Trade Shows
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Comic
Barcelona International Comic Convention
15-18/May
Montjuic. 32nd edition (10th at Fira)
The 2014 Comic Convention saw the event
established as a reference, with the participation
of leading national and foreign authors and a
programme of cultural and leisure activities -
exhibitions, talks, workshops, author signings,
etc. “Cómic” also featured meetings between
artists and publishers.
One of the main themes at the show was
war comics, and the major exhibition “Comics
in War” featured original books and illustrations
by artists of different nationalities, as well as a
spectacular setting.
Other outstanding events included the shows
devoted to the 75th anniversary of Batman
and the 40th of Wolverine. There were also
exhibitions on Popeye, the autobiographic
comic and graphic humour, a debate on the right
to decide, and a show featuring the winners of
the 2013 Comic Convention prizes; from the
Carnet Jove Connecta’t grant for the comic
awarded by the Government of Catalonia’s
Catalan Agency for Youth to the winners of
Injuve and the Cornellà Comic Competition.
The participants included Joe Sacco, who
presented
The Great War
, set during World War
One; the British artists Andrew Wildman, known
for his work on comics in the
Transformers
series, and Mike Carey, scriptwriter for
Lucifer
,
Hellblazer
and
The Unwritten
; the Argentinian
Eduardo Risso, author of
100 Balas
; and the
American scriptwriters Brian Azzarello and Paul
Jenkins. The guests also included the French
authors Audrey Spiry and Chloé Cruchaudet; the
Italians Manuele Fior and Pasquale del Vecchio;
and the Serbian artist Guéra.
The Comic Convention is supported by the
Culture Ministry (Government of Catalonia),
Barcelona City Council, the Spanish Ministry
of Education, Culture and Sport and Barcelona
Provincial Council.
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Area
32,000 m
2
Exhibitors
153
Type
Professional and public
Activities
Exhibitions,
competitions
Organised by
Ficomic
75th
anniversary of Batman
