The Museum of Humor and Satire, the Comics section of the Union of Bulgarian Artists and the Project Daga Association
invite you on April 1st at 6:00 PM in the Stefan Fartunov hall
to the opening of the Fourth National Exhibition of Bulgarian Comics.
On our special day, at 4:00 PM, come to our Creative Comics Workshop with artists Petar Stanimirov, Rumen Chaushev, Ivan Berov and writer-screenwriter Marin Troshanov. We will draw together and discuss the process of creating illustrated stories – from the first word to the last stroke.
The exhibition is dedicated to historical comics and includes 148 panels with works by 100 Bulgarian authors – from the pioneers of the genre from the mid-1940s such as Alexander Denkov, Vadim Lazarkevich and Lyuben Zidarov to contemporary artists.
You will see works created for popular publications such as the magazines Daga (Rainbow) and Wonderful World, the newspaper Stories in Pictures with favorite authors such as Venelin Varbanov, Evgeniy Yordanov, Petar Stanimirov and Stoyan Shindarov.
Many examples from the years of transition are also presented – the illustrated adventures of Ivaylo Ivanchev in the Fyut magazine, the publications of David Salaria with drawings by Penko Gelev, historical comics about kings and voivodes by artists such as Alexander Vachkov and Veselin Chakarov. The exhibition also includes numerous works after 2000, created during the period of renewed interest in the genre.
During the exhibition, you can also watch the documentary Daga – Stories in Pictures, produced by Four Hands Studio in 2018. The film follows the history of the iconic Daga magazine and introduces us to many of the artists who created comics for it. Started in 1979, the magazine existed until 1992 with a total of 42 issues and a circulation reaching 300,000 copies. Daga is a unique publication for the entire former socialist bloc, and some of its characters live on in the memories of readers to this day.
Director: Maria Nikolova
Producers: Sotir Gelev, Penko Gelev
Gekkon Animation Studio, Four Hands Studio