Cultural events chaired, talks and interviews conducted
Comics and Illustration. Márton Hegedűs’s exhibition was opened by my on 13 October 2017 at Duna-Part Nyaralóházak, Göd, Hungary.
Roundtable on Márton Hegedűs’s graphic novel Slusszkulcs Klán, kArton Galéria, Budapest, 8 November 2016.
Conversation with Israeli illustrator and cartoonist Rutu Modan, 12th International Comics Festival, Budapest, 8 May 2016.
Blossza, Majomdaráló, and other Comics – Interview with Hungarian Comic Artists Gergely Madarász and Gergely Oravecz, at Írók Boltja, Budapest. 19 February, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4dPMPD2YCg
Holocaust in Comic Books – Exhibition opened by me in the Israeli Cultural Institute, Budapest. 22 June 2015.
Comics in Literary Magazines – roundtable with the editors of Műút and Szépirodalmi Figyelő, 11th International Comics Festival, Budapest. 10 May 2015.
Conversation with comics artist Olivér Csepella, author of Nyugat + Zombik, Hungarocomix 2014, Budapest, 6 December 2014.
“Anne Frank and the Medium of Comics” Reading and Writing with Anne Frank, Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library, Budapest, 4 Nov 2014.
Conversation with Hélène Becquelin, 10th International Comics Festival, Budapest. 18 May 2014.
Moderator, Reading of young contemporary poets (Orsolya Bencsik, Endre Farkas Wellmann, Gábor Ádám Nyerges, Ákos Szolcsányi). Nyitott Műhely. 25 April 2014.
Introducing Liberty Limited by Károly Sándor Pallai, illustrated by PAF. Társalgó Galéria. [Art Salon Társalgó Galéria] PAF Day. 8 March 2014. tarsalgogallery.com/portfolio/paf-nap
Conversation with Hungarian comics artists Zsombor Huszka and András Baranyai, and collector Milán Kovács, Hungarocomix 2013, Budapest. 8 Dec 2013.
“Film and Literature: Batman.” – public lecture at “Kutatók éjszakája.” [Researchers’ Night] 28. Sept 2013. kutatokejszakaja.hu
Interviews where I was asked…
On Hungarian comics (with Dániel Csordás) at “Esti Kérdés”, M5 Television, 12 May 2017.
On contemporary Hungarian comics (with Gergely Oravecz) at “Közelről,” Kossuth Rádió 9 May 2017.
“The Best Comics of the Year” Report on the 12th Comics Festival and television interview at “Én vagyok itt,” Petőfi TV 9 May 2016. The comics artists featured in the interview are Gábor Molnár and Dániel Csordás, awardees of the 2016 Alfabéta Prize. Link to Video.
On Hungarian Comics (with Gergely Madarász) at “Közelről,” Kossuth Rádió 3 May 2016. Link
On the 12th Comics Festival (with Gergely Oravecz) at “Belépő” Kossuth Rádió 3 May 2016. Link.
On the 12th Comics Festival at “Kultéka” Rádió Q 3 May 2016.
“Comics Heroes Then and Now” Television interview at “Én vagyok itt,” Petőfi TV 25 April 2016. The comics artists featured in the video are Gergely Oravecz and Gergely Madarász. Link to Video
“Hungarian Comics and Comics People”Television interview at “Én vagyok itt,” Petőfi TV 1 December 2015. The comics artists featured in the video are Domonkos Erhardt and Zoltán Fritz. Link to video.
Radio Interview, Gospel Café 15 July 2015 Link to audio.
“Self-funded, Of Course.” [in Hungarian by Nikoletta Szekeres.] prae.hu 16 May 2014. Link to article.
Radio interview by Glória Halász. Radio Q, 13 May 2014.
“Interactive Comics Flood.” [in Hungarian by Tímes Garai.] kulter.hu 12 May 2014. Link to article.
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