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TURNING CLASSICS INTO COMICS



William Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde are getting visual makeovers as graphic novels. How does prose transfer to panels? What is lost, and found, in translation?

Adaptors Richard Appignanesi and Ian Edgington talk with their visualisers Mustashrik (Julius Caesar), Chie Kutsuwada (As You Like It) and Ian Culbard (Picture of Dorian Gray), and writer Jason Cobley, illustrators John M. Burns and Mike Collins reveal how they adapted Frankenstein, Jane Eyre and A Christmas Carol.

Supported by Classical Comics, SelfMadeHero & Letraset

All three of today’s talks - £15, £12 concs, £9 members

Tickets: £6, £5 concs, £4 members
Where: Nash & Brandon Rooms, ICA
When: Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 6pm to 7.30pm

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Reviews

"...far and away the best place to find a serious and eclectic showcase of world comics fare."
The First Post

"Britain's leading comic event..."
The Wall Street Journal

"The Comica Festival's uniqueness resides in its selection of international comic artists [and] its presentation of cutting-edge themes..."
Dominique Le Duc

"...an inspiring look into the creative lifestyle."
Pop Culture Hound

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

"...one of the most interesting and high quality celebrations of comics the country has ever seen."
Ninthart

"It was fascinating and welcoming..."
Mike Leader

"With Comica, the ICA is doing what it does best: reaching out to culture's fringe."
Kulture Flash

"It was definitely worth the trip."
Garen Ewing

"Yet another fabulous evening."
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