I’m a little late with this, but it’s never too late for nice photos and stories…
Last week, on Thursday and Friday, on August 31 and 1st September, at the French Cultural Center in Belgrade, the Festival of new French literature and comics is held, titled „France: Instructions for Use“.
This mini festival was organized by the book publisher Rende and French cultural center, in cooperation with Beopolis and Book Factory. Program was diverse and interesting… discussions, exhibition, new books and comics, a rock concert (famous Serbian band „Obojeni program“ played)… However, the comics workshop was the best of all! With the support of Alexandar Zograf, the workshop was led by French comics author and illustrator Remi Malengre. Twenty of us sat around a huge table and started drawing… The topic was „Seven most important moments of my life“.
As you can see from the photos taken by Zograf, everybody worked studiously, and it was easy to find inspiration in such a great company. We made a lot of great works in two days of the festival and used up all the paper they had! Honestly, I really missed something like this.
Some of the comics, as promised, will be published on Rende’s site, but meanwhile, here’s „My super special seven„, as well as the comic by Johanna Marcade, one of the guests at the workshop (by the way, she prefers to be called Jovanka, which is Johanna in Serbian 🙂 ).
Malo kasnim sa ovim, no, za lepe priče i fotke nikad nije kasno…
Dakle, prošle nedelje, tačnije u četvrtak i petak, 31.8 i 1.9., u Francuskom kulturnom centru održan je Festival nove francuske književnosti i stripa pod nazivom FR
ANCUSKA: UPUTSTVO ZA UPOTREBU.
Organizatori ovog mini festivala bili su izdavačka kuća Rende i Francuski kulturni centar u saradnji sa Beopolisom i Fabrikom knjiga. Program je bio raznovrstan, živahan i zanimljiv…Tribine, izložba, nove knjige i stripovi, koncert Obojenog programa…Ipak, najbolja je bila strip radionica! Uz podršku Aleksandra Zografa, radionicu je vodio francuski strip autor i ilustrator Remi Malengre. Nas dvanaestak, posedali smo oko ogromnog stola i krenuli da crtamo…Tema: SEDAM NAJVAŽNIJIH TRENUTAKA U MOM ŽIVOTU.
Kao što se iz priloženih fotografija da videti, svi su marljivo radili, elana nam nije manjkalo, a u dobrom društvu i inspiracije ima u izobilju. Za dva dana trajanja festivala nastala je gomila sjajnih radova, a i iscrtali smo sav papir koji nam je bio na raspolaganju! Iskreno, ovako nešto mi je zaista nedostajalo! 
Neki od stripova, kako su nam obećali, biće objavljeni na sajtu Rende-a, ali u međuvremenu, evo, premijerno objavljujem moj strip My super special seven, kao i strip Johane Markade ( Johanna Marcade ), gošće radionice, koja, btw, više voli da je zovu Jovanka 🙂
E, da, i nikako, ali nikako ne propustite da kupite svoj primerak Persepolisa! Prvi deo izašao je ovih dana u izdanju Fabrike knjiga. Verovatno znate, ali da podsetim, Persepolis je zbirka predivno nacrtanih i još bolje napisanih autobiografskih priča iranske strip autorke Marđan Satrapi ( Marjane Satrapi ). Jedva čekam sajam knjiga, čula sam da će do tada izaći i drugi deo!
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— Sta je crtao taj Remi Malengre?
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Anonymous
Cao MAjo!
postavio sam nesto malo o radionici na lokalnom sajtu…http://www.bnselo.co.yu/news.php?action=show&type;=one&id;=39
i na forumu popboksa…http://www.popboks.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1278
Pozdrav
Letach
Anonymous
Kakva je svrha radionice u kojoj su svi crtaci vec formirane licnosti, sa izgradjenim rukopisima i idejama? U cemu je fora sa vodjenjem radionice? Sta ce vam vodja?
Ellen
WOW! What an interesting read! I am definately getting the book Persepolis. Thank you for bringing your part of the world into my little corner…we really are one big family!! By the way I LOVE your art!!!!!