Exhibitions, drawing workshops, presentations, performances – at Cross Comix you will find all aspects of modern visual storytelling. You will find dozens of makers selling special works of art and a kiosk with zines from all over Europe. Maybe not a festival like you’re used to, but why not make an adventurous choice?
The theme of Cross Comix this year is ‘stories without words’. Animation legend Paul Driessen (more than fifty years of experience and an Oscar nomination) will talk about his work. Other crackers in the field of textless visual stories, such as Pieter de Poortere, Martha Verschaffel and Erik Kriek, will also be present.
Cross Comix is an excellent festival where you can get started yourself: figure drawing, making linocuts or learning how to put together your own comic script. But there are also special exhibitions, including a co-production with Poetry International and an experiment to use visual stories to inform people with low literacy.
Would you rather lean back a bit? Order a drink at the bar in Cinerama or WORM and pick up a ready-made graphic novel – or of course one of those unique, small edition booklets that you just bought from the maker himself.
Cross Comix cannot be captured in one word. You have to experience it once to be able to tell the tale.
