Philip Paquet at Osvaldo comics festival

From 11 to 20 June Philip Paquet will attend the Osvaldo comics festival in Italy. Paquet drew the poster of the festival and will exhibit work from ‘Snapshots' and ‘Louis Armstrong', two of his jazz-themed graphic novels. He will furthermore participate in readings and drawing concerts.

poster Osvaldo festival by Philip PaquetThe festival is organized by Scritturapura, the Italian publishing house that has previously picked up ‘Louis Armstrong'. Now, a translation of ‘Snapshots' is in the works.

 

50 events with over 30 international comics artists are planned throughout the ten-day festival. The events are spread between Monferrato, Asti and Portacomaro in the Piemonte region.

 

The Flemish Literature Fund will be present at the festival and supports Philip Paquet by means of a travel grant and translation grants for the above mentioned graphic novels.

published on: 2009-05-29

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