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Here is a list of useful links for comics professionals all over Europe! Please feel free to contact us if you think we should add something else to this page!
Aggregators:
- Bookwire – For Publishers | Bookwire
- Libranda – Libranda | Líder en la distribución de libros electrónicos
- Streetlib – The publishers onboard – StreetLib
- Eden – Eden Livres
Useful tools, guidelines, and standards for digital comics
- EDRlab – EDRLab – European Digital Reading Lab
- W3C guidelines – Standards – W3C
- Editeur.org – EDItEUR
- EPUB Validator – EPUB Validator (beta) (idpf.org)
- EPUBCheck – EPUBCheck (w3.org)
Associations
- Austria – Oegec – Austian society for comics research and Mediation – oegec – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Comicforschung und -vermittlung
- Belgium – ACME – ACME | Groupe de recherche en bande dessinée / A Comics Research Group (ulg.ac.be)
- Belgium – CARTOON – Homepage | Cartoon (cartoon-media.eu)
- Croatia – Komikaze – Komikaze.hr – International platform for independent comics
- Croatia – STRIPFORUM- ABOUT STRIPFORUM | STRIPFORUM
- Czechia – Crew – crew.cz – Světové komiksy česky | aktuality
- Denmark – Danish comics professional Guild- Danish Comics Creators – professional organization of professionals since 1989 (dansketegneserieskabere.dk)
- Finland – Finnish Comics Society – Suomen sarjakuvaseura ry – In English
- Finland – KUTIKUTI – KUTIKUTI (wordpress.com)
- France – French Comics Association – French Comics Association
- Germany – German Comics Association – Deutscher Comicverein e.V. – Gegründet 2014 (deutscher-comicverein.de)
- Germany- German Comics Research Association – ComFor | Gesellschaft für Comicforschung (comicgesellschaft.de)
- Hungary – Hungarian Comics Association – English – Magyar Képregény Szövetség (kepregenyszovetseg.hu)
- Iceland – Icelandic Comics Society – Home — The Icelandic Comics Society (squarespace.com)
- Italy – ALF – Comics Bookshops Association – ALF – ASSOCIAZIONE LIBRERIE DEL FUMETTO (assofumetterie.it)
- Italy – MEFU – Comics professionals association – Mefu
- Italy -RIFF – Italian Comics Festival Network – RIFF | Rete Italiana Festival Fumetto (retefumetto.it)
- Italy – SNIF Studying ‘n’ Investigating Fumetti – SNIF Studying ’n’ Investigating Fumetti | Facebook
- Latvia -kuš -Comics association –kuš! (komikss.lv)
- Nordic Countries – NNCORE- Nordic network for Comics Research – NNCORE – Nordic Network for Comic Research (wordpress.com)
- Poland – Krakow Comics Association – Krakow Comics Association (komiks.org.pl)
- Serbia -Modesty Comics – Modesty Comics – About Us
- Slovenia – EPEKA – EPEKA – Znanstveno raziskovalno združenje za umetnost, kulturno-izobraževalne programe in tehnologijo
- Slovenia – Stripburger – Stripburger – Eyecatching comiczine!
- Spain – PACE – Plataforma académica sobre el cómic en español – PACE (hypotheses.org)
- Spain – Sectorial del Cómic – HOME – Sectorial del Cómic (sectorialcomic.com)
- Spain – Tebeosfera – TEBEOSFERA. Revista y catálogo sobre cómic, novela y cultura popular
- UK -IBDS (International Bande Dessinée Society ) – https://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ibds/
Other projects on comics
- CAN for Balkans – Comics Alliance Networking for Balkans – CAN for BALKANS
- Comicart Europe – Comicart Europe
- COMICS – Children in Comics: An Intercultural History (1865-) – Comics – comics (ugent.be)
- History boards – History boards |
- iCOn- MICS – iCOn-MICS – Investigation on comics and graphic novels in the iberian cultural area (hypotheses.org)
- Invisible Lines – Home | Invisible Lines
Events, Festivals, Comicons
- Austria – Austria Comic Con – Austria Comic Con – Austria Comic Convention
- Austria – Vienna Comic Con – https://viecc.com/
- Balkans – Balkan Festival of young comics artists – Balkanska smotra mladih strip autora | Facebook
- Baltic countries – Comic Con Baltics – https://ccbaltics.com/
- Belgium – Belgium Comic Con(s) – Comic con Belgium
- Belgium – CARTOON MOVIE – Landing page | Cartoon Movie (cartoon-media.eu)
- Belgium – CARTOON FORUM – Landing page | Cartoon Forum (cartoon-media.eu)
- Belgium – Fête de la BD – Fête de la BD – Bruxelles (fetedelabd.brussels)
- Belgium – Fête de la BD à Andenne – La Grande Ourse – Fête de la BD Andenne | Facebook
- Bulgaria – Comic Con Bulgaria – Comic Con Bulgaria
- Bulgaria – Sofia Comics Expo – https://www.facebook.com/SOFIA-COMICS-EXPO-751481728249055/timeline/
- Croatia – Supertoon – COMICS (supertoonfestival.com)
- Croatia – Zagreb Comic Con – Zagreb Comic Con | The biggest regional comics festival
- Czechia – Prague Comic Con – Comic-Con Prague 2022 (comiccon.cz)
- Czechia – Frame – Prague comics Art Festival – https://framefestival.cz/home/
- Denmark – Art Bubble Festival – https://art-bubble.dk/
- Denmark – Copenhagen Comics – https://copenhagencomics.dk/
- Finland – Helsinki Comics Festival – https://sarjakuvafestivaalit.fi/
- Finland – Sarjakuvafestivaali Tampereella – Tampere Kuplii
- France – BD à Bastia – https://www.corsenetinfos.corsica/BD-a-Bastia-du-31-mars-au-3-avril-2022_a62542.html
- France – BD BOUM à Blois – https://www.maisondelabd.com/
- France – Bédéciné à Illzach (Haut-Rhin) – https://www.espace110.org/bedecine
- France – Festival BD de Colomiers – https://www.bdcolomiers.com/
- France – Festival BD de Solliès-Ville à Solliès-Ville – https://www.facebook.com/Festival-Bd-Solli%C3%A8s-ville-994620567267940/
- France – Festival BD Perros-Guirec à Perros-Guirec – http://www.bdperros.com/
- France – Festival international de la bande dessinée d’Angoulême à Angoulême – https://www.bdangouleme.com/
- France – Festival international de la bande dessinée de Chambér – https://chamberybd.fr/
- France – Formula Bula à Paris – https://www.formulabula.fr/
- France – Lyon BD festival à Lyon – https://www.lyonbd.com/
- France – Pulp Festival – https://www.lafermedubuisson.com/programme/pulp-festival-2022
- France – Quai des Bulles à Saint-Malo – http://www.quaidesbulles.com/
- France – Regard 9 à Bordeaux – Regard 9 | Facebook
- France – Rencontres Chaland à Nérac-https://www.rencontres.yveschaland.com/
- France – Rendez-vous de la bande dessinée d’Amiens – https://rdvbdamiens.com/
- France – SoBD – Salon des ouvrages de la Bande Dessinée (salon de « toute la bande dessinée au cœur de Paris » dans le Marais, à la halle des Blancs-Manteaux) – https://sobd2021.com/
- France – Strasbulles à Strasbourg – http://www.strasbulles.com/
- Germany – Comicfestival Hamburg – https://comicfestivalhamburg.de/
- Germany – Erlangen International Comics Salon- https://www.comic-salon.de/en
- Greece – Athens international comics festival – http://www.babelcomicsfestival.gr
- Greece – Chaniartoon International Comics and Animation festival – https://www.chaniartoonfest.gr/index.php/en/
- Greece – Comicdom Athens –- https://www.comicdom-con.gr/
- Hungary – Kepregeny Fesztival – https://fesztival.kepregenyszovetseg.hu/
- Italy – Lucca Comics and Games – https://www.luccacomicsandgames.com/it/
- Italy – Napoli Comic-Con – https://www.comicon.it/
- Italy – Romics – https://www.romics.it/
- Luxemburg – Festival de la Bande Dessinée Contern – Festival de la Bande Dessinée Contern – 1er Festival de BD de la Grande Région (bdcontern.lu)
- Malta – Malta Comic Con – The Malta Comic Con
- Norway – Raptus Bergen Comics Festival – https://www.facebook.com/Raptuscomics/
- Norway- Oslo Comics Expo – http://www.oslocomicsexpo.no/2021/
- Poland – GDAK – Gdańskie Spotkania Komiksowe in Gdańsk – https://www.wbpg.org.pl/aktualnosc/gdak-gda%C5%84skie-spotkania-komiksowe?fbclid=IwAR34w8b5V2gcGpvn0yxcdkWDujDvL6UAZQ-lFmOUGBGqczIq
- Poland – Krakow Comics Festival – Krakow Comics Association (komiks.org.pl)
- Poland – Lodz Comics Festival – https://komiksfestiwal.com/
- Poland – Poznański Festiwal Sztuki Komiksowej, Poznań – https://komiksy-poznan.pl/
- Poland – Warsaw Comics Festival – http://www.komiksowawarszawa.pl/
- Portugal – Amadora Festival BD –AMADORA BD | Facebook
- Portugal – Comic Con – Portugal – https://event.comic-con-portugal.com/
- Portugal Coimbra BD – Coimbra BD | Facebook
- Serbia – Salon Stripa – https://www.salonstripaskc.rs/sr/
- Slovakia – Anime & Comics Salón (sk) – https://www.comics-salon.sk/
- Slovakia – Comics Salon – Comics Salón & AnimeSHOW – festival popkultúry (comics-salon.sk)
- Slovenia – Tinta – Festival Stripa, Ljubljana – https://www.tinta.si/
- Spain – Barcelona International comics Fair – Comic Barcelona 40 [2022] (comic-barcelona.com)
- Spain – Heroes Comic Con – Heroes Madrid | Noticias deportivas en Madrid. (heroescomicconmadrid.com)
- Sweden – Alt Com Comics Festival – AltCom comics festival | Facebook
- Sweden – Heroes Comic Con Goteborg – Comic Con Göteborg 8-9 maj Åbymässan (comiccongoteborg.se)
- Sweden – Stockholms internationella seriefestival / Stockholm International Comics Festival –https://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/bibliotek/stockholms-internationella-seriefestival-2021
- Switzerland – Delémont’BD a Delémont – Delémont’BD (delemontbd.ch)
- Switzerland – Fantasy Basel – Fantasy Basel
- Switzerland – Fumetto International Comics Festival in Lucerne – https://www.fumetto.ch/
- UK – Lakes international Comics Art Festival – https://www.comicartfestival.com
- UK – London Film and Comic Con – Home – London Film And Comic Con
- UK – MCM Comic Con – MCM Comic Con
- UK – Wales Comic Con – Wales Comic Con
Museums, Literary institutions, libraries
- Belgium – Belgian Comics Museum – Home — The Belgian Comic Strip Center – Museum Brussels (comicscenter.net)
- Czechia – Czech Literary Centre – CzechLit | Czech Literary Centre
- France – Angoulême Comics Museum – la Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image – Toutes les activités et ressources de la Cité à portée de clic. (citebd.org)
- Germany – Busch Museum – Museum (englisch) · Museum Wilhelm Busch (karikatur-museum.de)
- Germany – Erika Fuchs Museum – Home – Erika-Fuchs-Haus
- Italy – Milan Comics Museum – Museo del fumetto – Milano (museowow.it)
- Netherlands – Dutch Foundation for Literature – www.letterenfonds.nl
- Portugal – Beja comics library – Bedeteca de Beja – Comics’ Library of Beja | Facebook
- Sweden – Swedish comics center – Seriecenter – Seriefrämjandet (serieframjandet.se)
Online resources, encyclopaedias, wikis
- Academic bibliography on comic studies – Bibliographies – Comics @ UF (ufl.edu)
- Bulgaria – Open Art Files – Open Art Files | Open Art Files
- Comiclopedia – Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Comicsresearch.org – ComicsResearch.org
- Estonia – Brief history of Estonian comics – Stripburek – Comics in Estonia: A Brief Account by Mari Laaniste (ljudmila.org)
- Germany – Profile on German comics landscape – 24 Hours of International Comics: Germany (comicsbeat.com)
- Ireland – Irish Comics News – Irish Comic News
- List of scholarly resources on European Comics and graphic novels – European Comics and Graphic Novels – European Studies – LibGuides at ACRL
- Nordicomics – Nordicomics.info
- Paul Malone’s blog – Germans Make Comics, Too! | Just another Humanities Commons site (hcommons.org)
- Portugal – Bandas Desenhadas- Bandas Desenhadas – Divulgação Banda desenhada, Ilustração e cultura Pop
- Portugal – Central Comics – Banda Desenhada | Central Comics
- UK – Paul Gravett’s Blog – BOOKS | PAUL GRAVETT
- UK -Downthetubes – The British Comic Industry Q&A – downthetubes.net
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