9th International Comics Festival will be held from September 29th to October 2nd, 2011. More info is available HERE

International Comics Festival is an event organized and led by Belgrade’s Student Cultural Centre (SKC) Happy Gallery in the past eight years. The Festival is the biggest comics event in Serbia, and one of the most important in the entire region.
Each year, the Festival is being held during the last week of September (from Thursday to Sunday) in all SKC galleries.
Festival is based on: the open international competition for authors of all ages from around the world, worldwide most important comic authors presentations with their personal appearances, revalorization of domestic comic scene from early beginning to present days, young talents recognition and support, popularization of comics and similar artistic expressions such as animation and illustration through the various exhibitions and educational programs.

GUESTS OF THE FESTIVAL:
Brian Bolland (United Kingdom), Jean-Marc Thevenet (France), Adrian Smith (United Kingdom), Olivier Ledroit (France), John Higgins (United Kingdom), Igor Kordey (Croatia), David Lloyd (United Kingdom), Esad T. Ribić (Croatia), Matt Hollingsworth (USA), Gyorgy Palfi (Hungary), Kostas Aronis (Greece), Gregg Cox (USA), Aleksandar Sotirovski (Macedonia), Tihomir Tikulin (Croatia), Darijo Antunović (Croatia), Marko Šunjić (Croatia), Iztok Sitar (Slovenia), Bart Nauwelaerts (Belgium), Rufus Dayglo (United Kingdom), R.M. Guera (Serbia/Spain), Marian Mirescu (Romania), Cristian Ioan Pacurariu (Romania), Enrique Sanchez Abuli (Spain).

SPECIAL AWARD FOR GENERAL CONTRIBUTION TO SERBIAN COMICS
The most important domestic authors and comic book pioneers, well renowned beyond the Serbian borders, won the Festival life achievement award: Zoran Janjetov and Aleksandar Zograf (2004), Bane Kerac (2005), Željko Pahek (2006), Žika Bogdanović (2007), Srećko Jovanović (2008), Rajko Milošević Gera (2009), Novica Djukić (2010).

FESTIVAL CONTEST (2003-2010)
In the first eight years, over a 1500 authors from 49 countries worldwide including Serbia took part in the International Comics Festival competition. Among them, over 500 were in the “15 years of age or below” contest category.
From 2003 to 2010, contestants represented following countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Columbia, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan.

WINNERS OF THE CONTEST
Previous winners of the Festival contest were: Nebojša Cvetković (Serbia, 2003); Maja Veselinović (Serbia, 2004); Mijat Mijatović (Serbia, 2005); Miroslav Marić (Serbia, 2006), Siniša Banović / Dejan Vujić (Serbia, 2007); Alem Ćurin (Croatia, 2008), Marian Mirescu / Cristian Ioan Pacurariu (Romania, 2009), Tihomir Čelanović (Serbia, 2010).

TEAM OF THE FESTIVAL:
Miki Pješčić, Editor of the Festival
Vladimir Vesović, Review of Domestic Authors
Dejan Nikolaj Kraljačić, Manager of the International Program
Bojan M. Đukić, Manager of the International Program
Zdravko Zupan, Technical Consultant
Predrag Mladenović, Art and Design
Uroš Begović, Technical Assistant
Filip Janković, Technical Assistant

Catalog of the 8th International Comics Festival (2010)
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Catalog of 7th International Comics Festival (2009)
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MEĐUNARODNI SALON STRIPA

9. međunarodni salon stripa biće održan od 29.09. do 02.10. 2011. godine, sve informacije o KONKURSU 2011 i programu Salona, dostupne su OVDE

Međunarodni salon stripa je festival koji već osam godina organizuje i vodi „Srećna galerija” Studentskog Kulturnog Centra u Beogradu.
Salon je najmasovniji i najveći strip događaj u Srbiji, i jedna od najznačajnijih smotri devete umetnosti u regionu.
Kao tradicionalna manifestacija, Salon se svake godine održava u periodu od četvrtka do nedelje, tokom poslednje sedmice septembra, u svim prostorima SKC-a.
Kroz izlagački i edukativni program, Salon je koncepcijski  zasnovan na: takmičenju po međunarodnom konkursu autora svih uzrasta iz svih zemalja sveta; gostovanju najrelevantnijih svetskih strip autora; revalorizaciji domaćeg strip stvaralaštva od njegovog početka do danas; afirmaciji mladih; popularizaciji stripa i srodnih izraza poput animiranog filma i ilustracije;

GOSTI SALONA:
Brian Bolland (Velika Britanija), Jean-Marc Thevenet (Francuska), Adrian Smith (Velika Britanija), Olivier Ledroit (Francuska), Igor Kordej (Hrvatska), John Higgins (Velika Britanija), David Lloyd (Velika Britanija), Esad T. Ribić (Hrvatska), Matt Hollingsworth (SAD), Gyorgy Palfi (Mađarska), Kostas Aronis (Grčka), Gregg Cox (SAD), Aleksandar Sotirovski (Makedonija), Tihomir Tikulin (Hrvatska), Darijo Antunović (Hrvatska), Marko Šunjić (Hrvatska), Iztok Sitar (Slovenija), Bart Nauwelaerts (Belgija), Rufus Dayglo (Velika Britanija), R.M. Gera (Srbija/Španija), Marijan Miresku (Rumunija), Kristijan Joan Pakurariu (Rumunija), Enrique Sanchez Abuli (Španija).

SPECIJALNO PRIZNANJE SALONA ZA DOPRINOS SRPSKOM STRIPU
Najznačajniji domaći autori i pioniri stripa, eminencije strip umetnosti kako kod nas tako i u svetskim okvirima dobijali su Specijalno priznanje Salona za životno delo: Zoran Janjetov i Aleksandar Zograf (2004), Bane Kerac (2005), Željko Pahek (2006), Žika Bogdanović (2007), Srećko Jovanović (2008), Rajko Milošević Gera (2009), Novica Đukić (2010).

TAKMIČARI SALONA
U prvih osam godina na Međunarodnom salonu stripa takmičilo se preko 1500 strip autora iz 49 zemalja sveta. Od njih oko 500 u kategoriji takmičara do 15 godina starosti.
Od 2003. do 2010. na konkurse Salona stripa slali su svoje radove umetnici iz sledećih zemalja: Argentine, Australije, Austrije, Belgije, Bosne i Hercegovine, Brazila, Bugarske, Crne Gore, Češke, Egipta, Ekvadora, Estonije, Finske, Francuske, Grčke, Holandije, Hrvatske, Indije, Irana, Irske, Italije, Izraela, Japana, Kanade, Kine, Kipra, Kolumbije, Kube, Libana, Litvanije, Mađarske, Makedonije, Malezije, Nemačke, Poljske, Portugala, Rumunije, Rusije, Singapura, Sjedinjenih Američkih Država, Slovačke, Slovenije, Srbije, Turske, Španije, Ukrajine, Urugvaja, Uzbekistana, Velike Britanije.

POBEDNICI SALONA
Dosadašnji dobitnici GRAND PRIX Salona: Nebojša Cvetković (Beograd, Srbija, 2003), Maja Veselinović (Beograd, Srbija, 2004), Mijat Mijatović (Gornji Milanovac, Srbija, 2005), Miroslav Marić (Čačak, Srbija, 2006), Siniša Banović / Dejan Vujić (Beograd, Srbija, 2007), Alem Ćurin (Split, Hrvatska, 2008), Marijan Miresku / Kristijan Joan Pakurariu (Rumunija, 2009), Tihomir Čelanović (Srbija, 2010).

ORGANIZACIONI TIM SALONA
Miki Pješčić, urednik festivala
Vladimir Vesović, programa domaćih autora
Dejan Nikolaj Kraljačić, međunarodni program
Bojan M. Đukić, međunarodni program
Zdravko Zupan, stručni konsultant
Predrag Mladenović, likovna i dizajnerska rešenja
Uroš Begović, tehnički saradnik
Filip Janković, tehnički saradnik

Katalog 8. Međunarodnog Salona Stripa (2010)
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Katalog 7. Međunarodnog Salona Stripa (2009)
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