16.09.23 – 22.11.23, Issue Zero

Reading the Van Passen Collection

In 2018 the Ghent University library acquired a large collection of illustrated children’s periodicals from Belgian comics collector Alain Van Passen.

In collaboration with Ghent University’s COMICS research group, KIOSK offers a first-ever glimpse of this extensive collection. The exhibition spans three months and unfolds across seven two-week chapters, each chapter curated by a researcher from the COMICS research group or a specialist on the history of comics.

Accompanying each chapter are a publication and a poster designed by former masters students from KASK & Conservatorium's Graphic Design department.

The exhibition is curated by Felipe Muhr, who has published a monthly Planet Akkor comic episode on KIOSK's website since October 2021.

NUMÉRO 0

Philippe Cappart
Prologue: What’s an Issue Zero?
16.09 - 01.10.2023

NUMÉRO 1

Maaheen Ahmed
Beyond the Comics: Letters, Contests and Other Forms of Editorial Communication
02.10 - 15.10.2023

NUMÉRO 2

Benoît Glaude
The Audible Past: Sound and Noise in Comics
16.10 - 29.10.2023

NUMÉRO 3

Benoît Crucifix
Homemade Serialities: Alain Van Passen’s Childhood Comics
30.10 - 12.11.2023

NUMÉRO 4

Eva Van de Wiele
When I Grow Up: Gender Binaries in Children’s Magazines
13.11 - 26.11.2023

NUMÉRO 5

Philippe Cappart & Christian Kastelnik
Pilote’s Pilot: The Prehistory of Pilote Magazine
27.11 - 10.11.2023

NUMÉRO 6

Felipe Muhr (after Guy Depière)
Planet Akkor: A Space-Time Opera
11.12 - 22.11.2023