Wednesday, April 11, 2007
FBDFQ: Quebec City Comics Fest!
:: Posted by Bryan @ 4/11/2007 01:38:00 PM 
Today is the first day of one of the biggest comics festivals in Canada, the Festival de la BD de la Francophone de Quebec, which takes place in Quebec City April 11-15. This year the FBDFQ is celebrating its 20th Anniversary!
As usual, a huge contingent of cartoonists and comics writers from Quebec, France and Belgium have descended on the city for 5 days of signings, exhibits, roundtable panel discussions, and conferences. And as usual, Michel Viau at the BDQ Forums and Pierre-Andre Dery & the gang at bedeka.org are doing their best to link to all the event schedules, interviews, and press coverage. This year the Honourary President is 3 people: the actors from the tv show "Les Invincibles": Pierre-Francois Legendre, Francois Letourneau, & Remi-Pierre Paquin.
Here's what's happening today, courtesy of Michel Viau:
Meet the Artists
(many artists are appearing in panels as well as at artists/publishers' booths)
Jimmy Beaulieu, Pierre Bouchard, Emile Bravo, Andre-Philippe Cote, Etienne Davodeau, Delaf (Marc Delafontaine), Guy Delisle, Djief (Jean-Francois Bergeron), Maryse Dubuc, Renaud Garreta, Pascal Girard, Gyzmo (Jean-Philippe Morin), Niko Henrichon, Francois Mivillee-Deschenes ,Emmanuel Moynot, Pishier (Pierre Girard), Marc Richard
Conferences
Tintin in the 21st Century
Les rendez-vous de la Bande dessinee -- Special FBDFQ
19h Tintin in the 21st century and the New Heirs of Herge, with Pierre Skilling
"The Adventures of Tintin are bound up with the history of the 20th Century: Soveit communism, South American coups, conflict in the Middle East, the space race, The Cold War, growth of the mass media ... Herge was inspired by his world to create his fictional universe. However, he modified elements of several of his albums so that his stories would be more timeless. Did he succeed? Will the Adventures of Tintin cross over to the 21st Century? Discussion with de Pierre Skilling, Herge specialist, comics historian and author of the book Death to all Tyrants! : Tintin, Children, and Politics."
Bibliotheque Gabrielle-Roy,
350, rue Saint-Joseph Est, Quebec
Salle Gerard-Martin.
Book Launches
17h -19h Lancement de Le Bob # 8
Galerie Rouje
228, Saint-Joseph Est, Quebec
Exhibits
Fanzine Bidon rencontre la Finlande
Galerie Rouje
228, Saint-Joseph Est, Quebec
Regards sur la ville
Bibliotheque Gabrielle-Roy,
350, rue Saint-Joseph Est, Quebec
FBDFQ : 20 ans deja!
La Ninkasi
Faubourg Saint-Jean-Baptiste,
811 Rue St-Jean, Quebec
Les Invincibles en dessin
Musee de la civilisation
85, rue Dalhousie, QuebecLabels: bd, events, exhibits, links, Quebec
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