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Last autumn, London’s Barbican Theatre hosted a sell-out run of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbour Totoro; last weekend the production won six Olivier Awards. All shortly after announcing that it will return for a limited run in autumn 2023.

Every MoCCA, exhibitors have a chance to receive an Award of Excellence. Here is the list of recipients of the 2023 MoCCA Award of Excellence. 

Kate Beaton's widely acclaimed graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands emerged as the winner of radio competition Canada Reads 2023 today. 

Cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson (No One Else) is part of the 2023 cohort to receive the Whiting Award, possibly the first cartoonist to do so.

Flagship British comics events Lakes International Comic Arts Festival ( LICAF ) and Thought Bubble have announced their first wave of guests for 2023 - plus an additional rundown of other UK cons and festivals taking place in the coming months. 

Closing out Comica, McKean shared his experiences with AI art generators in working on his new book, PROMPT.

Other recipients of Hay Medals this year include poet Mererid Hopwood, author Salman Rushdie, and writer/musician Serhiy Zhadan.

Creators Lucie Arnoux (Je Ne Sais Quoi) and Lucy Sullivan (Barking, Shelter) took to the stage to discuss drawing from life and their own work with the comics form.

Comica Festival's anniversary season of events at London's Century Club continued last night with THEY SHOOT COMICS DON'T THEY - where producers discussed how they adapted comics properties to the big and small screen

The celebrated historical LGBTQIA+ graphic novel was originally published in German in 2021.

With the MoCCA 2023 weekend less than two weeks away, the festival has announced its programming that attendees can look forward to - and it seems like an interesting mix of spotlights on key creative guests and contemplating heady issues.

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