The guided tours of the exhibition ‘Christophe Blain. Paradis perdus’ are a journey through the genres of comics. The award-winning illustrator and comic book author Christophe Blain, with his ...
Have you always wanted to be able to draw a sunset over the mesas of Monument Valley? Or a saloon with a gunfighter’s horse tied up in front of it? Christophe Blain is an expert on Wild West clichés ...
At the Artist Talk at the Fumetto Comic Festival in Lucerne, Christophe Blain shows how complex facts can be turned into captivating comics. Blain's non-fiction comics fascinate readers with their ...
The curator guided tour of the exhibition 'Christophe Blain. Paradis perdus', led by curator Anette Gehrig, offer a journey through the genres of comics. On the final day of the exhibition, the artist ...
With: Baschi Dürr, Director of the Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel (CH), José Muñoz, comics artist, Milan (IT); Lorenzo Mattotti, comics artist, Paris (FR); and Anette Gehrig, Director and Curator ...
With his unconventional expressionist crime stories, José Muñoz has created classic black-and-white comics. Alongside these, he has also produced a lesser-known painterly and colourful body of work ...
Cartoonmuseum Basel is presenting the life’s work of Argentine comics artist José Muñoz (b. 1942), who is known for his expressive black-and-white crime stories, depicting the everyday lives of ...
In the 1970s, the Argentine comics artist José Muñoz emigrated to Spain to escape the military dictatorship. Together with his compatriot and writer Carlos Sampayo, he explored political violence and ...
With stark black-and-white contrasts, dark shadows on angular faces and skewed perspectives, José Muñoz has the perfect set of tools for depicting the back streets and the underworld. In this workshop ...
José Muñoz’s faces are often caricatures or even grimaces, rather than realistic portraits. How does this artist manage to distort his characters in such lively, powerful and captivating ways? In this ...
With stark black-and-white contrasts, dark shadows on angular faces and skewed perspectives, José Muñoz has the perfect set of tools for depicting the back streets and the underworld. In this workshop ...
Jazz and tango run through José Muñoz’s oeuvre as a common thread. Music has had a decisive influence on his free, expressive painting style and inspired his comic biographies of Billie Holiday and ...
Cartoonmuseum Basel is presenting the life’s work of Argentine comics artist José Muñoz (b. 1942), who is known for his expressive black-and-white crime stories, depicting the everyday lives of ...
Cartoonmuseum Basel is presenting the life’s work of Argentine comics artist José Muñoz (b. 1942), who is known for his expressive black-and-white crime stories, depicting the everyday lives of ...
Cartoonmuseum Basel is presenting the life’s work of Argentine comics artist José Muñoz (b. 1942), who is known for his expressive black-and-white crime stories, depicting the everyday lives of ...
The renowned publishing house Edition Moderne from German-speaking Switzerland has done a lot to help comic art establish itself. Ever since it was founded in 1981, this publishing house for comics ...
Argentine comics artist José Muñoz (b. 1942) uses stark black-and-white contrasts for narratives ranging from dramatic crime stories about detective Alack Sinner to a sensitive biography of jazz ...
Cartoonmuseum Basel is presenting the life’s work of Argentine comics artist José Muñoz (b. 1942), who is known for his expressive black-and-white crime stories, depicting the everyday lives of ...
Opening reception: Friday, July 3, 2026 Press conference: Thursday, July 2, 2026, 11 a.m. American artist Emil Ferris (born 1962) is one of the most important contemporary comic artists. Her ...
Opening reception: November 27, 2026, 6:30 p.m. Press conference: November 26, 2026, 11 a.m. Comic artist Barbara Yelin (born 1977, Munich) is known for her sensitive, atmospherically dense, drawn and ...
