GRAF 2014.
Coinciding in time with the Barcelona Comic Fair and with a lot of exceptional guests, next week (Friday 16 and Saturday 17) comes the GRAF 2014, which celebrates its third edition, since last year there were two independent comics meetings, one in Barcelona around this time and the second in Madrid in September. This proposal is consolidated in a brutal way and I hope and wish that there will be GRAF for a while. For now this year there are names like those of Cristina Durán, Miguel Angel Giner, Sonia Pulido, Miguel Gallardo, Álvaro Ortiz, Isabel Cebrián, Enrique Flores, Borja Crespo, Marcos Prior, Elisa McCausland (AAC), Juanjo Sáez, Gerardo Vilches, Sergio Mora, Gonzalo Rueda, Mery Cuesta, Space Moebius, Nazario Luque, Manu Vidal, Marcos Martín, Emma Ríos, Javier Rodríguez y David aja. The great poster is a matter of Molg H. Then I leave you with the complete program:
Friday May 16
Round tables. Free entrance.
Francesca Bonnemaison Library. (C / Sant Pere més Baix, 7, 1st floor)
16:00 -Vignettes of life. Comic on tour with Intermón.
From a global artistic perspective, different comic authors are traveling with Oxfam Intermón to developing countries to act as reporters and thus raise public awareness of the importance of the fight against poverty. Several cartoonists will tell us about this solidarity project and about their experience in it.
Participants are Cristina Durán, Miguel Angel Giner, Sonia Pulido, Miguel Gallardo, Álvaro Ortiz, Isabel Cebrián, Enrique Flores. Moderated by Borja Crespo.
17:15 - Desktop Publishing and DIY: Choose your own adventure.
What paths does desktop publishing follow in the digital age? Is the philosophy of the fanzine applicable to media such as the internet, film or music?
Different initiatives operating under the punk optics of "Do it yourself" will meet at this table full of staples, pixels and decibels.
Participating are Miriam Ampersand (Tik Tok Comics), Ada Díez (Hits with Tits), Sandra Uve. Moderated by Pedro Toro.
18:30 - Political comic.
These are bad times, for the lyric and for everything else. It is time to fight and not remain silent, and the Spanish comic is fighting and has a lot to say about it. This round table will prove it.
Participating: Marcos Prior, Elisa McCausland (AAC), Juanjo Sáez. Moderated by Gerardo Vilches.
19:45 - Comics and art, are they going anywhere?
That the comic is an art, we all know it, but what differentiates it from the others? Is the creative process similar? Should it be exposed like painting? Cartoonists, artists, experts and gallery owners will try to clarify it for us.
Participants Sergio Mora, Gonzalo Rueda, Mery Cuesta, Espacio Moebius, Nazario Luque. Moderator Manu Vidal
Saturday May 17
Round tables. Free entrance.
Francesca Bonnemaison Library. (C / Sant Pere més Baix, 7, 1st floor)
10:30 - Breakfast with Whakoom.
Whakoom invites you to have breakfast and discover the definitive tool to catalog your comic collection.
11:30 - The Crumb Experience.
Presentation of the serigraphy edited by Vidas de Papel. Anecdotes with the teacher. Moderated by Borja Crespo.
12:00 - Author Superheroes.
In recent years, an important part of the best comics produced in the American mainstream have a Spanish signature. In this round table we will have four of the most renowned Spanish cartoonists, who will discuss their work and the different editorial models of the comic-book industry.
Marcos Martín, Emma Ríos, Javier Rodríguez, David Aja participate. Moderator Gerardo Vilches
Stands for sale to the public. Entry € 1.
Mutual Art Center. (C / Julià Portet, 5)
11am - 21pm. Different publishers, groups, fanzines and authors will show their work, also serving as a meeting point to stimulate creativity and collaboration among participants. They will be present, either with their own stand, or in a shared stand.
GRAF party. Free entry until complete seats.
Slow Barcelona. (C / Paris, 186)
23pm - End of days.