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COMICA FESTIVAL 2009

Between 5 and 26 November London comes alive with international comics during the Comica's annual three-week season of exhibitions, events, talks, performances, workshops, films, a conference and publishers' fair. More...


COMICA FESTIVAL 2008

The fifth Comica Festival was held between 14 and 26 November 2008, featuring Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Dave McKean, Alex Maleev, Emmanuel Guibert, Gilbert Shelton, Spain and Art Spiegelman. More...


COMICA FESTIVAL 2007

A world of comics converged on the Comica Festival in 2007: African teen romance in 1970s Ivory Coast; Laika, the first cosmonaut dog in space; Shooting War exposing Iraq's frontline in 2011; and much more. More...


COMICA FESTIVAL 2006

After skipping a year in 2005, the Comica Festival returned in October 2006 with a variety of events, inluding Alan Moore, Melinda Gebbie, Marjane Satrapi, Scott McCloud, Ben Katchor, Alison Betchdel, Guy Delisle and many others. More...


COMICA FESTIVAL 2004

After the hugely successful first year in 2003, the Comica Festival returned in 2004 with the theme of 'Confessions & Convictions' highlighting the trend towards autobiography and political commentary prevalent in the comics medium. More...


COMICA FESTIVAL 2003

The first Comica Festival was held at the ICA in London between June 27 to July 6, 2003 with a stella cast of comic-greats, including Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, Charles Burns, Mike Carey, Warren Ellis, Frederic Boilet and many others. More...


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Reviews

"...Comica continues to be a must-visit destination each year..."
Joel Meadows

"...a fantastically wide selection of comics, to be touched, admired and purchased."
Toby Litt

"Comica Comiket at the ICA was buzzing with invention and ideas."
The Guardian

"I was about to fall off my chair from overstimulation."
Sarah McIntyre

"Comiket... was packed to bursting with enthusiastic, earnest artists hustling their work."
Mike Leader

"...vastly informative and entertaining."
Kevin Fitzsimmons

"...all [24 hour comic day] participants felt a huge sense of achievement and satisfaction by the end."
Jim Medway

"...a two-week celebration of the art form..."
The London Paper

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

"It's fun, it's informative, it's inspirational, and it's an absolute must-do."
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