to welcome Switzerland’s Professional School of Contemporary Art (EPAC), a private school that has become well rooted in the Swiss cultural scene since it opened 20 years ago. The school trains the illustrators, comic strip creators and game artists of tomorrow while promoting a wide view of the world through unique partnerships in Europe and Asia. Several EPAC students will present “ The Fantasy Parliament “, their cross-media project composed of a book, a web site and on-line games. This project has been commissioned by the Swiss Parliament.Sterling Books (EN)Sterling Books, the independent English bookshop in the heart of Brussels, brings a selection of their great range of English-language comics to the festival. With acclaimed titles from the likes of Daniel Clowes, Alan Moore, Joe Sacco and Posy Simmonds, smaller alternative and indie publishers, action series like ‘The Walking Dead’ and superhero titles from DC, Marvel and more, you'll find the best and brightest that American and British comics have to offer. Hong Kong Arts Centre – China (EN)The Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) is a self-financed, non-profit organization which plays a unique role in engaging the community with arts, focusing on promoting contemporary arts and cultures within Hong Kong and overseas through performances, exhibitions, art education. With dedication on Comics Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre had also established an art community platform which conjoining creativity in comics and animation with revitalized historic architecture named “Comix Home Base” in 2013. Co-presented by HKAC and Les Halles, Hong Kong Arts Centre is going to present a comic dialogue between Hong Kong and Brussels featuring 12 comic artists each from both side in creating a wordless dialogues of the cultural misinterpretation of the two continents. This “Comics Dialogue” project will generate 24 pieces of comic artworks, which will then act as the “give and take” of the two cities. The full series will showcase in Comic Strip Festival. Alongside Hong Kong Arts Centre will also showing another touring exhibits named “Comix and the City” which showcasing a wide array of Comics and illustration works in which Hong Kong artists express their observations of and feelings for their home city through 3 gigantic comics books. One of the comic artists, Kong Kee, will co-create a site specific performance with the Belgian artist and participate in “A Taste of Hong Kong” which will be shown on 16-18 September at Les Halles des Schaerbeek. The ??extra’s?? of the Comic Strip FestivalThe Comic Strip Festival is full of unique activities organised over an exceptional weekend which will allow anyone to discover comic strips in all their forms: free guided visits, special listening’s at Cinematek, comic-themed matches by the Ligue d'Improvisation belge professionnelle in the Marni Theater, and a mini train to cart lovers of the 9th Art around unmissable destinations in the city. The Brussels Comic Strip Festival has a lot to offer and will let anyone experience the world of comics over this colourful weekend!Free guided toursCartoon murals, specialist shops, museums and other iconic sites: the expert guide will make the amateurs explore the streets of Brussels to discover the European capital’s unmissable cartoon landmarks. Free guided walking and bike tours, available in French, Dutch and English.Free guided tours (FR – NL – EN) Cartoon murals, specialist shops, museums and other iconic sites: the expert guide will make the amateurs explore the streets of Brussels to discover the European capital’s unmissable cartoon landmarks. Free guided walking and bike tours, available in French, Dutch and English.Guided Tours of Comic Murals (1 hour and 30 minutes) The professional guide from Itinéraires will let the visitors discover Brussels and see characters like Astérix, Tintin and Snowy, and Nero immortalised in giant format on more than 50 gable walls.Dates and times: Friday 4 September4 :30 PM in French 5 PM in DutchSaturday 5 September11 AM, 2 PM, 5 PM in French 12 AM, 3 PM, 6 PM in Dutch 1 PM and 4 PM in English Sunday 6 September11 AM, 1:30 PM, 5 PM in French 12 AM, 3:30 PM, 6 PM in Dutch 1 PM and 4 PM in English Departure point: Opposite passage Baron Horta, at the entrance of the location of the Comic Strip Festival on rue Royale, 1000 Brussels.Return point: The location of the Comic Strip Festival (Parc de Bruxelles/Warandepark)Booking : Online on icsFestival.brussels (? The ? extras ? of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival ? ? ? Guided Tours ?) or directly on this link. On-site: at an information point at the site.Price: FreeGuided bicycle tour around the Laeken district (3 hours)An 8 km bike ride to the Laeken district to discover the north of Brussels, where cycling and comics combine perfectly. Pro Velo's professional guides will lead the group on this comic-themed adventure. Dates and times: Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September10 AM in French 4 PM in Dutch11 AM in English Departure and return point: In the Brussels Info Place courtyard, 10 Place Royale 1000 BrusselsBooking: Online on icsFestival.brussels (? The ? extras ? of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival ? ? ? Guided Tours ?) or directly on this link. On-site: at an information point at the site. With own bicycle or with the Pro Velo bicycles. Price: Free?Special showings at the Cinematek (FR-NL)To coincide with the Comic Book Festival, over three days the Cinematek will be putting on special comic-themed films. Each showing will be introduced by a famous figure from the world of comic books which have inspired the film or vice versa.Friday 2 September – 5PM - Salle Ledoux:Paul à Québec (by Fran?ois Bouvier, with Denise Andrieu, Bernard Arene, Lou Babin) – introduced by Michel Rabagliati, author of the comic book Paul à Québec (La Pastèque).Saturday 3 September – 5PM – Salle Ledoux:Twelve Monkeys (by Terry Guilliam, with Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt) –introduced by Nicolas Otéro, illustrator of the sequel Amerikkka (Glénat).Sunday 4 September – 2PM – Salle Ledoux:La Planète des Vampires (by Mario Bava, with Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda) – introduced by Pierre Alary, author of ? Griffin Dark ? (Vents d’Ouest) and ? Les échaudeurs des Ténèbres ? (Soleil).Prices: 4€ or 2€ by showing the Comic PassPlace : CINEMATEK (Rue Baron Horta, 9. 1000 Brussels) cinematek.be Comic Pass and Mini Train (Free) The Brussels Comic Strip Festival is offering the free Comic Pass providing access to museums at extremely reduced prices and offering discounts at various stores. To enjoy the Comic-Pass, simply present the discount coupons inserted in this program, in the concerned places.And for maximum enjoyment let the Mini Comic Train transport you, free of charge, to all the places that no comic lover should miss. Stops of the Mini Train:Start/Stop - Parc de Bruxelles: Comic Strip Festival, Comic Strip Night, Balloon’s Day Parade, Tintin journal Rally1. Korean Cultural Center in Brussels: third Belgian-Korean comic exhibition2. Place du Grand Sablon: Comics Café / Petits Papiers Gallery / The Cartoonist Gallery / Bruxelles-Paris Gallery / Champaka Gallery.3. Brussels Francophone Parliament: exhibition “Ten years of the Raymond Leblanc Prize: young comic authors”4. COMIC Shops: Bookshops Utopia / Dong-Co / Brüsel Anspach / Multi-BD 5. Albertine: House of the Comic Strip / bookshop La Crypte Tonique (Bortier Gallery)6. MooF (Museum of Original Figurines) & Smurf Store7. Brussels Comics Art Museum: exhibitions ? Frank Pé or the passion of a Faun ? and ? 64_page?8. City 2: Spirou-themed entertainment - (no connection on Sunday 4)9. Cinematek: Special comic-themed showingsSpecial Comic-Themed Impro Match (FR)The Professional Belgian Improvisation League will get into the spirit of the Comic Book Festival and proposes a special comic-themed impro match at the Marni theatre on Sunday 4 September, with as guests of honor: the illustrators from Quebec! Each team will be composed of 3 performers and 2 illustrators: one team with the Belgian illustrators, and one with the illustrators from Quebec! The themes and categories will be specially created for the occasion! The performers will improvise in the ring, while the illustrators' exploits will be broadcast live. The performers and illustrators will interact throughout the show, improvising the whole time. Sometimes the designers will begin the improvisations and the performers will finish, and vice versa. Or they will all improvise at the same time, with the performers required to include objects, situations, characters and so on, all of which are the product of the illustrators’ fertile imaginations.Place: Marni Theater (Rue de Vergnies, 25. 1050 Ixelles) Info and reservations: 0032 471 68 11 11 or Spectators of the Comic Strip Festival's "Match d'Impro Spécial BD" can simply present their admission ticket to get 10% off at the Brüsel Flagey bookstore throughout the Comic Strip Festival!tag/brusel-flagey Activities in the cityCity 2The Spirou heroes will delight visitors at City2 from Friday, 2 September through Saturday 10 September! They will introduce the public to the Illustrious Gallery, Spirou Magazine from another perspective, and they will take them to the heart of the forest of Marsupilami, a magical world for children. Many gifts await them, and Fnac and Club shops offer great prices on comics throughout this period. City2 and the Spirou heroes are looking forward to a big crowd!Place: City2 (Rue Neuve, 123. 1000 Brussels)Open Friday 2 & Saturday 3, closed Sunday 4MooFThe Museum of Original Figurines will open its doors for the Comic Strip Festival weekend! Comic Strip Pass holders will enjoy a special discount to visit this essential 9th art shrine.Place?: MooF (Rue du Marché aux herbes, 116. 1000 Brussels)Exhibitions in the cityBrussels Francophone Parliament - 10 years of the Raymond Leblanc Award - Young comic strip authorsThis exhibition looks back at the 10 years of the Raymond Leblanc Award. What happened to the winners? What did their Award do for them? For this anniversary, the Raymond Leblanc Foundation has gathered together the work of various winners and, with them, a promising snapshot of this one-of-a-kind award.The Raymond Leblanc Award, the best-endowed comic strip contest in the world, has been receiving support from the French Community Commission (Cocof) and the Brussels-Capital Region since it started in 2006. Its winners receive a real, paid contract with a publisher. The winning project is published in album format by ?ditions du Lombard and is the subject of a promotional campaign in Le Soir newspaper.The promoters of the Award, the Raymond Leblanc Foundation, do not place any conditions on the participants in regard to nationality. The contest also has no age limit. The authors are free to submit comic strips featuring humour, adventure, fantasy, science fiction and more... The professional jury is chaired each year by a distinguished author. Since its creation, Jean Van Hamme, Johan De Moor, Jean Dufaux, Stephen Desberg, Dany, Fréderic Jannin, Olivier Grenson, Marvano, Zidrou, J.L Munuera and Derib have all led its deliberations.The award is named for Raymond Leblanc, the founding father of the Tintin magazine and ?ditions du Lombard. It perpetuates his visionary nature and his wish to share the enthusiasm of young creators with the greatest possible number of people. Raymond Leblanc revealed the talents of Jacobs, Cuvelier, Martin, Tibet, Macherot, Graton, Vance, Dupa, Dany, Derib, etc. and Le Lombard presented the characters of Blake and Mortimer, Corentin, Alix, Ric Hochet, Chlorophylle, Michel Vaillant, Bruno Brazil, Cubitus, Olivier Rameau, Jonathan, Bernard Prince, etc.The Raymond Leblanc Award perpetuates this spirit of ongoing discovery by helping promising artists to make comic strips their profession. This exhibition displays their talent. Date: 5/9 > 25/09/2016Address: Brussels Francophone Parliament– Rue du Lombard, 77 - 1000 BruxellesOpening hours: every day from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Price: FreeBelgian Comic Strip CentreEtienne Davodeau – Chronicles of real lifeDates: 14/6 > 27/11/2016While many authors of comic strips love to create imaginary universes, ?tienne Davodeau is very different. He anchors his stories in reality and draws on his surroundings, his local area.Whether documentaries or fiction, his stories are rooted in society. They tell of local life, the world of work, issues, struggles, solidarity and friendship. A profoundly humanistic author, he talks about his fellow citizens and his country and goes out to uncover what he does not know by asking questions and doing research. His stories are drawn with great accuracy and give those who defend their ideas or follow unusual paths an opportunity to speak. Frank Pé – the passions of a faunDates: 22/3 > 4/9/2016 – final weekend!A pastoral god for the Romans, in the mythology of modern society, the faun has become a cherished intermediary between humanity and nature... like Frank Pé. A lover of the shapes and colours that surround us, an admirer of Franquin, Follet and Mucha, Frank Pé is an exceptionally gifted creator of stories and images. After signing his work with just his first name for a long time, he married emotion with the representation of nature in "Broussaille" and "Zoo". In 2016, his published works will be brought up to date with the publication of an original album with the adventures of Spirou and Fantasio. The BCSC exhibition is a sneak preview, letting the public discover several original panels.Guided tour of the Frank Pé exhibition led by the author on Sunday 4 September. Reservations before 2 September: +32 (0)2 219 19 8064_page – Expo Gallery Dates: 30/8 > 23/10/2016 64_page hopes to provide a springboard for young authors by offering them a creative space. A place for them to confront their readers and show off their savoir faire, with no limits set for the techniques and topics. For the second consecutive year, the young 64_page authors have the opportunity to display their work in the BCSC Gallery.All day Saturday and Sunday, the 64_page authors will hold signings and give guided tours of the exhibition to explain their work and their careers to the general public. There are many letters in comic strips that take our paper heroes to exotic islands, undersea cities, shipwrecks, in other words, to a wealth of adventures and treasures! And rightly so... Not very long ago, a letter from the Comic Strip Museum was found that contained some mysterious crosses... Decipher this letter and all its puzzles and discover the treasures of the world of comic strips! Open continuously.Address: Rue des Sables, 20 - 1000 BruxellesOpening hours: every day from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Price: Adults €10 / Seniors €8 / 12-25 years old €7 / under 12 years old €3.50Korean Cultural Centre - Comic Strip Exhibition "Our parents' lives"The Brussels Korean Cultural Centre is organising its third exhibition of Belgian and Korean comic strips and showing the work of artists from the two countries under the theme of "our parents' lives". Four Belgian and Korean artists have been invited to unveil their ways of talking about life's bitter-sweetness. It is also an opportunity to look at our societies through the prism of human relationships. The Centre will also show a Korean webtoon.This work by KIM Keumsuk, "My father's song", is autobiographical. The author tells of his childhood in Korea as one of a family of 9 children in the years between 1970 and 1980. Through the everyday life of a humble family, his work depicts the evolution of society in the midst of the economic development of that period.In "Macaroni! ", Vincent Zabut tells the story of a boy spending his holiday with an embittered grandfather. This book, illustrated by Thomas Campi, about the sometimes difficult communication between generations, treats Italian immigration with delicacy.In "The mummies", MA Youngshin shows a mother who above all continues to be a woman. This work shows the place that maternity takes over femininity in a woman's life. The author uses humour to show that a mother can also live her life as a woman.Judith Vanistendael looks at mourning in "David, women and death". With restraint, the artist describes the sadness of a family on the death of the father. This sadness, the final evidence of family love, is pictured perfectly with her delicate, poetic touch.Opening and talk: 1 September 2016, with the authors KIM Keumsuk, MA Youngshin and Vincent Zabut.Date: 01/09 > 22/10/2016Address: Korean Cultural Centre - Rue de la Régence, 4 - 1000 BruxellesOpening hours: Monday to Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Also open as an exception on 04/09. Price: FreeJapan Information and Cultural Centre - Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary ComicsIn light of Japan’s contemporary comics and their global proliferation, the 19th-century Hokusai Manga is attracting increasing interest. Fans worldwide tend to even regard this pictorial compendium by ukiyo-e artist Katsushika Hokusai as the origin of today’s manga. But the outward appearance of these two types of manga does not immediately suggest a continuous tradition. Do present-day graphic narratives and the master’s “diverse drawings” share anything other than a name? Unlike past exhibitions of Hokusai’s work, Manga Hokusai Manga approaches the Hokusai Manga from the perspective of contemporary Japanese comics, focusing on genre, pictorial storytelling and participatory culture rather than the integration of word and image or the role of popular characters. And instead of aiming at a historiographic verification of influences, the exhibition invites viewers to ponder their own notions about manga by comparing works from different periods while exploring the diversity therein.Date : 14/7 > 20/9/2016Place : Rue Van Maerlant, 1 - 1040 BrusselsOpening Hours: Monday to Friday, from 9:15 to 12:30 & from 13:30 to 17:00Price : FreeThe journal Tintin Rally: The must-see of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival is back!The Brussels Comic Strip Festival is organising the journal Tintin Rally for the third year in a row. In what has become an essential weekend tradition, the race of vintage vehicles will gather 50 collector cars.This coming Sunday, 4 September, on the occasion of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, vintage vehicles found in the journal Tintin from 1946 to 1988 will be invited to participate in the great rally. After a journey of about one hundred kilometres and a stop at the Hergé Museum, these cars will arrive in Brussels from 2:30 PM. The public will then be able to come and admire the myriad of auto bodies at Place des Palais/Paleizenplein next to Parc de Bruxelles/Warandepark where the festival of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival will be in full swing at the same time. This should be a delightful spectacle for people of all ages and interests. Two people per car will be invited to blend in and participate in this parade and share a meal with fellow fans. At the end of the race, a panel of judges will award the prizes for the cars that best match the journal Tintin.Owners of vehicles or motorcycles appearing in the journal Tintin between 1946 and 1988 can still complete the registration form available on the Brussels Comic Strip Festival website. Timetable:09:00 AM: departure of the journal Tintin Rally in Neerpede Anderlecht.12:00 AM: Arrival at the Hergé Museum (Louvain-la-Neuve)2 PM: the vehicles arrive at Place des Palais and are being judged by the panel2 PM – 06:00 PM: exhibition of the vehicles on the Place des PalaisThe Balloon’s Day ParadeOn the occasion of the Brussels Comic Strip Festival, the 8th Balloons' Day Parade will take place along the main streets of Brussels. Composed of famous Belgian comic strip characters, the Balloons' Day Parade will give kids young and old the opportunity to see these gigantic balloons.This year, the Balloons' Day Parade will take place on Sunday 4 September. For an hour and a half, a parade of giant balloons taking the form of comic strip characters will cross the city, turning it upside down. The Balloons' Day Parade and the Comic Strip festival will plunge comic fans into the fantastic world of Belgian comics. Another brand new balloon representing a famous comic strip character will join this year's parade. The impressive sight of the balloons being inflated will begin in the morning at the Place des Palais. During the afternoon, Billy, Spirou, Tintin, Le Chat and their new friends will parade through the city centre. The route comes to an end at De Brouckère, where the balloons will be deflated.The Brussels Police Band will open the parade. In addition, folk groups from around Belgium will join this colourful parade to provide entertainment. Comic strip fans can also satisfy their passion at the Comic Strip Festival in Brussels Park as well as other themed events around the capital over the weekend. The Balloon' Day Parade is still looking for volunteers to carry the balloons in the parade between 14:00 and 18:00. Application forms are available on demand: jobs@rockthecity.be (02 412 71 40).For more information on the Comic Strip Festival, see fetedelabd.brussels, which is regularly updated.Raymond Leblanc PrizeFor the tenth year, the Raymond Leblanc Foundation is holding a prestigious contest in conjunction with the COCOF and Lombard Publishers intended to allow talented young comic strip authors to acquaint a wider audience with their work. With this in mind, the Foundation invites young artists and writers to produce their projects. Applicants were asked to submit a complete file on any subject including a synopsis of their full album, three complete story boards and a draft cover.The winner of the Raymond Leblanc Prize will be announced during the 2016 Brussels Comic Strip Festival.fondationrleblanc.be The Brussels Comic Strip Festival has selected its ambassadorsOn the occasion of the Brussels-Capital Region, visit.brussels has selected seven ambassadors ready to take to social media and share their personal experience of the event. These enthusiastic and creative shutterbugs will bear witness to the bubbly ninth art that make up this festive September weekend. Since there are as many ways to enjoy the Brussels Comic Strip Festival as there are participants, visit.brussels has decided to allow ten Brussels fans to officially communicate on the Iris Festival. Whether it's on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Google +, Instagram, on their blog or via another channel, Ambassadors will share their best photos accompanied by the hashtags #fetedelabd, #stripfeest and #brusselscomicstripfestival. Thanks to their very personal and spontaneous perspective, they will participate in burnishing Brussels' image on the local, national, and international stages. In order to assist them with their mission, privileged ambassadors will receive two entrances at the Cinematek, a selection of comic books appeared recently, the official poster drawn by Johan de Moor printed, a Brussels Comic Strip Festival t-shirt, an access to the opening press conference on Thursday, September 1st, and a communication kit (graphic style guide, logos, banners, etc.). The best pictures will be used in the festival’s official messages, with name of the ambassador as copyright.Practical informationDatesFrom 2 to 4 September 2016AccessFree entrance. Accessible for persons with reduced mobility.Bus: 27, 38, 71, 95 (ROYALE or TRONE stop)Tram: 92,93 (PALAIS stop)Metro: lines 1 and 5 (PARC stop)PlacesComic Strip Festival?: Parc de Bruxelles, 1000 BrusselsBalloon’s Day Parade?: gonflage & départ Place des Palais / arrivée Place de BrouckèreRallye journal Tintin?: départ Musée Hergé à Louvain-La-Neuve / arrivée Place des PalaisHorairesComic Strip FestivalFriday 2 September: 3:00 PM - 8:00 PMSaturday 3 September: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PMSunday 4 September: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PMBalloon’s Day Parade - Sunday 410:00 AM: inflation of the balloons on the Place des Palais02:00 PM: departure of the Balloon’s Day Parade06:00 PM: arrival and end of the Balloon’s Day Parade Boulevard Maurice LemonnierJournal Tintin Rally - Sunday 409:00 AM: departure of the journal Tintin Rally in Neerpede Anderlecht.12:00 AM: Arrival at the Hergé Museum (Louvain-la-Neuve)02 PM: the vehicles arrive at Place des Palais and are being judged by the panel02 PM – 06:00 PM: exhibition of the vehicles on the Place des PalaisPress informationPress conferenceA press conference is organised on Thursday September 1rd in the BIP (2-4 Rue royale, 1000 Brussels). The press conference will be followed by the Award Ceremony of the Raymond Leblanc Award. Press releasesAll the press releases can be downloaded on this link or on the website icsFestival.brussels (“Pro & Press”)Picture libraryFree pictures on visit.brussels (“Pro & Press” – “Picture library”)Search?: Comic, Balloon, Rallye, …Thematic press kit “Brussels, capital city of comic trip”The thematic kit about Comic Strips in Brussels can be downloaded on that link or on visit.brussels (“Pro & Press” – “Thematic press kits”).Press contact of the Brussels Comic Strip FestivalMartha Meeze: m.meeze@visit.brussels – +32 486 53 31 81Catherine Renard: c.renard@visit.brussels – +32 474 37 67 05 Other press contactsBallon Media?: Geert Briers - HYPERLINK "mailto:g.briers@" g.briers@ - +32 473 92 97 24Bamboo Edition: Nazim Menaa - n.menaa@bamboo.fr - +33 1 41 58 19 03Casterman?: Valérie Constant - agenceapropos@ +32 473 85 57 90Comic book route in Brussels FR: Thi-Tiên TR?N - Thi-Tien.Tran@brucity.be - +32 474 35 29 89 Comic book route in Brussels NL?: Annelies Smets - annelies.smets@brucity.be - +32 496 498 464Dargaud?: Marie Odile-Delvigne - delvigne@dargaud.be +32 2 526 68 84 - +32 476 53 93 04Delcourt-Soleil?: Patrick Hourcade - phourcade@ - +33 6 83 01 83 94?d. le Héron d'Argent: Vanessa Callico - leherondargent@ - +33 6 59 44 30 40?d. P'tit Louis?: Muriel L'Henoret - communication@editionsptitlouis.fr - +33 6 62 28 98 98Festival Spirou?: Coraline Walravens - walravens@ - +32 499 08 81 69Fondation Raymond Leblanc?: Paulette Smets - p.smets@belvision.be -+32 479 29 48 69Glénat?: Elise Brun - elise.brun@ - +33 1 41 46 11 28Groupe Paquet?: Caroline Paraggio - cparaggio@groupepaquet.fr - +33 6 41 60 79 12Joker Editions?: Ghyslaine Guinde - ghyslaine@editions- - +32 484 89 66 11Kana: Stéphanie Nunez - presse@ - +33 1 53 26 32 38 - +33 6 22 97 52 43Kennes ?d.?: Fabienne Quoidbech - fabienne@ - +32 474 37 55 50Le Lombard?: Elise Harou - eharou@lelombard.be - +32 2 526 68 31 - +32 479 51 45 77Les ?d. du Grand Vingtième: Thierry Lefevre - thierry.lefevre@ - +32 475 69 11 36China: Atlas International?: Xuan TAN - xuan.tan@ - +32 487 539 946Thuy Mai HO DUC: thuymai.hoduc@ - +32 499 083 913Cameroon, Ayaba Association: Emile Valery Nkongo Kinge - kynvalmyller_10@yahoo.fr - associationayaba@ South Korea, Centre Coréen?:Hae Tal CHUNG - haetare1977@ -haetal.chung@ - +32 2 274 29 80 - +32 4 8326 2037Quebec?: Valérie Constant (Apropos communication) - V.constant@ - +32 473 85 57 90Switzerland, EPAC?: Marie-José Portmann - mariejose.portmann@parl.admin.ch - +41 58 322 94 80 EUNIC (7 countries)?: Simona Degeratu - simona.degeratu@icr.ro - +32 2 344 41 45 Hong Kong Arts Centre?: Gordon Lo (HK Arts Centre) - glo@.hk Chistophe Galent (Halles de Schaerbeek) - Christophe.Galent@halles.be Italy - Institut italien + Lucca Comics & Games?: Paolo Grossi - paololuigi.grossi@esteri.it Giovanni Russo? - g.russo@ +32 2 533 27 20 Czech republic, Institut tchèque?: Kristina Prunerova - prunerova@czech.cz - kristina.prunerova@ - +32 2 641 89 49 - +32 479 490 493Alger-Havana-Brussels, Maison Autrique?:Alexandra ROLLANDEtienne Schréder - alexandra.rolland@autrique.be - +32 2 215 66 00Italian bookshop Piolalibri?: Jacopo Panizza - jacopo@piolalibri.be Francesca Simonis - francesca.simonis@ +32 496 048350 - +32 2 736 93 91English bookshop Sterling Books?: Jonny - info@sterlingbooks.be - +32 2 223 62 23Egypt, TokTok Mag: Mohammed Elshennawy - info@ +32 474 64 27 22All the information is also icsFestival.brussels ................
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