Papiers Gras
Papiers Gras
Roland
Margueron
Papiers Gras
Papiers Gras
Papiers Gras
Papiers Gras
Exem
Helge Reumann
& Xavier Robel
Helge Reumann
Elvis Studio
Elvis Studio
Elvis Studio
Elvis Studio
Elvis Studio
Elvis Studio
Nadia Raviscioni
Nadia Raviscioni
& Alex Baladi
Nadia Raviscioni
& Alex Baladi
Nadia Raviscioni artwork
Cumulus
Cumulus Phil
Alex Baladi
Benjamin Stroun
Daniel Pellegrino
Benjamin Stroun
& Benoît Chevallier
B.ü.L.b Factory
Nicolas Robel
B.ü.L.b Factory
B.ü.L.b Factory
B.ü.L.b Factory
Christian
Humbert-Droz
Drozophile
Drozophile
Drozophile
Drozophile
Baladi, Nadia & Christian
Tom Tirabosco
poster
Alex Baladi
Baladi artwork
Swiss countryside
Papiers Gras
Geneva bookshop and gallery Papiers Gras, in addition to selling comics, also sells original art and objects, holds exhibitions and events, produces publications and gives away two annual comics prizes.
Papiers Gras
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Roland Margueron Besides running Papiers Gras, Roland Margueron is the founder of two of the greatest European comic art prizes: the Prix International de la Ville de Genève and the Prix Rodolphe Töpffer (pour la jeune band dessinée genevoise). In addition, Roland chairs AGPI (Association Genevoise pour la Promotion de l'Illustration et de la Bande Dessinée), co-edits and publishes books, and curates comic art exhibitions internationally and in his own Galerie Papiers Gras. |
Papiers Gras
At the time of my visit, there was an exhibition of artwork by French artist François Avril and his wife Dominique Corbasson.
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Papiers Gras
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Papiers Gras
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Papiers Gras An MS Bastian statue on the top shelf! |
Exem
A new book of art by Exem, Exem À Tout Vent, has recently been published jointly by AGPI (Geneva) and Vertige Graphic (Paris).
Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel
Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel (brother of Nicolas) make up Elvis Studio. They work independently on their own projects but they also work together around the concept of their fantastic city, Elvis Road. Their collaborative works have appeared in Kramers Ergot 5, Blab!, Strapazin and more. Their collaborative solo publications (printed by Pipifax) include Elvis Road, Lebanese Crunch and La Mobiliere.
Helge Reumann
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Elvis Studio
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Elvis Studio Helge is building a model of his city. Here is a small part of it. |
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Elvis Studio The track is to be laid through and around his model city, and the trains to run electrically on the track. Here are some more models he's made, of trucks and people.
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Elvis Studio
Two of his people and another peice of his impressive transportation system in the making.
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Elvis Studio Elvis mountains. |
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Elvis Studio Stéphane Blanquet doll and other miscellany. |
Nadia Raviscioni
Nadia Raviscioni's studio is right next to Elvis Studio. Nadia teaches silkscreening at the art college in Geneva. Her comics have been published in Geneva by Atrabile and Drozophile and a new full colour story will appear in Chris Polkki's Bête Noire #1 (formerly Blood Orange - Fantagraphics). She is currently working on a children's book.
Alex Baladi and Nadia Ravscioni
Nadia shows Alex Baladi the new comic she's working on.
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Nadia Raviscioni and Alex Baladi Above are some of Nadia's large mix-media pieces. She enjoys experimenting with different silkscreen techniques. She prints on a range of materials, like sponge, in addition to paper. She also makes small handmade mix-media artbooks in addition to comics and her larger pieces. |
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Nadia Raviscioni artwork Here is a page of the comic which will appear in Bête Noire #3. |
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Cumulus Cumulus is another great comic book store that's located across the river from Papiers Gras, on the north side.
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Cumulus Phil
Alex Baladi
Alex Baladi was my Geneva tour guide. His book Frankenstein Now and Forever was released Spring 2005 by Typocrat Press.
Benjamin Stroun
Benjamin Stroun is a comics journalist who also runs a comic art gallery, Comix for the People, which is next to Cumulus.
Daniel Pellegrino
Daniel Pellegrino is the publisher of Atrabile. He's holding up a map of world which he's just drawn for Alex Baladi's map project. Alex has been giving people a peice of paper and asking them to draw a map of the world. He currently has over 300 maps.
Benjamin Stroun and Benoît Chevallier
Benoît is the second half of Atrabile and also a freelance graphic designer.
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B.ü.L.b Factory B.ü.L.b Factory is home to Nicolas Robel (Xavier's brother). Nicolas Robel is a comic artist, illustrator, graphic designer (B.ü.L.b grafix) and publisher (B.ü.L.b comix) . |
Nicolas Robel
Nicolas Robel in his studio.
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B.ü.L.b Factory B.ü.L.b's most recent publication is a French edition of British artist Tom Gauld's Time Out strips, Move to the City and an exhibition catalogue, How should i know?, for Nicolas Robel's exhibition in Geneva and at Fumetto in Luzern. For photos of Nicolas' exhibition in Luzern, see the Typocrat Fumetto photo diary. |
B.ü.L.b Factory
B.ü.L.b Factory
Christian Humbert-Droz
Master silkscreener Christian Humbert-Droz (Drozophile) prints incredible silkscreened books, prints and posters. He's had exhibitions all over Europe and with them he's held silkscreen workshops.
Drozophile
In the studio, the paint fumes are so strong I was worried I'd pass out. The smell must have stuck to my clothes for hours afterwards because long after we left the studio, various people asked me if I had just come from Drozophile.
Drozophile
Drozophile
In addition to silkscreen books, Christian has just started to print off-set books. His first book, Le Peuple du Bout du Monde by Oscar Baillif, is a series of paintings and commentary from Baillif's time spent in a hospital for the terminally ill.
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Drozophile Helge Reumann poster. |
Alex Baladi, Nadia Katz-Wise and Christian Humbert-Droz
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Tom Tirabosco poster Walking though Geneva, I saw many posters and was delighted to see that most were drawn by local comic book artists. Here's one by Tom Tirabosco. Also exciting was that most of these posters, including this one, were silk-screened by Christian Humbert-Droz. |
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Alex Baladi Alex draws comics on the way to Fumetto in Luzern. |
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Alex Baladi artwork
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Swiss countryside
View of Lake Geneva and vineyards from the window of the train.
Next stop: Luzern!
