The “master of black and white” was born in Uruguay in 1919 but spent his life in Buenos Aires. At an early age he began to work professionally in magazines and newspapers of Argentina and Italy, doing detective and adventure series.
The French artist was born in 1950 and studied Fine Arts in Nantes. He started publishing in 1975 in “Charlie Mensuel.” His later work in “Hara-Kiri” is especially artistic and involves stories of daring, bold themes, strongly reminiscent of Burroughs’ path in literature.
This is a major retrospective exhibition for one of the most famous artists worldwide. Dave McKean, born in 1963, in Berkshire, is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.
Presentation of the publishing house set up in 2002 following the merge of the Belgian Fréon group (see the 6th Festival) and the French Amok editions of Yvan Alagbé. Based in Brussels, FRMK is a pioneer in comics, and other art forms, producing publications of high artistic standards.
The idea of FUN was conceived in 2001 by the Italian underground artists Piermarion Ciani (1951-2006) and Vittore Baroni (12956). They had both been involved for the previous twenty years in mail art, the independent music scene, collective multimedia projects (e.g.
He was born in 1966 in Berne and studied graphic design in Zurich. He started drawing comics in the mid1980s and became internationally known for his personal style, thanks to his technique of scratchboard and to the fact that his stories are by and large “silent”, surpassing the language barrier.
