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A COMICA REVIEW BY:

Flavorpill


The following review of the 2007 Comica Festival by Rob Hinchcliffe appeared on the Flavorpill web-site.

Thanks to Comica, the ICA has helped support the comic industry’s effort to break out of geekdom and into the mainstream. The eclectic set of talks, discussions and performances looks beyond the “men in tights” stereotype and concentrates on the more-inspiring and inspired graphical work being produced today - from Japanese manga to Italian realism. Including the ultra-English Posy Simmonds and a Halloween special with more vampires than you can shake a stake at, you should find plenty to spark your interest here, even if your last comic experience involved cow pie.

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Reviews

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

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

"...hearing literary translators talk about their work reminded me of the immense difficulty, creativity and importance of the task."
The Financial Times

"When the event was over the audience was left wanting more."
Liban Diriye

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

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

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

"...the viewer's efforts were amply rewarded by the superb quality of nearly every comic in the exhibit."
Alison Frank

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

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