FROM FRIDAY 3 ON SUNDAY 5/3
VALENCIA FAIR. Fires, s/n
The Valencia Comic Fair opens to East Asian culture 2023 for the first time to the joy of the otaku public. So popular genres such as manga become part of the programming., the anime, he manhwa (south korean comic strips), video games, K-pop, that disguised interpreting that has come to be called cosplay (costume play) and the unstoppable webtoons or digital comic, but also other expressions that connect with traditional culture. And in this opening the doors to Asian culture, Korean enters triumphantly. Gendry-Kim Success Camp as one of the great claims of this edition. She is the author of Grass, an exciting and devastating graphic work translated into fourteen languages and considered one of the Best Comics of the year by The New York Times, The Guardian o Los Angeles Times, among other international media, and one of the fifty Best Books of 2022 by Babelia y The Objective. The sober black and white of the drawings highlight the drama of Lee Ok-Sun's story, a young Korean woman who was sold repeatedly during her childhood and ended up being sexually exploited by the Japanese in the so-called “comfort stations” during World War II. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim comes to Valencia to present The wait (Reservoir Books), a second research work on Korean historical memory in which he tells exciting stories about families separated after the division of Korea and the war of 1950. The other major international presence will be that of Guy Delisle, Canadian author who has repeatedly demonstrated his expertise in the genre of graphic chronicle about his adventures in Pyongyang, Jerusalem or Burma. In his last job, Chronicles of youth (Astiberri), He travels back in time to tell his experience working as a student in a paper factory before becoming a famous comic book author..
A good string of authors from the La Cúpula publishing house will also come. The Valencian Nuria Tamarit To present Boreal lobe; Anabel Colazo, Espada; y Alfonso Lopez, An afternoon with Himmler, a graphic novel that combines reality and fiction to narrate how Franco's Spain received Heinrich Himmler with honors, head of the German SS, on his visit to the peninsula in search of the definitive clue to the Holy Grail. Los canantes Joaquin Reyes y Ernesto Sevilla They will also stop by the room to present an animation series for adults called poor devil which premiered on the HBO Max platform in February, with the participation of other mainstays of Spanish comedy such as Ignatius Farray and Carlos Areces. The list of national authors is completed Ruben Pellejero, cartoonist Corto Maltese; Carlos Puerta, prominent name in European comics; Homs, a regular on the Franco-Belgian market; David Rubin, what is promoting The fire; David Galindo, whose work for comics Stranger things They are being a great success; y José Pablo García, in charge of adapting the novels to comics Soldiers of Salamis y The driver's son. The Valencian authors, the usual ones, because they play at home and because they are very good: I feel, Paco Roca, Laura Perez, Miguel Ángel Giner Bou y Cristina Duran (The Crane Studio) they will not miss the appointment. S.M.
