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MANGA LIVE!


A unique opportunity to meet bright young manga talents direct from Tokyo and discover that manga is not all tits and tentacles. Can Japanese comics conquer the UK? Meet: Hisaki Sakurai, who has adapted The Ring and features in new anthology Manga Mover; Kan Takahama, rising star of ‘Nouvelle Manga’, creator of the sexy slice-of-life Kinderbook and Mariko Parade, the tender break-up of Frederic Boilet and his model, Mariko Konno, who will also be present. Joining them and others in conversation are artist Kiriko Kubo, manga publisher and writer Sean Michael Wilson, and Paul Gravett.

Where: ICA, The Mall, London
When: Friday, September 3, 2004

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Reviews

"...a very special conversation between two incredible artists."
Chris Thompson

"5 Stars... a superb exhibition."
Time Out

"It was a real learning experience."
Tom Humberstone

"PHEW! I just met Matt Groening!"
Jim Medway

"It is turning into one of the best comic-related events of the year in London."
Joel Meadows

"I arrived to find a queue for the sold-out event stretching out of the building."
Paul Tierney

"British preconceptions of graphic novels are changing as exhibitions such as Comica expose the challenging work out there."
Design Week

"...another very successful event providing a wonderful voyage into the world of graphic literature."
Dominique Le Duc

"...some of the UK's sharpest cartoonists gathered at the ICA in London for a unique test of creativity and endurance: a 24-hour comic marathon, during which each artist was challenged to create a spontaneous 24-page story."
The New Statesman

"The ICA treats comics the way they should be: as contemporary art."
Sci Fi London