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"A booming sector": talking comics with Paul Gravett

Paul Gravett talks about his experience as a member of the 2022 BRAW Comics Jury

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Co-founder of Escape magazine and Comica Festival, Paul Gravett is a London-based writer, curator, critic and lecturer specialising in international comics. His books include Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics (2004), Graphic Novels: Stories To Change Your Life (2005), Great British Comics (2006), Comics Art (2013), Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics (2017) and Posy Simmonds (2019). He also edited 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die (2011). Among the exhibitions he has curated are Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK (2014) for The British Library and Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics (2017), which The Barbican Centre is touring worldwide. His new monograph on Tove Jansson is published this October.

In the beautiful surroundings of Biblioteca Salaborsa, amongst thousands of colourful books, Paul has taken a break from serving as a 2022 BRAW Comics Juror to tell us more about this "booming sector of publishing" and the Jury's selection criteria. 

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What are Jurors looking for?

- Originality
- Authorial voices
They're not necessarily going to be looking for big franchises or established series
Paul Gravett

Co-founder of Escape magazine and Comica Festival, Paul Gravett is a London-based writer, curator, critic and lecturer specialising in international comics. His books include Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics (2004), Graphic Novels: Stories To Change Your Life (2005), Great British Comics (2006), Comics Art (2013), Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics (2017) and Posy Simmonds (2019). He also edited 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die (2011). Among the exhibitions he has curated are Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK (2014) for The British Library and Mangasia: Wonderlands of Asian Comics (2017), which The Barbican Centre is touring worldwide. His new monograph on Tove Jansson is published this October.  www.paulgravett.com  

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