Submitted by Massimo Repetti, Dec 11, 2006 08:46

It is a wonderful article on the recent interest in comics from Africa, which I have personally contributed with academic articles and

Wonderful article but please note that this exhibition 'Africa Comics' could not reflect the state of the art of the comics in Africa because it is related to a competition. 'Africa Comics' competition is also open to non-professional and student artists and therefore successful authors hardly ever take part – or if they do, they only exhibit their less important works. More important, very often the candidates can not express themselves freely because they choose to present stories aimed to win the competition.

I will present a more complete overview of the comics in Africa in the next issues of ‘African Arts' and ‘The

Besides, this commonly adopted formula in favor of the African comic, i.e. pan-African or national competitions where entrance is free but only the winners are paid and the selection of artworks for the creation of traveling exhibitions in Africa and/or western developed countries do not resolve the problems faced by comics artists. Despite the success with the public and fund-raising using the formula of competition plus traveling exhibition, everyday difficulties continue to force many comics artists to abandon their career and exhibitions does not seem to give the artists any direct advantage, nor is information about them (email addresses, websites) available to encourage the public to enter into direct contact with them. of Comic Art'.

Massimo Repetti

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