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VIENNA COMIX 2015
Sat 10 Oct 2015

The weekend of October 2nd to 4th saw me travelling to Austria and its capital city of Vienna for Vienna Comix 2015. I was invited by my German publisher, Salleck Publications, for the launch of the third volume of Die Regenbogen Orchidee, this time with the sub-title of Die Vergessene Welt ('The Lost World'). The book also contains a German translation of The Girdle of Polly Hipple in colour.

Of course everyone has asked me what I thought of the beautiful city of Vienna - and, as with my previous European adventures, I honestly can't say! I spent the majority of my time sat behind a table sketching in books and chatting with German and Austrian comic fans - the reason I'm lucky enough to be there. I didn't even see much of the rest of the comic show. I saw a little of the city - through a car window, or taking the Viennese U-Bahn and then walking to the venue with some of the other artists (including Don Rosa, Francois Walthery, Thomas Cadene and Davide Fabbri) - and Vienna does indeed look very nice.

That's not to say I didn't enjoy the weekend - very far from it, I had a wonderful time (and was put up at a lovely hotel - Hotel Kummer on Mariahilfer Strasse). I was particularly pleased to spend so much time with my fellow Salleck author, Belgian artist Francois Walthery, creator of Natacha and long-time assistant to Peyo of Smurfs fame. He didn't speak English and I didn't speak French (well, each a very little) but we bonded over a mutual love of 60s British/US Blues icon John Mayall - and comics of course. Francois, as he said himself, has been drawing comics since the formation of The Beatles (though comics have not made him as rich, he added!).

A big thank you to Eckart Schott for the invite and the hospitality, to Wolfgang Klingel for the company, conversation and translation services, to Johannes Seybert and Michael for the chaperoning and airport transport, and to everyone who said hello (including the pleasant surprise of meeting Dirk Verschure again, last seen in Haarlem attempting to make my then baby daughter laugh), or who bought my book, or even just showed an interest ... danke!

posted 10.10.15 at 12:14 am in Julius Chancer | permalink |

Comments:

Linda, on Saturday 10 October 2015 at 3:53 am, says:
Very happy to read you had a great trip, with memorable friends. :-)

Colin M, on Monday 12 October 2015 at 11:41 pm, says:
Glad the trip went well Garen,but never mind John Mayall or The Beatles, you must have had Ultravox in your head all the time!

Garen, on Tuesday 13 October 2015 at 11:53 am, says:
I'd only just got it out of my head, Colin. Now it's back!

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