From then till now......
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The Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival is a self styled ultimate gathering of admirers, lovers and downright fanatics of comics, cartoons and animation. This 3rd edition of the Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival holding at the National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos from the 9th – 11th of November, 2007 as a part of the 9th Lagos Book & Art Festival will have a strong focus on animation with the theme: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF ANIMATION. The first edition held in September 2004 and we still remember that first outing with great euphoria as ‘Kareem Baba Aminu’s review of the event which has been reprinted in this brochure would show.
‘Imagination: The weapon of the future?’ Thus ran the theme for the opening talks for the 2nd Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival held at Terra Kulture in Victoria Island in September 2006, where we insisted that:
Music has been suggested in the past to be the weapon of the future. We choose to make a broader claim that imagination in its entire gamut is the weapon of the future. Few other creative enterprises demand such a high level of imagination from both the artist and the audience as the field of comics and cartoons…thus it is understandable that the music industry should thrive on animated videos and comic book - centric - graphics and visualizations; the movie industry is dovetailing more and more into the world of fantasia that comic books had created decades ago.
Advanced economies give a lot of attention to their creative industries, not as some sort of philanthropy but as a vital part of nation building – an exercise which in itself requires imagination in great doses. In Nigeria, can imagination serve as the weapon of the future? Or will the nation’s creatives remain a bunch of nerdy egg heads, relegated to their own world of self inflicted dreams?
Our insistence has not changed in the past one year, if anything, our resolve is strengthened that imagination is indeed the weapon for winning future (socio-economic) wars, which is why this year, the carnival is focused on equipping the future generals with the right sort of ammunition. Because images tell stories but cartoons and comics tell even greater stories because they combine words with art thereby communicating simultaneously on two fronts, last year, LC3 featured an exhibition that included members of the Cartoonists Association of Nigeria (CARTAN) who have held sway over the years with regular exhibitions of topical cartoons, members of Imperial Creations Studios, a frontline animation studio and publisher of comics, members of Virtuo Comic Company, a budding Comics house, members of Pandora Comics a leading publisher of comics and graphic novels and a solo contribution from freelance cartoonist- Chiagozie Akannihu.
This year, LC3 ’07 has been planned to have a high capacity building content with major focus on trainings and workshops for up coming creatives in the comics and cartoons trade. Participants in the training seminars and workshops are drawn from secondary schools, higher institutions of learning, independent practitioners and practicing professionals in established advertising / media related agencies, newspaper houses, etc that could be interested in a refresher course of sorts. Facilitators are drawn from a shortlist of highly skilled professionals and the sessions will be highly interactive. The first two days of LC3 ’07 are dedicated to these workshops and seminars running alongside the exhibitions and sales while the third day will be dedicated fully to a multimedia exhibition of works by major players and emerging talents in the comics, cartoons, animation and motion graphics trade, a workshop on 'story development for comic book & animated film writers' organized by Pandora Comics which will dovetail into a mini-launch by the comic book company and dance party to close the event.
LC3 ’07 is thus designed to cater for the multiple needs of exposition, networking, marketing and entertainment.
You are welcome to the party!
The Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival is a self styled ultimate gathering of admirers, lovers and downright fanatics of comics, cartoons and animation. This 3rd edition of the Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival holding at the National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos from the 9th – 11th of November, 2007 as a part of the 9th Lagos Book & Art Festival will have a strong focus on animation with the theme: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF ANIMATION. The first edition held in September 2004 and we still remember that first outing with great euphoria as ‘Kareem Baba Aminu’s review of the event which has been reprinted in this brochure would show.
‘Imagination: The weapon of the future?’ Thus ran the theme for the opening talks for the 2nd Lagos Comics & Cartoons Carnival held at Terra Kulture in Victoria Island in September 2006, where we insisted that:
Music has been suggested in the past to be the weapon of the future. We choose to make a broader claim that imagination in its entire gamut is the weapon of the future. Few other creative enterprises demand such a high level of imagination from both the artist and the audience as the field of comics and cartoons…thus it is understandable that the music industry should thrive on animated videos and comic book - centric - graphics and visualizations; the movie industry is dovetailing more and more into the world of fantasia that comic books had created decades ago.
Advanced economies give a lot of attention to their creative industries, not as some sort of philanthropy but as a vital part of nation building – an exercise which in itself requires imagination in great doses. In Nigeria, can imagination serve as the weapon of the future? Or will the nation’s creatives remain a bunch of nerdy egg heads, relegated to their own world of self inflicted dreams?
Our insistence has not changed in the past one year, if anything, our resolve is strengthened that imagination is indeed the weapon for winning future (socio-economic) wars, which is why this year, the carnival is focused on equipping the future generals with the right sort of ammunition. Because images tell stories but cartoons and comics tell even greater stories because they combine words with art thereby communicating simultaneously on two fronts, last year, LC3 featured an exhibition that included members of the Cartoonists Association of Nigeria (CARTAN) who have held sway over the years with regular exhibitions of topical cartoons, members of Imperial Creations Studios, a frontline animation studio and publisher of comics, members of Virtuo Comic Company, a budding Comics house, members of Pandora Comics a leading publisher of comics and graphic novels and a solo contribution from freelance cartoonist- Chiagozie Akannihu.
This year, LC3 ’07 has been planned to have a high capacity building content with major focus on trainings and workshops for up coming creatives in the comics and cartoons trade. Participants in the training seminars and workshops are drawn from secondary schools, higher institutions of learning, independent practitioners and practicing professionals in established advertising / media related agencies, newspaper houses, etc that could be interested in a refresher course of sorts. Facilitators are drawn from a shortlist of highly skilled professionals and the sessions will be highly interactive. The first two days of LC3 ’07 are dedicated to these workshops and seminars running alongside the exhibitions and sales while the third day will be dedicated fully to a multimedia exhibition of works by major players and emerging talents in the comics, cartoons, animation and motion graphics trade, a workshop on 'story development for comic book & animated film writers' organized by Pandora Comics which will dovetail into a mini-launch by the comic book company and dance party to close the event.
LC3 ’07 is thus designed to cater for the multiple needs of exposition, networking, marketing and entertainment.
You are welcome to the party!
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