Mandy J Watson’s Round-up of Co/Mix at Open Book Festival 2012
Mandy J Watson attended Co/Mix, which was part of this year’s Open Book Festival, for Brainwavez.
The one day festival, consisting of panel discussions, was held at The Bank on Canterbury Street and comics, graphic novels and illustrations were on sale. British illustrator and author Emily Gravett (Matilda’s Cat) joined locals Chris Venter (illustrator of Speurhond Willem in New York) and Alex Latimer (From Aardvark to Zuma: The South African Alphabet) for a discussion on “The Art of Children’s Book Illustration”. Watson attended this, as well as other panel discussions, and shared some of her favourite discoveries from Co/Mix:
Independent artists, illustrators, comics creators, and comics publishers gathered to participate in panel discussions and introduce and sell their books, comics, and artworks at a special day-long event called Co/Mix, held as part of this year’s Open Book Festival in Cape Town.
Co/Mix stands for “Comic Art/Mixed Media” and this is the second year that the event has been held (last year it debuted in Grahamstown at the arts festival). This is a summary of some of the events and panel discussions that took place throughout the day, as well as some of the comics and comic producers that caught my eye, most of whom are from, or now live in, Cape Town, which has a burgeoning but thriving comics scene.
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- Don’t Joke: The Year in Cartoons edited by Andy Mason, John Curtis
EAN: 9781770097582
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- Matilda\’s Cat by Emily Gravett
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EAN: 9780230745377
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- Operation Itchy Bum by Niki Daly
EAN: 9781444900927
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- Speurhond Willem in New York by Elizabeth Wasserman, illustrated by Chris Venter
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EAN: 9780624055082
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- From Aardvark to Zuma : The South African Alphabet by Alex Latimer
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EAN: 9780143530367
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- South African Road Trip by Jacques de Loustal, Guy de la Chevalerie
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EAN: 9782915757286
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- Alphabet of Democracy by Anton Kannemeyer
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EAN: 9781431400775
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- But Will It Stand Up in Court? by Zapiro
EAN: 9781431404506
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- Just for Kicks!: The Year in Cartoons edited by Andy Mason, John Curtis
EAN: 9781770099265
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