Female creators from across Europe share their thoughts and experience in making comics in their respective countries. What have been the challenges in their work, has anything changed in recent years and what are their hopes for the future? They also share how everyday life inspired many of their professional projects and how the comics medium helped them convey these stories.
These and other topics are discussed with Kaisa Leka (Finland), Johanna Maierski (Germany), Ingrid Chabbert (France), Judith Vanistendael (Belgium) and Luciana Cimino (Italy), on Friday, May 21, 2021.
Moderated by Dr. Lucia Cedeira Serantes (Assistant professor, The University of Western Ontario).
Watch the recording of the conference in full.
JOHANNA MAIERSKI, Independent comics publisher & printer (Germany)
JUDITH VANISTENDAEL, Artist & scriptwriter (Belgium)
KAISA LEKA, Artist & scriptwriter (Finland)
LUCIANA CIMINO, Comics writer and journalist (Italy)
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