Angulem - od srednjovekovnog grada do prestonice stripa
Angoulem – From A Medieval City To The Capital Of Comics

Summary/Abstract: Festivals’ extraordinary capacity to reshape cultural life of certain groups of people or of a local community has been known and appreciated for a very long time. These are some of the reasons for appearance of phenomenon called “festivalisation”. Real comic festival asserts its influence on the comics market directly and indirectly. Directly trough its programation, education and awards, and indirectly trough institutions and venues created as a result of festival’s influence on the society. Through its 36 year long history festival was buster for emergence of activities and institutions inspired by image. Understanding importance of education and training in this field, festival has been constantly struggling to assure proper implementation of different educational programs. That eventually led to creation of department of comics in regional school or Fine Arts, and specialization of many generations of comic artists and script writers. Moreover, festival has initiated creation of National Comics and Illustration Center. The institution was to become crucial factor in creation of regional economy based on image. Festival rehabilitated image of comics medium and CNBDI devoted its time and place for comics heritage protection. Creation of enterprises, studios schools, museum etc. which deal with phenomenon of image, found its reunion point in SMPI Magelis. Consequently, city of Angouleme and the whole region have been transformed due to the festival. This manifestation generated so many changes within the local community so Angouleme is not any more a medieval city in the middle of nowhere but the capital of comics in the Valley of Image.

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