EXHIBITION. Seminars on comics in Castellón

Beginning on the 7th of October, the Castellón Museum of Fine Arts is putting on a series of activities revolving around the art of illustration and featuring some of the most important names on our local and national scene.

By way of presentation, on the 7th, a series of conversations entitled “Let’s Talk about Comics”, will take place. Moderated by Álvaro Pons and Mac Diego, this event will also welcome such artist as José Fonollosa (11:45am), Don Rogelio J (1:01pm), Nuria Tamarit (4:30pm), Pedro Cifuentes (5:45pm) and Paco Roca (7:03pm).

Another activity will be an exhibition called ‘Illustrated Exile’, which includes works by forty-four professional illustrators that portray, in a wide range of styles, prominent figures who went into exile following the defeat of the Republicans in the Civil War. David de las Heras, Paula Bonet, Capurnio, Nuria Tamarit and Paco Roca are just some of the names that make up the extensive list of participating artists. The exhibition will be open from the 7th of October until the 21st of November.

The third component is the exhibition “Dibujante ambulante (Roving Cartoonist)”, with works by illustrator Paco Roca. The exhibition includes works that have already been exhibited and others that have never been seen before. Visitors to the exhibition may well recognise some of his illustrations from his stories ‘Memorias de un hombre en pijama (Memories of a Man in Pyjamas’, ‘El invierno del dibujante (The Winter of the Cartoonist)’, ‘Emotional World Tour’, ‘Las calles de arena (Streets of Sand)’, ‘Arrugas (Wrinkles)’, ‘El Faro (The Lighthouse)’, ‘Los viajes de Alexander Ícaro: Hijos de la Alhambra (The Travels of Alexander Ícaro: Sons of the Alhambra)’ or ‘El juego lúgubre (The Gloomy Game)’. The exhibition begins on the 7th of October and will run until the 12th of December.