Tag Archive | "museum"

From our continental correspondent – China ups the ante on comics museums

Monday, October 3, 2011

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In the competition for the design of the new China Comics and Animation Museum in Hangzhou, China, the spectactular proposal by Dutch design firm MVRDV was selected by the local planning bureau.  The design starts from eight voluminous speech balloons, each of which house a special sphere or volume, dedicated to a specific comics-related theme.  [...]

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From our continental correspondent: Comics Museum of Milan opens its doors

Monday, April 18, 2011

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Milan, the publishing capital of the Italy, and as such very instrumental in the birth and growth of the Fumetti, the Italian comic, is proud to present Wow!, its very own museum on the history and medium of comics. According to a report by BoDoï, the museum’s location previously functioned as a tram depot and [...]

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Open studio at the V&A

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Karen Rubins, one of the resident artists at the Victoria & Albert, kindly drops us a line to let us know of some upcoming dates; on Sunday 16th Karen will be holding another open studio (from 1 to 4pm) demonstrating how to create comics art to coincide with a visit by Laura Child, creator of [...]

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