International Festival of Comics and Games takes place every year in October. It's the biggest of this type of events in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, on which few thousand participants arrive from Poland and abroad .There are a lot of reasons why they come to Łódź - the possibility of meeting the most famous comics artists, shopping at the fair stands , taking part in workshops, visiting exhibitions and having fun at the festival events. The festival takes place in Łódz since 1991 and is organized by the Association of Creators " Contur " and House of Culture.
Each festival is a meeting with drawers, writers and publishers who come to Łódź from all over the world. The festival has hosted artists, among other countries, from the USA, Canada, Russia, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic, Portugal, Austria and the UK. Invited authors not only meet with the audience, but also conduct drawing workshops and scenarios in which they learn to use the language of comics. Often, professionals and newcomers compete with each other during the "comic session” that is drawn live.
In 2009, formula of the festival zone has been expanded to games, where tournaments, presentations of Gaming Hardware and new realeses premieres take place. Thanks to the festival and the comics environment, Łódź is known as the "Polish capital of the comic book." This allowed the organizers of the event to establish long-term cooperation with the biggest comic centers in Europe.
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