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• The Cartoonists Rights Network
If you would like to receive regular email updates about worldwide cartoonists who are persecuted by their governments, send an email to the Cartoonists Rights Network at MAYTE6@aol.com
• Sequart
Link: www.sequart.org
Sequart Research & Literacy Organization is a non-profit
organization devoted solely to the study and promotion of the artistic and
literary medium alternately known as comics, comic strips, comic books, graphic
novels, manga, sequential art, and sequart.
EUROPE
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• European Comics on the Web
This
is an overview of pointers
to information on European
comics (in French: bandes
dessinées) that has been made
available on the web. The
site, which is fully searchable,
features sections on comics
series, news sites, indexes,
publishers and shops.
• European Artists Gallery
Link: http://users.pandora.be/marcbazooka/euro_artists.htm
Comics artists and illustrators featured including
Alfonso Azpiri, Chris Achilleos and many others
Federation of European Cartoonists' Organisations
Web: www.fecouk.org.uk
• Lambiek
Link: http://lambiek.net/
Given the US-centric nature of many comics sites
this is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking information on European
comics creators, although US talent also features.
Lambiek is Europe's first comics shop, and the finest of Holland. Founded in
1968, the name is derived from a popular Willy Vandersteen character, and now
it's probably the oldest comics shop in the world. As publisher and editor of
two comic encyclopedias and other related books, it's widely recognized for our
expertise on all matters concerning comics and sequential art.
BELGIUM
• BD Durbury Strip
Web: 6bears.com/bddurbuy
Rue Jacob Makoy, 45 B - 4000 Liege, Belgium
Tel: +32 (04) 253 20 13
Contacts: Xavier Fostroy or
Patrice Pletchette
• Maison de la Culture - La Louviere
Place Jules Mansart 17 - 18, B - 7100 La Louviere, Belgium
Tel: (32) 64 21 51 21
Fax: (32) 64 21 51 25
Contacts: Claude Bonte or Eddy Devolder
• Euro-Kartenale
Waregem sesteerweg 11, 39770 Kruishoutern, Belgium
• Koksidje/Coxyde
BD
Capucynenlaan 3, 48670 Koksijde, Belgium
Tel: (32) 58 51 88 10
Fax: (320 58 52 27 41
Contact: Patrick Mortier
• Centre Belge de la Bande Dessine
20 rue des Sables, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium
Tel: (32) 2 219 19 80 / (32) 2 219 23 76
• Cria BD International
50 rue de Montigny, 6000 Charleroi, Belgium
Contact; Roland Francart
• International
CartoonFestival Knokke-Heist
Web: www.knokke-heist.be/cart97.htm
Zeedijk Knokke 660,B -
8300 Knokke-Heist, Belgium
• International Cartoon Salon Cvorak
Matice hrvatske 24, (P.O.B. 129), 43000 Bjelovar, Croatia
• The Helsinki Comics Festival
Web: www.kaapeli.fi/~sarjaks/sata/festarit/festival.html
Helsingin Sanomat POB 975, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
or The Helsinki Comics Festival, Toimittaja, PO Box 375, 500101 Helsinki, Puhelin 1221, Finland
Contact: Juhani Tolvanen
• Kemi - The Arctic Comics Festival
Finland Kemi, PL 41 FIN, 94101 Kemi, Finland
Tel: (3580 49 514 540
Fax: (358) 698 221 000
Contacts: Heikki Porkola or Ilpo Koskela
FRANCE
See also: French Publishers
• Salon International De La Bande Dessinee
Web: www.cnbdi.fr
CNBDI (Centre National de Ia Bande Dessinee et de l'lmage), 121 route de Bordeaux, 16000 Angouleme, France
• Ministere de la Culture et de la Francophonie
3, rue de Valois, 75001 Paris, France
Tel: (33) 1 40 15 80 00
Contact: David Cameo
• Bedicine Espace
110 - 1 Avenue des Rives de l'Ill,
68110 Illzach,
France
• Festival International du Dessin Humoristique
1
Avenue de la Chambre d'Amour, 64600 Anglet, France
Tel: (33) 59 03 77 01
Fax: (33) 59 03 55 91
• Salon International St. Just le Martel
Department de las Haute-Vienne,
Limousin,
France
Tel: (16) 55 09 26 70
Contacts: G.Vandenbroucke,
Marie-Christine Guyot or Corinne Bon
Web: www.darmstadt.gmd.de/~schombur/cartoonfabrik.htm
Birkenstrasse 23 A, D - 12559 Berlin, Germany
Tel: 030 / 657 - 2584
Fax: 030 / 657 - 2584
• Erlangen Internationaler Comic-Salonkulturamt
der Stadt Erlangen
Marketplaz 1, 91054 Erlingen, Germany
Tel: (49) 9131 / 86 28 39
Fax: (49) 9131 / 86 21 17
Contacts: Karl Manfred Fischer, Lisa Puyplat
• Hamburg Internationaler Comicsalon
c/o Contours,
Wendenstr. 45 b,
B - 20097 Hamburg,
Germany
Tel: (49) 40 23 15 17 / 23
Fax: (49) 0 40 23 10 79
Contacts: Paul Derouet or Cornelia Schneider
• Comic
Art: Greece
Link: http://www.comicart.gr
The Ultimate Greek Portal For Comics and Creators, including a comprehensive guide to Greek underground comics. Site is in Greek with no English translation but there is some fantastic-looking art here.
• Budapest International
Cartoon Festival
Medve utca 28,
H - 1027 Budapest, Hungary
• Irish International Cartoon Festival
Web: www.wicklow.ie/events/cartoon.htm
Rathdrum,
County Wicklow, Eire
Tel: 353 / 404 - 46811
• Anonima Fumetti (the Italian
cartoonists society)
Web www.fumetti.org
C.P. 3242 Ufficio Postale Marsigli, 10100 Torino, Italy
Tel/Fax: +39 011.4331465
E-mail: anonima@fumetti.org
President: Gianfranco Goria (www.fumetti.org/goria)
Vice presidents: Luca Boschi, Vittorio Pavesio
Anonima Fumetti's centres
Centro Nazionale del Fumetto (the Italian
national centre for comic art): www.fumetti.org/cnf;
Centro Didattico per i Linguaggi della
Comunicazione (educational centre): www.fumetti.org/cdlc;
afNews, daily news about the world of comic art: www.fumetti.org/afnews
• Treviso Comics
Web: www.alpcom.it/fumetti/treviso.htm
c/o Amici del Fumetto, Piazza dei Signori, 17, 31100 Trevise, Italy
Tel: (39) 422 54 96 52
Fax: (39) 422 41 24 47
Contact: Silvano Mezzavilla, Director
• The International Salon of Humour
Corso Italia 46, 18012 Bordighera, Italy
• Lucca Comics - Exposition International de la Dande Dessine,
du Cinema et L'illustration
Web: www.comune.lucca.it
E. A. Max Massimo Garnier, Via della Cavallerizza, 11, 55100 Lucca, Italy
Contacts: Gian CarloBarsotti, Presidenza e Segretaria Amministrativa,
Roberto Davide Papini, Journalist
Tel: 0583 48522
Fax: 0583 91203
Email: comics&games@lunet.it
• Umorisit a Marostica
36063 Marostica (Vicenza), Italy
Tel: 0424 / 72150
• The Dutch Cartoon Festival
Postbox 218,
01180 Amstetveen,
The Netherlands
Tel: 2520m / 23718
• Haarlem Stripdagen
Web: www.xxlink.nl/lambiek
Stiching Beeldverhaal Nederland,
Postbus 13,
2000 AC Haarlem, The Netherlands
Tel: (31) 23 32 95 06
Fax: (31) 23 32 95 06
Contact: Joost Swarte
•Tulip Cartoon Parade
Postbox 9,
82160 Ab Lisset, The Netherlands
• Teylers Musuem (Comics Museum)
Web: www.nedpunt.nl/teylersmuseum/engels/hal.html
Sparne 16,
2011 CH Haarlem,
Holland
• Norwegian Council
of Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 101 - Sentrum,
0102 Oslo, Norway
Tel: (47) 22 42 39 19
Fax: (47) 22 33 40 42
Contact:
Tove Bakke
• Recklinghausen Comics Museum
Web: www.daton.de/artgate/museen/comic-museum
45657 Recklinghausen,,
Münsterstraße 13.
Tel: 02361/23186
Fax: 02361/109782
• Amadora Comics Festival
Web: www.estado-arte.pt/bd/program.html
Fabrica da Cultura,
Rua das Industrias,
Venda Nova,
2700 Amadora, Portugal
Tel: 351 1 495 38 02 / 495 18 57
Fax: 351 1 496 23 53
Contacts: Louis Vargas or Nelson Dona
• Strip Art Features (SAF)
Razgledna 1a,
63000 Celje,
Slovenia
Contact: Ervin Rustemagic
• World Cartoon Gallery
P.O. Box 383 Skopje,
91000 Macedonia, Macedonia
Tel: 091 / 235 - 051
Fax: 091 / 235 -
051
• Barcelona Salo International del Comic/Ficomic
Web: www.leader.es/ficomic
Palau, 4,
08035 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: (34) 3 301 23 69
Fax: (34) 3 301 52 26,
Contact: Carlos Santamaria, Director,
• Ourense - Xornada de Bana Desenada
Celso Emilio Ferreiro,
2932004 Ourense, Spain
Contact: Henrique Torreiro
• Karikatur & Cartoon Museum Basel
Web: www.cartoonmuseum.ch
St. Alban-Vorstadt 28 ,
CH - 4051 Basel, Switzerland
E-mail: info@cartoonmuseum.ch
Tel. +41 (0) 61 226 33 60
Fax +41 (0)61 226 33 61
• Sierrre Festival International de la BD
Case Postale 707,
3960 Sierre, Switzerland
Tel: (41) 27 55 90 43
Fax: (41) 27 55 91 01,
Contact: Beatrice Meizoz
UK
See also: Latest UK Comics on Sale •
UK Graphic Novel Schedule • UK
Publishers • UK
Comic Sales • Britsh
Comics - General Sites and Sites dedicated to specific comics • British
Comics Characters: ABC Warriors to James Bond • British
Comics Characters: Jeff Hawke to Wicked Wanda
• BBC Television
The BBC has
its own, but no longer mainatined comics
web site (www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics),
which in addition to interviews with comics creators, audio comics from
Big Finish and its own online strip, Work Experience by Simon Spurrier
and Steve Roberts, includes articles on British
humour comics by Lew Stringer, Girls
Comics by Jac Rayner and recent
science fiction and boys Comics by former 2000AD editor David Bishop
• British Cartoonists' Association
The Cartoon Art Trust, 3 Clapham Park Terrace, Lyham Road, London, SW2 5EA
• British Museum
Web: www.british-museum.ac.uk
Department of Prints and Drawings, Great Russell
Street, Bloomshury, London WClB 3DG
• Cartoonist's Club of Great Britain
Web: www.ccgb.org.uk
The Secretary, The Cartoonist's Club of Great Britain, 29 Ulverley Crescent, Olton, Solihul, West Midlands, B92 8BJ, United Kingdom
• The
Cartoon Art Trust (CAT)
Link: http://www.cartooncentre.com/
Dedicated to preserving and promoting the best of British cartoon
art and caricature and establishing a museum of cartoon art
with gallery, archives and reference library.
• Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature
Link: http://library.kent.ac.uk/cartoons
Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury Kent
CT2 7NU
Tel & fax: 01227 823127
This was a fantastic web find for me -- this site has tons of British newspaper
cartoons you can view online (registration required), with a very good search
engine (just try "Dalek"!)
• The Comic Creators Guild
Link: comicscreators.org.uk
The Comics Creators Guild exists to promote the interests
of professionals working within this field, and to increase public awareness
of the comic strip medium. Its principal aim is to demonstrate that comic strips
are a valuable art form, as well as a powerful and versatile communication medium,
equally effective within the spheres of entertainment, education, and marketing.
The Guild is run by comics professionals and its aims are - and always will be
- to represent the interests of comics professionals, those intent on pursuing
careers in the industry, or those working with the art form. The Guild seeks
to establish better lines of communication between editors, publishers and creators,
leading to a cohesive effort to improve working conditions and to raise the public’s
awareness of the medium. The Guild seeks to promote the creation of comics in
all forms and always to foster a spirit of professionalism and excellence in
the medium.
• Comics in the National
Art Library
Link: http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/nalcomic.html
Until the mid-1980s, the National Art Library's coverage of
comics and comic art was uneven and spasmodic. In the 19th century, illustrated
books and children's books were actively collected (as they are today) and some
of the classic precursors of 20th century comics found their way into the collections:
books such as Rodolphe Töpffer's L'histoire véritable de Monsieur
Crépin (Paris, 1837), Adolf Schrödter's Herrn Piepmeyer (Frankfurt,
1848), several 19th century editions of Heinrich Hoffmann's Struwwelpeter and
Wilhelm Busch's Max und Moritz. Individual items continued to be acquired in
the 20th century, but the Library's holdings have been significantly enhanced
by the acquisition of a number of major collections in recent years.
• The
Political Cartoon
Society
Link: www.politicalcartoon.co.uk
The
aim of this site is
to promote the 'political cartoon by way of amusing,
informing and educating.
Cartooning in Britain
has an unrivalled
heritage going back over many hundreds
of years. From Hogarth through Gillray via
Will Dyson Low and Vicky to the present
day, cartoonists have
had a major impact on readers. The corrupt
New York politician
Boss Tweed famously
blamed Nast's "damned pictures" for his decline. Low’s Blimp, Vicky’s
drawing of Alec Douglas-Home,
Bell's Major with underpants have created
images that burned in the mind. Today
there are more political
cartoonists employed by British newspapers
and periodicals than
ever before.
The Political Cartoon Society will mine this rich vein of visual history both through our quarterly newsletter as well as organising exhibitions of original cartoon art based on political and historical themes.
On
Wednesday
15
September
2004,
the
Political
Cartoon
Society
created
history
by
opening
London's
first
ever
permanent
centre
for
cartoon
art
at
The
Political
Cartoon
Gallery‚ 32
Store
Street,
London
WC1E
7BS.
The
Political
Cartoon
Gallery
is
the
world's
only
centre
dedicated
to
political
caricature
and
opened
with
an
exhibition
on
the
work
of
one
of
the
20th
Century's
greatest
cartoonists
and
illustrators,
Leslie
Gilbert
Illingworth
(1902-1979).
At
the
Gallery
you
will
find
the
country's
only "Cartoon Café",
where
today's
leading
cartoonists
have
produced
a
unique
mural
featuring
their
best-known
political
creations.
The
Gallery
also
sells
original
artwork
by
leading
cartoonists,
both
past
and
present,
as
well
as
a
range
of
exciting
cartoon
ephemera.
• The Temple APA
Aspring British creators promote their work on this site including David Hailwood, Tony Suleri and Neil Cameron. Amateur Press Associations are legion in the US -- Frank Miller, Paul Chadwick and numerous other American comic heavyweights all cut their teeth on them. But there are fewer in the UK, this is one of the best.
• Caricatures and Cartoon Art at the V & A
Web: Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell
Road, London SW7
Contact: Jean Luc Bittard
Zemun International Salon of Caricature
Web: www.oazo.co.yu/zemun.cartoon
11080 Zemun, Sindeliceva 20, tel/fax. 011/613-107
E-mail: trag@beotel.yu
INDIAN CONTINENT
The National Comics Foundation in
Sri Lanka formed in 2007; for details write to The
Secretary, Sri Lanka Comics Foundation, No 658/26,
Mahavila Gardens, Baseline Road, Dematagoda, Colombo 09, Sri Lanka
Tel: 0094 11 2674730
NORTH AMERICA
• Canadian Museum of Caricature
395 Wellington Strect, Ottawa, Canada KIA ON3
Tel: 613 992 2761
Fax: 613 995 6226
USA
See Also: • US
Publishers • US
Comics Characters
• The American Association of Editorial
Cartoonists
Official: www.detnews.com/AAEC/AAEC.html
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
is made up of full-time editorial cartoonists, student cartoonists, and others
with a professional interest in cartooning.
• Cartoon Art Museum
814 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
• Cartoon Research Library
Ohio State University, 023L Wexner Center, 27 W. 17th Ave. Mall, Columbus OH 43201-1393 USA
Tel: 614-292-0538
Fax: 614-292-9101
Contact: Lucy Shelton Caswell
• Comics
Decode
New York's comix reading
and discussion group. Meets regularly in Brooklyn
and features guest cartoonists etc. Web site features
details on event locations and samples of the participating
artists' work. For more information contact: Calvin
Reid 212-463-676 or e-mail: creid@cahners.com.
• Comics Pro
Link: www.comicspro.org
ComicsPRO is the only trade organization dedicated to the progress of direct market comic book retailers, allowing us to move forward together. The goals of ComicsPRO are for direct market retailers to speak with a single, strong voice on important industry issues, providing educational and mentoring opportunities to current and future retailers, and offering opportunities for retailers to reduce some of the fixed costs that we all incur.
Membership in ComicsPRO gives retailers access to group rates for programs such as credit card processing and group health insurance. As ComicsPRO continues to grow, members will guide the organization to the services that will benefit them the most.
• The
National Cartoonists Society (US)
The National Cartoonists Society was founded in 1946 by a small group of cartoonists while entertaining the troops at military bases. Challenges of the new, post-war world made it important that working cartoonists organize in their mutual professional and social interests. Today, the NCS membership roster includes over 600 of the world's major cartoonists, working in many branches of the profession, including: comic strips; comic books; comic panels; editorial cartoons; animation; gag cartoons; greeting cards; advertising; humorous magazine and book illustration; sports cartoons; and more.
• Sacramento Comic Talent
Link: groups.yahoo.com/group/sacramentocomictalent
A comic book creators group for those living in
Sacramento. The group
meets once a week for about an hour in various
locations in Sacramento, CA. to discuss news, events,
tips, and up-coming conventions. For seasoned pros
or new comers to the comic book industry.
• San Diego Comic Convention
311 4th Avenue 512, San Diego, CA 92101, U.S.A
Tel: (1) 619 544 9555
Fax: (1) 619 544 0743
Contacts: Fae Desmond, David Glanzer
• Swaim Collection of Caricature and Cartoon
The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, James Madison Building, 101 lndependence Avenue SE, Washington DC 20540, USA
Contact: Bernard Reilly
• Yale Center for British Art
Box 208280, Yale Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8289, USA
• The Xeric Foundation
The Xeric Foundation is a private,
nonprofit
corporation
established
by
Peter
A. Laird,
co-creator
of
the
Teenage
Mutant
Ninja
Turtles
and
Planet
Racers.
The Foundation offers financial assistance to fully committed, self- publishing comic book creators and qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations. The geographical consideration for comic book artists is the United States and Canada. Charitable and nonprofit organizations must be located in Western Massachusetts.
AUSTRALIA
• Information welcome.
See also Australian
Publishers
Comics Down Under
Link: comicsdownunder.blogspot.com
This blog by Kevin Patrick
is devoted to the history of Australian comic books,
from the 1930s and 40s to the present day. Each installment
looks at a different aspect of Australian comics' history,
ranging from landmark characters and their creators,
to profiles of publishing companies and interviews
with current Australian comic writers and artists.
The Comics Down Under 'blog' will reprint previously
published installments from Collectormania magazine.
NEW ZEALAND
• Information welcome.
See also New Zealand
Publishers
THE
PHILIPPINES
• The
Phillippine Cartoon Art Museum
Much of the artwork on this incredible site has not seen the
light of day for decades, and in most cases have never
been reprinted since they were first published.
Ever since comics artist Gerry
Alaguilan came
online in 1997, he has come to realize that a lot of
Filipinos, especially young artists reading comics
and trying to enter comics as a career, are not familiar
with the great Filipino Komiks Masters of yesteryear.
"I myself have since learned about many artists I never
knew before who were all quite talented and had impressive
bodies of work," he writes on this incredible site.
"As I rediscovered page after page of these artworks,
I became much more in awe of the talent of these Filipinos,
and I felt stricken that such artworks are virtually
unknown today.
Gerry has spent a small fortune acquiring old komiks
and original artwork from the 1940's up the present
to present on this web site. "Lack of finances put
a pause on my acquisitions, but I will still continue
with it when I have the means," he says. "I presently
have a small collection of some 100 original artworks
and 300+old komiks, mostly from the 50's and the 60's.
I will gradually put up this material online with a
substantial update to this online museum once a week."
• Chilean Comics Artists
Link: www.comicchile.cl
The Comic Chile site is a simple page with images by creators and links to their web sites.
