Comic Art Europe’s first Summer Camp was a hit!
19 students from 9 European countries came to Barcelona, to spend one week at the great Escola Joso in order to improve their skills as future professional comics artists.
They had the opportunity to meet numerous professionals from the industry such as artists Pepe Larraz (author at Marvel Comics), Jordi Lafebvre (Les beaux étés, Always Never), but also artistic director Fernando Güell and so many other great people.
Some feedback from the students:
“Before this Summer Camp I didn’t have enough information about the industry and didn’t know what steps to take in order to become a more skilled artist that other people could work with. Now I’m better equipped to make decisions for myself and set achievable goals.”
“It gave me so many things to work on! I have to re-work my porfolio, with my new pitch I presented during the summer camp, I have to make a buisness card and I have more motivation to work on new and different projects.”
The Summer Camp is a place to learn, but also to meet new friends!
“I’m keeping in touch with a couple of person from the summer camp, the one who have a similar art vision to mine. We plan to visit each others’ countries and meet to go to comic conventions and maybe doing some projects together.”
You are a young comic artist? Student, self taught, but not a professional yet? This camp is for you!
You are a professional comic artist? Submit now your application for our new open call for project!
One of Comic Art Europe’s goal is to research the impact of comics on literacy throughout workshops opened to different communities.
We are keen to present to you each of the comics creatives who won one of the 5 artist residencies.
We received no less than 200 applications from 32 countries. It is a great success for the Comic Art Europe project’s first steps.
As our Open Call for Comics projects just closed, we are already at top speed for our next exhilarating project. Follow us in Barcelona for… our Summer Camp!
It is now time to present to you the eight jury members in charge of examining the 200 applications received after our Open Call for comics projects.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, England
Escola Joso, Spain
Lyon BD, France
The Belgian Comic Strip Center, Belgium