KOMIKSFEST! 2011 6th year of multimedia festival of comics The main program: 28 Oct 5 Nov/ Prague/ www.komiksfest.

.cz Friday 28 October OPEN PARTY KOMIKSFEST (7pm) club room 2. patro, Dlouh 37 (entrance 50 CZK) Festival starts with opening of exhibition Comic from underground, released party of a comic book BRUTTO, fashion comics show of the PARASITE shop, DJ Tobi Jirous

Saturday 29 October COMICS SATURDAY at MeetFactory, Ke Sklrn 15 KomiksFest for children with Albatros ( 10am-1pm, entrance for children 30 CZK)

Pictures from history of Czechoslovakia / new album release and drawing workshop with Barbora alamounov

Workshop with Pavel ech Workshops with Karel Jerie, Tom Chlud, Vrapka comics workshop of doc. Racek ( Luk Urbnek and Milada Rezkov) animated films screening + prize competitions for books and comic papers

Comics Saturday Main Program ( 3pm-12pm, entrance 50 CZK) Main auditorium 3.00pm
Barbarella Reloaded

(Theatre performance of Cakes and Puppets) 5.00pm 5.30pm 7.00pm 9.00pm We are still in war - release of new book and introducing of the whole project Konstantin Komardin - discussion with author Dave McKean discussion with author and signing Comics ChaCha presentation of works of the best Czech authors

Small auditorium 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm Comic and chewing gum (David Kumerman) Botanicula (new game by Jaromr Plach) Comixiade China Comic & Animation Museum (Juras Lasovsk) Crew Crying Freeman Japanese comics (Antonn Tesa) Short animated films based on comics (screening)

Manga section 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.30pm 7.00pm AND MORE: Workshops with Czech authors Dan ern, Vclav lajch, Petr Velka Exhibition of prepared book Ve stnu umavskch hvozd by Ji Grus and Vojtch Maek and renovated work of Kja Saudek Hor sa, do hlbn! Boys Love Phenomenon for heterosexual women (Jana Akiko Votrubov) How to draw manga (Workshop with Michaela Saniika Krlov) Anatomy in manga (Workshop with Michaela Saniika Krlov) Technotise - Edit and me (2009) animated film

The Illusionist
(4pm) film screenenig of animated film Francouzsk institut, tpnsk 35

Persepolis
(7pm) film screenenig of animated film Francouzsk institut, tpnsk 35

Sunday 30 October Pascal Rabat Ibikus (5.30pm) opening of exhibition Ibikus (till Nov 30)

(6.15pm) discussion with Pascalem Rabat (7.00pm) Holidays by the Sea (d. Pascal Rabat)

Francouzsk institut, tpnsk 35

Monday 31 October Dave McKean The possibilities are endless (7pm) exhibition opening The Chemistry Gallery, U Luickho semine 11 (till Nov 20) The Panorama of Belgian comics (6pm) discussion with Thierry Bellefroid Zastoupen Valonsko-Brusel, Myslkova 31

Tuesday, 1 November Tigers from East (6pm) opening of exhibition of Konstantin Komardin and Jozef Danglr Gertli Novomstsk radnice - tower, Karlovo nm. 1 / 23 (till Nov 16) Something or nothing (7.30pm) exhibition opening
Galerie U Prstenu, Jilsk 14 (till Nov 30)

Phenomenon Art Spiegelman (6pm) film screening of documentary film and discussion with Jos Alaniz Americk centrum, Trit 13

Hza Baant Time Master (7pm) exhibition opening Rock cafe, Nrodn 20 (untill Nov 30) Little Rivers (7.00pm) Holidays by the Sea (d. Pascal Rabat) Francouzsk institut, tpnsk 35

Wednesday 2 November PLOP! Fiction Ji Zimk (6pm) exhibition opening Knihkupectv a kavrna ehoe Samsy, Vodikova 30 (till Nov 26) Our mind is bigger than world (6pm) discussion with Renta Fukov Mstsk knihovna Praha, Marinsk nmst 1 Spain Comics: From comics strip to graphic novel (6pm) opening of exhibition of Paco Roca and Dario Adanti + discussion with artists Institut Cervantes, Na Rybnku 536/6

Thursday 3 November Expression and erotism (6pm) exhibition opening of Anke Feuchtenberger and Vclav lajch Goethe Institut, Masarykovo nbe 32 (till Dec 23) Alois Nebel (8.30 pm) film screening and discussion with animators Bio Oko, F. Kka 15

Art of comics, comics in art (6.00pm) exhibition opening esk centrum Praha, Rytsk 31 (till Nov 26)

Friday 4 November Frederik Peeters The Diver into the human Soul (6pm) opening of exhibition + signing 1. Podzemn antikvarit, Hybernsk 22 (exhibition from Oct 31 till Nov 13) Rachacha Smotlacha! (7.30pm) exhibition opening of Karel Jerie Galerie 21. Stolet, Dukelskch hrdin 407/26 (till Nov 23) Art of comics, comics in art (5.00pm) guided tour with curator Eva Janov esk centrum Praha, Rytsk 31

Saturday 5 November KomiksFEST! 2011 : Final Ceremony Bio Oko, F. Kka 1 ( 3pm-12pm, entrance 50 CZK) 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.15pm 9.30pm 7pm-10pm Frederik Peeters - Discussion with author of Blue Pills and Lupus short film The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan MURIEL award ceremony winner anouncement of competition ARNAL Secret Wars - Live battle exhibition Secret Wars vs DRAWetc.

Main Guests: Dave McKean (GB) Frederik Peeters (CH) Pascal Rabat (F) Anke Feuchtenberger (D) Dario Adanti (Argentina) Paco Roca (E) Konstantin Komardin (RU)