The Independent Colombian Comic Festival brings together lovers of comics and the graphic novel in spaces for talks, conferences, workshops and other activities that will allow them to exhibit their projects and expand their knowledge in the community.
Between May 25 and 30, artists, fans, editors and comic connoisseurs will be able to participate in the fifth edition of the Independent Colombian Comic Festival. With more than 35 virtual and face-to-face activities, the latter designed to be carried out at the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Public Library, the event seeks to promote entrepreneurship and spread the genre in the country.
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The Public Library Network of Bogotá (Biblored), through the Julio Mario Santo Domingo Library, once again joins this celebration in which lovers of comics and graphic novels will find spaces for talks, conferences, workshops and more. activities that will allow them to exhibit their projects and expand their knowledge in the community. Registration is free and can be done through this link.
With a virtual agenda from May 25 to 28, and with a face-to-face meeting on May 29 and 30, the library will host about 35 exhibitors, including artists and agents of the plastic and visual arts, as well as independent and community publishers, agents of the book ecosystem, dancers, dance academies, audiovisual producers, among other managers.
Talks like “Batman and Superman: The Truth About the Most Super Friendship” and “Who Was the First Superhero?” They are part of a program that also includes “Make your own comic” and “Make your comic book character” workshops. In addition, on Thursday, May 27, entrepreneurs will find conferences and virtual meetings with the founders of VAKI, one of the most important project financing platforms in Latin America.
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The Independent Colombian Comic Festival takes place within the framework of the Local Arts Fairs, organized by Idartes, a strategy designed to support local and community artistic projects that allow the articulation of new ways of strengthening the social fabric.