With guests: Jan Bosschaert, Joris Mertens, Dragana Radanović
Save the date! On Thursday, June 11, together with Oogachtend, Michaël Olbrechts is sharing the ADA adventure with you. The book will be officially presented at the fantastic Bacartlab in Leuven, where I am currently a resident. Comics are taking over BAC ART LAB for a day!
Michael also invited colleagues Jan Bosschaert, Joris Mertens and me. The presentation is in the hands of Kurt Snoekx.
Please let ann@oogachtend.be know you’re coming so we can have enough chairs and drinks ready.
Event is in Dutch with a part in English (I am still not brave enough, but will be soon 😂), and you get to see my atelier!
Michaël Olbrechts illustrated the true story of Ada Blackjack in a 192-page comic (33 euros, hardcover) published by Oogachtend. In 1921, Ada Blackjack joins an expedition to the rugged Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean. The young Inuk is not an explorer, but a desperate mother hoping to save her sick son with the reward. What should have been a glorious undertaking to claim the island for the British Crown soon degenerates into a bitter battle against the elements.
Program 11/6:
- 5pm-6pm: signing sessions
- 7 PM: Welcome
- 7:30 PM: Book presentation and panel discussions moderated by Kurt Snoekx
- 9 PM: party
With guests: Jan Bosschaert, Joris Mertens, Dragana Radanović
Free admission
@ Vital Decosterstraat 102, Leuven
