september 2025
september 2024
The biggest year in the history of the Hercegnovski Comic Festival began with the magnificent ninth Comic Weekend and the visit of one of the greatest artists of all time, Milo Manara. After the festival was presented in Zagreb, Naples, Belgrade, and Nikšić, this September we can expect the best edition of HSF yet, which will feature, among others, the new member of the Hall of Fame, Jill Thompson, and the legend of the global comic scene, Tanino Liberatore. Special attention was dedicated to the three-day comic workshops for primary and secondary school children, while the fourth masterclass on drawing and book illustration will be led by the Italian maestro Giorgio Pontreli. The festival’s music program reaches its peak with performances by Detour, Kralj Čačka, Marčelo, Dža ili Bu, Boka All Stars, Vojko V, Bolesna Štenad, Mali Demon, and the best representatives of the local music scene. The Hercegnovski Comic Festival brings world-class entertainment to its town, Boka Bay, and Montenegro again this summer.
March 2024
The Italian maestro Milo Manara, one of the world’s greatest comic book authors, who recently created an illustrated version of the iconic book The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa) by Umberto Eco, visited Herceg Novi from March 15 to 17, 2024, as part of the ninth edition of Comic Weekend. This year’s Comic Weekend, titled Il nove della rosa (a wordplay in Italian—nove meaning nine, and nome meaning name), was opened on Friday, March 15, at the “Josip Bepo Benković” Gallery with the exhibition Manara Between Comics, Literature, and Film.