Mab was conceived in my head in 2011 while I was thinking in doing a multimedia comic book festival in my hometown Porto, that didn't have a comic book festival since 1998, so I've gathered a team of people who believed in it and I'm always grateful for them to be part of it while helping me develloping my ideas. Jorge Grator Ferreira, Miguel Ângelo, André Faria, Andreia Gomes and my ex-wife Paula Fonseca.
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| Poster for the comic book festival - Mab designed by German Artist Lars Henkel |
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| Article at Portuguese National newspaper "Jornal de Noticias" about the presence of Belgium artist Dominique Goblet at Mab |
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Promo in a Portuguese newspaper named "Jornal de Noticias" about the comic book festival Mab
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| Mab team with British Artist David Hine and American Artist Melinda Gebbie |
Mab had no funds whatsoever, only partnerships, so we were the ones promoting it everywhere (Portuguese newspapers, television, radio, Metro do Porto, blogues, physical places).
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| Mab organization promoting the festival |
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| Mab organization promoting the festival |
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| Mab organization - Paula Fonseca promoting the festival at Livraria Lello |
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| Mab organization promoting the festival |
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Mab organization - Paula Fonseca promoting the festival at Candelabro coffee in Porto
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| Mab organization promoting the festival at Ovelha Negra Store |
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| Mab organization - Paula Fonseca promoting the festival at boémia Caffé |
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| Mab organization promoting the festival |
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| Mab organization - Paula Fonseca promoting the festival at espaço 77 |
We made several extensions of it, like at Casa Viva for young Portuguese Artists and collective Portuguese published works such as Zona
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Poster at Casa Viva in Porto to promote Mab
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| Mab organization - Paula Fonseca and myself promoting the festival at espaço Casa Viva |
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Exhibition At São Bento metro station to Hal Foster's Prince Valliant character.- 1st angle
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| Exhibition At São Bento metro station to Hal Foster's Prince Valliant character.- 2nd angle |
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| At Portuguese Press National Museum to show the works of the father of Portuguese comics Stuart de Carvalhais |
At Niepoot Douro Region and our homebase in the University of Fine arts in my hometown Porto.
There were present in days 10 and 11 May, Uk comic book Artist David Hine and American comic book Artist Melinda Gebbie who made a conversation panel with me about her experience as an artist in San Francisco U.S.A, where she met people like Robert Crumb, Janis Joplin among many others and her projects with her husband Alan Moore and even a memories book that she was planning that can be watched at YouTube.
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| Me and British artist David Hine while Melinda Gebbie was looking at us. |
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| British artist David Hine sketching books |
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Conversation panel with me and American artist Melinda Gebbie
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| American artist Melinda Gebbie sketching books at Mab |
German illustrator and animation director Lars Henkel (Artist who provided the image for the poster of Mab) also released there some books and did signings while showing and talking about his animation movies and the ones by German animation director Anja Struck with myself.
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| German artist Lars Henkel sketching his books |
Belgium comic book Artist Dominique Goblet and French comic book Artist Olivier Deprez (founders of French publishing company Fremok) were also present aswell as German comic book Artist Kai Pfeiffer.
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| German artist Lars Henkel talking with French artist Olivier Deprez |
Portuguese Artists were present also there like Ricardo Cabral, Rudolfo, Marcos Farrajota, Felipe Melo, Mário Freitas and João Mascarenhas, all these artists had books for sale at Mab and Portuguese publishers and stores were there aswell with some of his works exhibited and an exhibiution homage to Italian publisher Sergio Bonelli who've passed away a few months ago that year.
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Portuguese artist - Ricardo Cabral sketching his books
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Me with Portuguese artist - Rudolfo
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Books for sale of the artists that were at Mab
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Portuguese collective artists "A Zona" sketching books at Mab -1st angle
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Portuguese collective artists "A Zona" sketching books at Mab -2nd angle
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| Exhibition homage to the late Italian publisher Sergio Bonelli |
Animation Portuguese director Regina Pessoa was also at Mab with her husband Abi Feijó and showed and talked about her animation movies "A noite" and "Tragic story with a happy ending" narrated by Elina Lowensohn that is an actress that appeared in movies by American director Hal Hartley such as "Simple men" and "Amateur".
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Me and Portuguese director - Regina Pessoa
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| "A noite" movie by Regina Pessoa being watched |
At 12,13 and 14 March of the same year, Mab team were also invited to organize labels for wine bottles for the company Niepoort to be sold in markets such as Belgium, Uk, Germany and France with the presence of Portuguese animation directors Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó and American Artist Melinda Gebbie that lives in Northampton-England with her husband and comic book legend Alan Moore (I'm sure that Alan Moore tasted some excellent Portuguese wine), Belgian Artist Dominique Goblet, French Artist Olivier Deprez , German Artists Lars Henkel and Kai Pfeiffer were there aswell drawing labels to be shown in bottles as labels and later sold.
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| Drawing portrait of me by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet |
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Me with Mab team members - Jorge Grator Ferreira and Andreia Gomes at Douro Region
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Me with German artist Kai Pfeiffer at Douro Region
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Me with American comic book artist Melinda Gebbie and French artist Olivier Deprez at Douro Region
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Belgium Artist Dominique Goblet sketching at Douro Region
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Artists making labels for wine bottles at Douro Region
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American artist Melinda Gebbie making drawings for labels for bottles at Douro region
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Drawing study for a wine label by American artist Melinda Gebbie
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Second Drawing study for a wine label by American artist Melinda Gebbie
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Third drawing study for a wine label by American artist Melinda Gebbie
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Drawing study for a wine label by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German artist Kai Pfeiffer
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Second drawing study for a wine label by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German artist Kai Pfeiffer
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Drawing study for a wine label by French artist Olivier Deprez
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Drawing study for a wine label by German artist Lars Henkel
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Second drawing study for a wine label by German artist Lars Henkel
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Finished wine label by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German Artist Kai Pfeiffer
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Finished wine label by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet, German Artists Kai Pfeiffer and Lars Henkel, French artist Olivier Deprez and American artist Melinda Gebbie
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Another finished wine label by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German Artist Kai Pfeiffer
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Finished wine label by Portuguese artist and animation movie director Regina Pessoa
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| Finished wine label by in bottle by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German Artist Kai Pfeiffer |
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| Another finished wine label by in bottle by Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German Artist Kai Pfeiffer |
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| Finished wine label by in bottle by French artist Olivier Deprez, Belgium artist Dominique Goblet and German Artists Kai Pfeiffer and Lars Henkel |
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| Finished wine label by in bottle by German Artists Kai Pfeiffer and Lars Henkel, French artist Olivier Deprez and American artist Melinda Gebbie |
At 17 and 18 March of 2012 were present Italian Artist Fabio Civitelli who made a conversation panel with me and José Carlos Francisco about the comic book character Tex Willer that can also be watched at YouTube. Portuguese Artists Derrade and Geral and Rudolfo were present aswell to do signings on their books.
It was fun doing this event, but in the end of it I was totally exausted.
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Me and Paula Fonseca seeing sketches being done by Fabio Civitelli
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Mab organization Paula Fonseca and me with José Carlos Francisco
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Mab organization Paula Fonseca and me with Italian artist Fabio Civitelli
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| Mab organization Paula Fonseca with a book with a drawing by Italian artist Fabio Civitelli |
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| Me with a friend and Italian artist Fabio Civitelli |
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Italian artist Fabio Civitelli signing and sketching his books at Mab
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Another photo with Italian artist Fabio Civitelli signing and sketching his books at Mab
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Portuguese artists Geral and Derradé skecthing their books at Mab
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| Portuguese Artist Rudolfo skecthing his books at Mab |
But from time to time, I remember all this in my mind and I must say thanks to all people who helped me in this wild ride, since I'm not an amnesiac kind of person and I do believe in my memories and work made with people that were part of my life.
Manuel Espírito Santo
