Phoebe and Fina Gloeckner in Italy
Phoebe is an exhibitor and honored guest at the
International Festival of Reality Comic-strips

 
Fina and the famous pigeons of Piazza San Marco

Fina and Phoebe on the Gondola
A Happy Gondolier
   

Exhibition Komikazen: International Festival of Reality Comic-strips
September 30, 2005 - Ravenna, Italy

The Festival, the first of its kind on an international scale, is arranged by Gianluca Costantini and Elettra Stamboulis and will last three days, while the planned exhibitions will be open to the public throughout October.

Organized by: The Mirada Association and Ravenna's Local Authority for Youth Initiatives.
Phoebe Gloeckner: a professsor of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, USA, and is known in Italy for the now impossible-to-find "Vita da bambina" (Topolin Editions), an autobiographical account of domestic violence. Gloeckner has produced many comic books and has worked with authors such as James Graham Ballard; and Robert Crumb who is one of her fans.
Locations: Ravenna's "Museo d'Arte" at "Loggetta Lombardesca" in Via di Roma 13, Ravenna; the "Almagià" in Via dell'Almagià, Ravenna; the "Centro Giovanile" in Via Chiavica Romea n.88, Ravenna

 
On the train to Ravenna
Fina naps
Fina and Phoebe at the Rialto Bridge
   
Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
A Venetian Glass Chandelier