In full controversy over the lack of women selected for the festival of comics, is preparing an exhibition in the capital of the United Kingdom to combat “the cliché” meaning “that women play a limited role in the ninth art “.
Entitled 100 Women Making Comics, the exhibition, which runs from February 5 to May 15 at the House of the illustration (House of Illustration), will feature the comic strip cartoonists. According to organizers, this will be the “greater exposure” ever held in the UK on the history of female comics. The idea, they add, is to “dispel the stereotype according to which women play a limited role in the world of comics.”
The exhibition will explore “the extraordinary variety” of female production with works by contemporary cartoonists such as Posy Simmonds and Kate Charlesworth, but also pioneers of comics, like Marie Duval (nineteenth century) .
The women were present “throughout evolution” of comics, constituting a “prolific minority” responsible for “some of the most provocative and influential works” of this art .
In the history of comics, the contribution of women “tend to be overlooked or marginalized, accidentally or not,” Paul Gravett regret and Olivia Ahmad, officials of exposure. “These women deserve greater recognition,” they said to AFP, regretting that no woman was initially chosen among the nominees for the Grand Prix of the International Festival of comics (FIBD ) Angoulême, expected in late January. “It is surprising and sad that such a thing could happen in France” in 2016, they added.
Many of the 30 authors selected for the festival’s Grand Prix, the French Riad Sattouf, Joann Sfar, Stephen Davodeau but also Americans Daniel Clowes and Charles Burns had asked, in solidarity with their female colleagues, have their names removed from the list. Faced with the outcry, the FIBD organizers finally announced Wednesday they would add authors in the list.
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