Sunday guided tour

Events
Switzerland
On 12/02/2023
Get to know the work of Cosey, creator of “Jonathan”. This comic strip, developed over 17 albums, revolves around Cosey’s central motif: travel. For decades, the artist’s alter ego has been travelling all over Asia – searching for himself. Against this epic backdrop, a picture of Cosey’s multifaceted themes and works emerges. This artist repeatedly succeeds in merging adventure and philosophy to produce magnificent comics.

Temporary exhibitions

«The Spirit», Sonntagsbeilage, 31.12.1950 © Will Eisner Studio, Inc.

Will Eisner

Graphic Novel Godfather
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Will Eisner (1917–2005) is considered one of the founding fathers of modern comics. Born to poor European immigrants, this artist, writer, ‘inventor’ of the graphic novel, theorist and producer grew up in New York. In 1939, he created The Spirit, his famous series about a gangster hunter, followed...
© Hécatombe, 2022

HÉCATOMBE Collectives

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The Genevan collective HÉCATOMBE: three men and three women dedicated to drawing and its narrative possibilities. Since 2004, their shared and experimental mission has been to keep the book-design process in their own hands – from the beginning and the content, through to the end and the material....
© Chris Ware, «Building Stories», 2012

Chris Ware

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Developed in collaboration with Chris Ware (b. 1967), this retrospective presents the work of this American author and artist in all its richness, for the first time in the German-speaking world. Models and sculptures complement originals from his multi-award-winning books Jimmy Corrigan, Building...
© Blutch, «John Wayne après Giraud», 2021

Blutch

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The author, illustrator and painter Blutch (b. 1967) from Strasbourg has a hugely diverse oeuvre to his name and is seen as one of the most important representatives of the new French comic. The retrospective at Cartoonmuseum Basel brings together originals from albums, as well as paintings,...
© Cosey, «Le voyage en Italie», Band 1, Éditions Dupuis, 1988
Suitable for families
Paid entry
5
CHF
Rate for holders of the Museums-PASS-Musées only.
Dates
On 12/02/2023
Sunday: 14:00-15:00
Address
Cartoonmuseum Basel
St. Alban-Vorstadt 28
4052
Basel
Switzerland
+41 61 226 33 60
http://www.cartoonmuseum.ch
info@cartoonmuseum.ch
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