Workshop – Comic Book 

Comic book workshop | Workshop de Banda Desenhada

Comics is a language. It is made up of text and images, but it is not enough to put them side by side. It is necessary to learn how to speak a specific language, comics precisely. In this short workshop we will go through the basics of this language, through practical examples and details. An immersion in the world of storytelling and comics for anyone interested in exploring this fantastic expressive world. You are welcome!

A banda desenhada é uma linguagem. É constituída por texto e imagens, mas não é suficiente colocá-las lado a lado. É necessário aprender a falar uma língua específica, precisamente a banda desenhada. Neste breve workshop exploramos os fundamentos desta língua através de exemplos práticos e detalhes. Uma imersão no mundo do storytelling e da banda desenhada para qualquer pessoa interessada em explorar este fantástico mundo expressivo. Seja bem-vindo!

In this 2-hour workshop you will have the opportunity to learn the printmaking process and participate to the creation of postcards and notebooks.

This workshop was created in the context of Largo Refugio, a project run by Largo Residencias. It will be led by a pair of instructors – an artist and a refugee.

Instructors

Nicola Lonzi

Born in Italy, Florence (Tuscany), he has always cultivated research in drawing and painting. He graduated in Moral Philosophy in Italy, with a research on the passions in Spinoza’s Ethics, then he got a PhD (Florence, 2008) in mixed disciplines: philosophy and computer science, which led him to the study of computer science and later to teaching and working as a developer. He collaborated briefly with the University of Paris Saint Denis in France (where I lived 4 years: 2013 – 2017). In France, his passion for comics and his knowledge of the French-Belgian and international comics scene definitely matured. In 2017, He left France and moved to Berlin, where he lived until the end of 2021, devoting himself mainly to drawing and comics. In parallel he always worked part of the year as a Frontend computer programmer. During the years in Berlin he did various exhibitions and started to sell his comics work, mainly drawings and original boards from exhibitions and on commission. He has published for some Italian (irrequieto) and German (lcb) online magazines. He participated in many initiatives of the Berlin art scene (collective works, drawings for films and short films, exhibitions, collaborations, lifedrawing and comics marathons). He arrived in Lisbon in October 2021. He participated in the collective exhibition with Lisbon Drawing Club, exhibiting and selling some works made during the Life Drawing sessions. He made a short comic story that will be published for the Cais magazine. Currently he is working on a personal comic book and several short stories.

Licenciou-se em Filosofia Moral em Itália, com uma pesquisa sobre as paixões em Spinoza’s Ethics, depois obteve um doutoramento (Florença, 2008) em disciplinas mistas: filosofia e informática, o que o levou ao estudo da informática e mais tarde ao ensino e trabalho como desenvolvedor. Colaborou brevemente com a Universidade de Paris Saint Denis em França (onde vivi 4 anos: 2013 – 2017). Em França, a sua paixão por banda desenhada e os seus conhecimentos da cena franco-belga e internacional de banda desenhada amadureceram definitivamente. Em 2017, deixa a França e muda-se para Berlim, onde viveu até ao final de 2021, dedicado principalmente ao desenho e à banda desenhada. Paralelamente, trabalhou sempre parte do ano como programador informático de Frontend. Durante os anos em Berlim fez várias exposições e começou a vender os meus trabalhos de banda desenhada, principalmente desenhos e quadros originais de exposições e em comissão. Publicou em algumas revistas online italianas (irrequieto) e alemãs (lcb). Participou em muitas iniciativas da cena artística berlinense (obras colectivas, desenhos para filmes e curtas-metragens, exposições, colaborações, lifedrawing e maratonas de banda desenhada). Chega a Lisboa em Outubro de 2021. Participou na exposição colectiva com o Lisbon Drawing Club, expondo e vendendo algumas obras realizadas durante as sessões de Life Drawing. Fez uma pequena história em banda desenhada que será publicada para a revista Cais. Está de facto a trabalhar numa banda desenhada pessoal e em várias histórias curtas.

Utku Yavasca

Utku was born in 1990 in Canakkale, Turkey. He has always been involved with art as he was raised in a house of painters. From an early age he became interested in comics, cartoons and animation. His childhood was spent copying illustrations from books he owned or drawing his own stories. After graduating from the Fine Arts High School, he entered Anadolu University’s Department of Cartoon & Animation . During his student life he had the opportunity to participate in different festivals and competitions and won various awards.

One of these awards allowed him to study at the New York Film Academy in 2011. Then, after studying graphic arts for 1 year at the Krakow Fine Arts Academy, he completed an internship in the gaming industry in Hamburg. Since 2014 he has worked on different projects in the comics, illustration and animation industry. Currently he is living in Lisbon and continue to work as a freelancer.

Utku nasceu em 1990 em Canakkale, Turquia. Sempre se envolveu com arte pois foi criado em uma casa de pintores. Desde cedo se interessou por quadrinhos, desenhos animados e animação. A sua infância foi passada copiando ilustrações de livros que possuía ou desenhando minhas próprias histórias. Depois de se formar na Escola Secundária de Belas Artes, entrou no Departamento de Desenhos Animados e Animação da Universidade Anadolu. Durante a sua vida de estudante teve a oportunidade de participar em diversos festivais e concursos e ganhou vários prémios. Um desses prêmios permitiu-lhe estudar na New York Film Academy em 2011. Depois de estudar artes gráficas por 1 ano na Krakow Fine Arts Academy, completou um estágio na indústria de jogos em Hamburgo. Desde 2014 trabalha em diferentes projetos na indústria de quadrinhos, ilustração e animação.Vive atualmente em Lisboa onde continua o seu trabalho como freelancer.

September 10, 2022 – 10am – 11:30am

Gallery – Nova SBE Campus, Carcavelos

Open to all visitors from Oeiras, Carcavelos, Cascais, and Lisbon – children and adults, as well as to the Nova SBE community (students, staff and professors).

No previous experience required.

Language: English and Portuguese

The workshop is sponsored by the ERA chair in Social Innovation and therefore free for participants.

However, additional donations are welcome to support further the instructors.

Registration is required.

This workshop is part of Nova Vista.

NOVA Vista is a program created by the DESIS Lab @ Nova SBE and the ERA Chair in Social Innovation. It promotes community engagement through art and design with a focus on social impact and sustainable development. Our first edition in partnership with Largo Residencias will take place in September 2022 at Nova SBE.